University English for Academic Purposes in China by Xiaofei Rao

Author:Xiaofei Rao
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Springer Singapore, Singapore

As an effective language teaching tool, behaviorism and structuralism, which claim the quantity of imitation, repetition, reinforcement, and habit formation in the traditional learning and acquisition, have played a role on ELT worldwide in the 20th century. Up to now, in many places of the world, the behaviorist and structuralistic teaching and learning theories remain influential since they are proved effective and work in the eye of teachers with a behaviorist mindset.

The consistent repetition, review, and observable and testable behaviors such as recitation, dictation, quiz, and examination are necessary (Bloom, 1956; Gagné, 1965). However, the downfall of such mechanistic pedagogical practices is also inevitable as they quench the learner curiosity and learning motivation, deteriorate classroom dynamics, and make classroom learning inefficient. These participants have seen the point and believed that their subject teachers knew the situation, though they were struggling to be empowered so to be transformative in language teaching.

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