Learning Theory
Contents Descriptions
What Is
Language?
How Do We
Acquire
Language?
Defining
language
proficiency as
communicativ
e competence
Classroom
examples use
in social
context
What Is
learning?
1
Laws of
learning
Learning
conceptions
Explicit
learning and
implicit
learning
Understandin
g
Kinds of
understandin
g
Difference
between
learning and
acquiring a
language
2
Language
acquisition
Vs. language
learning in
adults
Comparison
first language
and second
language
acquisition
Learning
theories
Behaviorism
What is the
role of
memory?
Cognitivist
learning
theory
3
Observational
learning
theory
Mediational
process
Schema
theory
First language
acquisition
Behaviorism
theory and
first language
acquisition
Classical
conditional
theory
4
Elicit
behaviors and
classical
conditional
Pavlov’s
Dogs
Classical
conditional in
the classroom
BF Skinner-
operant
condition
Albert
Bandura-
Social
learning
theory
The Bobo Doll
experiment
5
Stages of
social
learning
theory
Noam
Chomsky-
innatist
theory
The critical
period
hypothesis
Vygotsky
interactionist
theory
Second
language
acquisition
theories
Language
acquisition
device( LAD)
6
Behaviorist
Perspective in
Second
language
Acquisition
Innatist
Perspective in
second
language
acquisition
Interactionist
perspective in
second
language
acquisition
Cognitivism
theory
Criticism of
social
cognitive
theory
Bernard
Weiner
Attribution
Theory
7
Dispositional
, situational
attribution
Kelley’s
Covariation
model
Charles
Regolith –
Elaboration
Theory
The
fundamental
strategies of
Elaboration
theory
Expertise
theory
Gestalt theory
8
Principles of
Gestalt Theory
Problem
Solving and
Insight
Information
Process Theory
Computer –
Mind Analogy
Information
processing
and selective
attention
Metacognitio
n and theory
of mind
9
Theory of mind
development
What is
constructivism
?
Principles of
constructivism
theory
Constructivist
approaches to
teaching
What are the
features of
constructivism
classroom?
Jerome
Bruner’s
theory of
instruction
10
Connectivism
theory
Discovery
learning and
social
development
theory of
Vygotsky
Social
development
theory The
zone of
Proximal
development
Problem based
learning
Situated
learning theory
Multiple
intelligence
theory and
learning style
11
Humanistic
theory
Maslow’s
Hierarchy of
needs in the
classroom
Physiological
Needs
Safety Needs
Belonging and
Esteem Needs
Self-
Actualization
Needs
12
Educational
Application
The
experimental
learning theory
The
Experimental
Learning Cycle
Kolb Four
Learning
Styles
Diverging (
Feeling and
Watching )
Assimilating (
Watching and
Thinking )
13
Converging (
Doing and
Thinking )
Accommodatin
g ( Doing and
Feeling)
Intrinsically
motivating
Instruction
Theory of
Intrinsically
motivating
Instruction
Self-
determination
theory
Cognitive
evaluation
Theory
14
Differentiating
Motivation
Self-
Determination
Needs
Miscellaneo
us Learning
Theories
and Model
E -learning
Advantages
and
Disadvantag
es of E-
Learning
E- Learning
Strategy
15