SLAAn Intrctry Crse 1文档.ppt

SLA --- AN Introductory Course  Prof. Wen Weiping College of Foreign Languages  * Lecture 1 Overview 1. General definitions of language 2. Trends in linguistics and psychology 3. The study of SLA 4. Issues in SLA: Multiple perspectives * 1. General definitions of language ? Language is systematic and generative ? Language is a set of arbitrary symbols ? Language is used for communication ? Language operates in a speech community or culture ? Language is essentially human, although possibly not limited to humans ? Language is acquired by all people in much the same way--- universal characteristics * 2. Trends in linguistics and psychology Linguistics Psychology the structural school behavioristic mode of thinking ( 40’s 50’s ) ( 40’s 50’s ) ? ? generative school cognitive psychology ( 60’s ~ present ) ( recent decades) * The structural or descriptive school of linguistics advocates: L. Bloomfield; E. Sapir; C. Fries application of scientific principle of observation of human languages ? describe human languages ? identify the structural characteristics * The generative-transformational school of linguistics advocate: N. Chomsky descriptive adequacy explanatory adequacy * The behaviouristic view focus: publicly observable responses “scientific method” typical behaviouristic models: classicaloperant conditioning rote verbal learning instrumental learning * psychological principles of organization and functioning underlying motivations and deeper structures of hum