A Cou rse in English Langu age Teaching Unit 1 Langu age and Learning Views on language 语言观 Structural view 结构主义 as a linguistic system functional view 功能主义 as a linguistic system but also a means for doing things,base on communicative functions Interactional view 交互性 as a communicative tool Views on language learning and learning in general 1) Process-oriented theories 过程指向论 concerned with how the mind processes new information, such as habit formation, induction, making inference, hypothesis testing and generalization
2) Condition-oriented theories 强调条件理论 emphasize the nature of the human and physical context in which language learning takes place, such as the number of students, what kind of input learners receive, and the learning atmosphere
Behaviourist theory 行为主义理论 =audio-lingual