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Discovery of Latent Structure as the Major Process in Language Acquisition: Implications for the Second Language Program
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Reid, Constance L. – Foreign Language Annals, 1973
Descriptors: Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Structural Grammar, Syntax
Straw Men and Pied Pipers
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Twaddell, W. F. – Foreign Language Annals, 1973
Disparages the mentalist view of language (generative and transformational grammar theories) and those people who represent it. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Learning Theories, Modern Languages, Opinions
The Mentalist Theory of Language Teaching
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Ewing, Wallace K. – Foreign Language Annals, 1972
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Research, Learning Theories, Linguistic Competence
Linguists and Foreign Language Teachers
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Stein, Jack M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1975
This article briefly examines structural and transformational theories and their associations with other theories, particularly learning psychology. The implications of each position for FL teaching are examined, and it is suggested that teachers enrich structurally based audiolingual techniques with experimental infusions from the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Generative Grammar, Language Instruction
Fads and Fashions in Foreign Language Teaching.
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Ney, James W. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Discusses the structuralist and the cognitivist theories of language learning, and emphasizes the importance of practice in second language learning. (AM)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Linguistic Theory