The behaviourist view of language learning holds that language is learned through conditioning. Babies first associate sounds with situations through interactions with caregivers, like associating sounds of endearment with being fed. Over time, babies start imitating sounds to get attention, and learn that certain vocalizations elicit responses for wants and needs, like the word "milk." Only behaviors that are rewarded through responses will be repeated; unnoticed utterances will not. This process of conditioning and reinforcement simulates natural language acquisition.

1. TheBehaviourist View of LanguageLearning.

2. BehaviouristssaythatthelanguagelearningprocessiscarriedoutthroughConditioning.Conditioning: “to train or influence a person or animal mentally so that they do or expect a particular thing without thinking about it”.According to Cambridge Dictionaryhttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/condition_3

3. Firstlythechildhearsthespeechsoundthathisparents produce hisfirstyear of life…

4. Over time he learnstoassociatewithsoundstosituations, Forexample:Whenthemotherfeedsherlittlebaby, shemakessounds of endearment and thebabyfindsthispleasureable . Conditioningtolanguagehas begunwhenthissounds are stillpleasurablewhenthissounds are notaccompainedbyfood.

5. After a whilethechildstartsimitatingspeechsoundsthat he has heardtogetattentionfromhismother.Ifthechild produces vocal stimulus and thesesounds are appropiatetosoundlike a word, themotherresponds.

6. Afterthisstage, Thekid tries someutterances, thenthroughrepetition he confirmsthatcertain vocal utteranceistherightoneforthething he wants.He can repeatthisutterancewhen he needsit.Milk

7. Certainbehaviourpatternthatisnotrewardedwillnotberepeatedbythechild. Ifthemotherdoesn’tnoticecertainutterancethekidwillnotrepeatit.Thisisthe natural processthat a languageteachingprogramshould try tostimulate.

8. Languageteachersmustfollowtheseconditions of thebehaviourmodel of learning: Languageislearntbypracticing. Languagecannotbetaughtdivorcedfromthesituation. Thismustbe a meaningfulsituation. To produce a right response thestudentsrequiresattention.

9. Thespokenlanguage comes beforethanthewritten.Thereceptiveexperienceisnecessarybeforetheproductiveexperience.Thelearnermustknowifhiseffortisrightorwrong.Learningisfasterifthestudentis placed tothesituation, and if he produces a correct response issaidthat he has reallylearnt.

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