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CHOMSKY, NOAM – 1968
WITHIN THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE LINGUISTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STUDY OF GRAMMAR AND UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR, AND HOW THIS RELATIONSHIP CORRELATES WITH THE MECHANISMS OF HUMAN PERCEPTION AND LEARNING. HE EMPHASIZES THAT LANGUAGE IS NEITHER ENTIRELY INNOVATIVE NOR A "HABIT STRUCTURE," BUT RATHER IS…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Learning Theories, Psycholinguistics, Surface Structure
Van Abbe, Derek – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Instruction, Learning Theories, Modern Languages
Meisel, Jurgen M. – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1971
Descriptors: French, Instructional Improvement, Language Patterns, Language Usage
Peer reviewedDi Pietro, Robert J. – Italica, 1972
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Formal Criticism, Italian, Learning Theories
Strauch, R. O. U. – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1972
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Instructional Improvement, Language Instruction, Learning Theories
Weisgerber, Leo – Wirkendes Wort, 1971
Questions Chomsky's postulation of an innate capacity for language use, and suggests that Chomsky is modifying his theory by including the time factor in his consideration of language acquisition. (RS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Language Ability, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedTwaddell, W. F. – Foreign Language Annals, 1973
Disparages the mentalist view of language (generative and transformational grammar theories) and those people who represent it. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Learning Theories, Modern Languages, Opinions
Jung, Lothar – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1977
Considers the question of how much psycholinguistics can contribute to foreign language teaching. Transformational grammar as well as behaviorist, psychobiological and development-psychological approaches are considered. These various psycholinguistic directions are sketched and examined for their applicability to foreign language teaching. (Text…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Instruction, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Roberts, J. T. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1973
The language aquisition device (LAD) as hypothesized in the writings of Noam Chomsky is analyzed in terms of its applicability to second language learning (L2). (RL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bibliographies, Charts, Diagrams
Peer reviewedEwing, Wallace K. – Foreign Language Annals, 1972
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Research, Learning Theories, Linguistic Competence
Peer reviewedVerhaar, John W. M. – Language Sciences, 1971
Paper delivered as a Forum Lecture at the 1970 Linguistic Institute at Ohio State University. (DS)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Learning Theories, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics
Peer reviewedNey, James W. – TESOL Quarterly, 1973
Paper prepared under contract with the Defense Language Institute, English Language Branch, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and presented to the staff and faculty of the Institute in 1972. (RS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Learning Theories
Hoppe, Otfried – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1972
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, German, Language Ability, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedJarvis, R.A. – English Language Teaching, 1972
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Generative Grammar, Instructional Materials
Arndt, Horst – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conditioning, Evaluation Criteria, Language Universals
