Behaviourism
Behaviourism is said to be one of the ways of learning a language. According to Skinner (1957, cited in Harmer, 2007), in this method, learners are required to replicate sentences and their correctness is applauded by the teacher and the high frequency of this process increases the students’ condition to develop language effectively in the future. It is supported that “Behaviourism analysis is alive and well, and is making significant contribution in applied language settings” (Castagnero, 2006, cited in Harmer, 2007, p.52). However, it has been attracted heavy criticism, especially from Chomsky. As Chapman (2006) perceptively points out, Chomsky totally disagrees with behaviorism theory and points out the limitations in the book of Skinner. He claims that the definition “reinforcement” cannot be used to explain language because the language employed to describe different situations is very complicated and varied. Furthermore, it is supported that “Language itself was also much more sophisticated than any type of behavior observed in …show more content…
She usually uses “but” in the main clause in the structure with “Although”. For example, these are the structures which she produced “Although these cities have something in common, but each city has its own beautiful and its own attractive place”, “although he is not very good at study, but my younger brother and me can share everything even in school or in my life and his life every day”, “Although his class lasts 2 hours, but I feel it is very fast”. It can be said that there is first language interference there because in Vietnamese, there is a complex structure to express opposite things. To be more specific, the structure “Tuy (although) …., nhưng (but) …” is employed to express the opposition between two actions. Thus, from these examples, it can be concluded that first language interference strongly affects the way she uses “Although”
Behaviourism is said to be one of the ways of learning a language. According to Skinner (1957, cited in Harmer, 2007), in this method, learners are required to replicate sentences and their correctness is applauded by the teacher and the high frequency of this process increases the students’ condition to develop language effectively in the future. It is supported that “Behaviourism analysis is alive and well, and is making significant contribution in applied language settings” (Castagnero, 2006, cited in Harmer, 2007, p.52). However, it has been attracted heavy criticism, especially from Chomsky. As Chapman (2006) perceptively points out, Chomsky totally disagrees with behaviorism theory and points out the limitations in the book of Skinner. He claims that the definition “reinforcement” cannot be used to explain language because the language employed to describe different situations is very complicated and varied. Furthermore, it is supported that “Language itself was also much more sophisticated than any type of behavior observed in …show more content…
She usually uses “but” in the main clause in the structure with “Although”. For example, these are the structures which she produced “Although these cities have something in common, but each city has its own beautiful and its own attractive place”, “although he is not very good at study, but my younger brother and me can share everything even in school or in my life and his life every day”, “Although his class lasts 2 hours, but I feel it is very fast”. It can be said that there is first language interference there because in Vietnamese, there is a complex structure to express opposite things. To be more specific, the structure “Tuy (although) …., nhưng (but) …” is employed to express the opposition between two actions. Thus, from these examples, it can be concluded that first language interference strongly affects the way she uses “Although”