Summary "Principles of Language Learning And Teaching"

Chapter 1 Language, Learning, and Teaching

Questions about Second Language Acquisition

1. Learner Characteristics

2. Linguistic Factors

3. Learning Processes

4. Age and Acquisition

5. Instructional Variables

6. Context

7. Purpose

Rejoicing In Our Defeats

Language

Learning and Teaching

Schools of Thought in Second Language Acquisition

1. Structural Linguistics and Behavioral Psychology

2. Generative Linguistics and Cognitive Psychology

3. Constructivism: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Nineteen Centuries of Language Teaching

Language Teaching in the Twentieth Century