Lecture 7. Тақырыбы: Theoretical basis of Foreign language teaching

1. Theories and types of learning foreign languages

2. Learning and training

3. Pavlov’s classical behaviorism.

4. Ausubel’s meaningful learning theory

5. Aptitude and Intelligence

So far, in outlining a theory of second language acquisition, we have dis­covered that the cognitive domain of human behavior is of key impor­tance in the acquisition of both a first and a second language. The processes of perceiving, attending, storing, and recalling are central to the task of internalizing a language. In this chapter we focus specifically on cog­nitive processes by examining the general nature of human learning. In the first part of the chapter, different learning theories are outlined. Then, we deal with some other universal learning principles. Finally, some current thoughts about aptitude and intelligence are presented.