The document discusses different approaches to first language acquisition: behaviorism which says we learn through reinforcement and have a blank slate mind at birth, nativism which argues we are born with the innate ability to learn language through interaction, and functionalism which views language as learned through social interaction. The author had difficulty understanding mediating theory and should focus more on it. They plan to encourage student interaction in class through activities to support social learning and language acquisition. While no single approach fully explains language learning, each offers useful techniques for teaching.
The document discusses different approaches to first language acquisition: behaviorism which says we learn through reinforcement and have a blank slate mind at birth, nativism which argues we are born with the innate ability to learn language through interaction, and functionalism which views language as learned through social interaction. The author had difficulty understanding mediating theory and should focus more on it. They plan to encourage student interaction in class through activities to support social learning and language acquisition. While no single approach fully explains language learning, each offers useful techniques for teaching.
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The document discusses different approaches to first language acquisition: behaviorism which says we learn through reinforcement and have a blank slate mind at birth, nativism which argues we are born with the innate ability to learn language through interaction, and functionalism which views language as learned through social interaction. The author had difficulty understanding mediating theory and should focus more on it. They plan to encourage student interaction in class through activities to support social learning and language acquisition. While no single approach fully explains language learning, each offers useful techniques for teaching.
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We talked about behavioristic, natural and functional approach and their
features, differences from each other. Each supports language acquisition in different perspectives. Behavioristics say that we are born with tabular rasa, which means we are born with and empty mind and learn everything later. Nativists say that we are born with LAD, namely, we have the ağabeylity and capacity of learning language naaturally. The last ones support that language is learn in a social group by means of interaction. I have difficulty in understanding the mediating theory. In fact ı didn’t grasp this topic . I should focus more on the mediating theory. I may use social interaction in my classes. I will encourage my students to interact each other in classroom atmosphere by some activities. By the way they will affect each other in the learning process and they will have active role in learning. I will also pay attention to reinforcement which makes the behaviours permanent. In fact, we can’t use just one of the approach. Although they are not merely enough for teching, they each have beneficial techniques that we can make use of them.