My fancy padlet by Gina Anderson [Sunrise Mountain HS]

Skinner chomped by Chomsky

andergb — 2024-06-29 22:24:06 UTC

Skinner's behaviorist theory: language is learned through stimulus, response, and reinforcement" (60)" Reading, Writing, and Learning in ESL (Peregoy / Boyle 2017. As if denotation is superior to connotation. Chomsky disagreed.

Andrea Hellman's video explains the role of behavioral psychology in second language acquisition.

andergb — 2024-06-29 22:25:30 UTC

Behaviorist Theory's Weak Spot

andergb — 2024-06-29 22:29:50 UTC

"Behaviorist theory does not explain how any novel utterance is produced, even those that are grammatically correct" (61). My son pronounced the word pretzel as "dahbish," and it wasn't until I mimicked him, walking around the kitchen repeating "dahbish" back to him as I searched for his meaning, that he pointed to the cupboard with the pretzels and when I opened it, he declared, "Dahbish" with glee. Oh! Maybe my example relates more to Interactionist Theory. Must keep reading...

Chomsky chomps on parental influence in language acquisition

andergb — 2024-06-29 22:46:00 UTC

Noam Chomsky (1928 - present... despite reports of his death!) proposed the theory that children acquire their grammar skills through an innate biological ability known as the "language acquisition device" (LAD) (61). Chomsky thought children innately understood, and were able to speak, language without requiring parental teaching or reinforcement. This theory suggests that humans are born with a predisposition for language and possess a universal grammar that is the basis for all human languages.

Chomsky blows the human mind apart: We have different systems for things like understanding space, numbers, music, and social situations.

andergb — 2024-06-29 22:50:51 UTC

I struggle to recognize faces, so part of my mind is blown. :( It's called "Prosopagnosia," and Brad Pitt has this condition, too.

Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner dismisses the Chomskyan view.

andergb — 2024-06-29 23:07:12 UTC

Gardner declared in 1995 that the Chomskyan view is "too dismissive of the ways that mothers and others who bring up children help infants to acquire language (p.27)." Enter the Interactionists who place more import on social interactions.

I pledge allegiance to the Interactionists

andergb — 2024-06-29 23:25:39 UTC

Interactionists believe that language acquisition is obtained from social interaction. Caregiver interactions provide opportunities for children to learn language in more emotionally connected ways that stick in a fundamental way.

My first-born son walked across the living room at nine months of age. He was asking for "dahbish" (pretzels) at around 7 months... We predicted super-human things for his future! He's neither a pro-athlete nor a professor: predictions can be wrong. ;)

andergb — 2024-06-29 23:32:22 UTC

Scaffolding under fire!

andergb — 2024-06-29 23:51:14 UTC

"Whether scaffolding is actually necessary for language acquisition has not been verified" (Reading, Writing, and Learning in ESL (Peregoy / Boyle 63). What?!!? This surprising statement is not adequately supported by the text.

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

andergb — 2024-06-30 00:57:53 UTC

Aging myself here and wondering why the Audiolingual Method of the 60's, that I experienced in my own education, is ignored today. From my personal experience, "errors were to be corrected immediately to avoid forming bad habits that would be difficult to overcome later" (65). This is a positive outcome, and it is something I valued and value. But I'm of German origin, so it's probably going to be construed as relative to cultural self-appreciation.

Pros outweigh the cons.

andergb — 2024-06-30 01:18:22 UTC

Supporting Quote from the text...

andergb — 2024-06-30 01:42:17 UTC

"How well did this instruction work for you?" (65). "When we ask our students this question in classes of 40 or so, only 1 or 2 report successful foreign language competence..." Research demographic check here, please. What ages were these students? Variables matter, and I highly doubt that this is a sample from the 1960s demographic.

Distilling Kashen...

andergb — 2024-06-30 02:11:20 UTC

Kashen introduces 5 hypotheses that have taken root in the field of second language acquisition. 1. Learning hypothesis. 2. Monitor hypothesis. 3. Natural order hypothesis. 4. Input hypothesis. 5. Affective filter hypothesis.

Learning vs. Acquiring a language.

andergb — 2024-06-30 02:19:54 UTC

I feel like this sometimes: wanting to pull my hair out in an attempt to help my students.

A Quote from Krashen

andergb — 2024-06-30 15:59:48 UTC

"Citing a variety of studies, Krashen concludes that the most important affective variables favoring second language acquisition are a low-anxiety learning environment, student motivation to learn the language, self-confidence, and self-esteem" (67).

Psycholinguists & Creative Construction

andergb — 2024-06-30 16:16:44 UTC

The L2 Innatist perspective toward second language acquisition believes that innate language mechanisms are primarily by the student playing a major role. It highlights the importance of comprehensible input and the natural order of language acquisition processes.

"So I think it's really useful to watch those teaching videos..." (Prof. Serge Bibauw).

andergb — 2024-06-30 16:19:52 UTC

Creative Construction Quote

andergb — 2024-06-30 16:29:23 UTC

"... the majority of errors were similar to those made by native English-speaking youngsters as they acquire their mother tongue" (65).

Negotiation of Meaning

andergb — 2024-06-30 16:37:53 UTC

Natural conversation between native and non-native English speakers is the focus of Interactionist's theory. They focus on the ways in which native speakers try to modify their speech to make themselves understood by EL conversation partners.

School of Languages Learning Theories course

andergb — 2024-06-30 16:41:23 UTC

Interacting with the Interactionist Perspective

andergb — 2024-06-30 16:43:23 UTC

"...trial and error process of give and take in communication is referred to as "negotiation theory" (68),