THEORIES OF THE TEACHING PROCESS

  • INNATISM

    INNATISM
    The innate hypothesis is an expression coined by Hilary Putnam to refer to a linguistic theory of language acquisition that holds that there is at least some knowledge about language in humans at birth.
  • THE SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

    THE SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
    The sociocultural theory believes that language can be acquired by allowing the students to socialize and interact either with other learners or with the speakers of the language they are learning. The interaction should also be within the context of the language being learned.
  • THE SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

    THE SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
    Ideally, the sociocultural theory suggests that the best way to acquire a language is to learn it from the place it is being used and to interact with native speakers. In the context of the classroom, the sociocultural theory in second language acquisition can be practiced through social activities...
    Vygotsky´s sociocultural theory focuses on the ways in which children´s cognitive development is influenced by the cultures in which they are reared and the people who teach them.
  • THE INTERACTION HYPOTHESIS

    THE INTERACTION HYPOTHESIS
    The Interaction hypothesis is a theory of second-language acquisition which states that the development of language proficiency is promoted by face-to-face interaction and communication.
  • THE NOTICING HYPOTHESIS

    THE NOTICING HYPOTHESIS
    The noticing hpothesis is an hypothesis that input does not become intake for language learning unless it is noticed. Learners cannot learn the grammatical features of a language unless they notice them.
  • INPUT PROCESSING

    INPUT PROCESSING
    Input Processing (IP) proposed by VanPatten (1993), was innovated based on Krashen’s (1982) input hypothesis. In IP model, principles are stated that describe how learners either miss grammatical markers in the input or how they get them wrong (VanPatten, 2002b). Based on this model, learners process input for meaning before form.
  • PROCESSABILITY THEORY

    PROCESSABILITY THEORY
    Processability theory is a theory of second language acquisition developed by Manfred Pienemann. (Pienemann 1998) The theory has been used as a framework by scientists from Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Processability theory (PT) is a cognitive approach to second language acquisition that seeks to explain developmental schedules as well as learner variation.