According to the article ‘BEHAVIORIST THEORY ON LANGUAGE LEARNING AND ACQUISITION’, which one (1) of these ideas is central to t
he understanding and application of the behaviorist approach to language teaching? A. Language development is the result of habit-formation through conscious imitation.
B. Language acquisition happens through intrinsic learning strategies that involve innovation and use of new phrases and clauses that have not been introduced to a learner.
C. Learners’ acquisition of a language depends on social conditions, their own learning capacities, personal background and context-based experiences.
A. Language development is the result of habit-formation through conscious imitation.
Explanation:
Behaviorist theory on language learning and acquisition states that language is a behaviour and it is learnt like any other behavior by conscious imitation and positive and negative reinforcement, when a person speaks wella language he receives positive reinforcement, and when he does it wrong and gets corrected he gets negative reinforcement that makes him try to get better and learn to spea better that language.
