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What is the primary distinction between styles and strategies in learning?

  • Styles are flexible, whereas strategies are rigid.
  • Styles are innate while strategies can be taught. (correct)
  • Styles focus on the content, while strategies focus on the process.
  • Styles are specific techniques, whereas strategies are general approaches.
  • Which definition best describes self-regulation in learning?

  • The practice of applying learned information in real-world contexts.
  • The ability to maintain attention during learning tasks.
  • The process of setting goals, monitoring progress, and adjusting methods. (correct)
  • The capacity to motivate oneself through positive reinforcement.
  • Which statement accurately characterizes communication strategies in education?

  • They consist of techniques that facilitate interaction and understanding. (correct)
  • They involve specific grammatical rules for effective writing.
  • They require memorization of key terminologies for discussion.
  • They rely solely on verbal cues to convey messages.
  • Different learning styles imply which of the following?

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    What is the significance of understanding individual differences in learning?

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    What do the principles of language refer to?

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    In the dialogue between the child and mother, what grammatical feature is the child using incorrectly?

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    What is the implication of the mother correcting the child's statement?

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    How do parameters in language function differently than principles?

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    What can be inferred about the child's language development based on the dialogue provided?

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    What is the primary function of the forgetting process as described in the content?

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    How is the process of subsumption related to forgetting?

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    What term is used to describe the stage of forgetting in the context of subsumption?

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    What is described as more economical in terms of memory retention?

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    What typically occurs to the importance of a specific item during the subsumption process?

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    What is a primary characteristic of an individual with high ambiguity tolerance (AT)?

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    Which of the following best describes the impact of ambiguity on decision-making for someone with high ambiguity tolerance?

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    What can be inferred about the disadvantages of low ambiguity tolerance?

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    What does ambiguity tolerance suggest about an individual's emotional response to uncertainty?

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    How does the concept of a continuum relate to ambiguity tolerance?

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    Which nationality is associated with cooks in this description of HELL?

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    In this description, which nationality is linked to the mechanics?

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    What role is assigned to the Swiss in this conceptualization of HELL?

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    Which nationality is mentioned as organizing HELL?

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    Who is associated with the police in the context of HELL?

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    What is a key characteristic of reflective or systematic thinkers?

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    Which of the following best describes the approach of reflective thinkers?

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    What is the most significant action reflective thinkers engage in before arriving at a solution?

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    How do reflective thinkers approach problem-solving compared to others?

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    In developing solutions, what differentiates systematic thinkers from those who do not reflect deeply?

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    Flashcards

    Language Principles

    Universal features shared by all languages.

    Language Parameters

    Language-specific features.

    Imitation in Language Learning

    Learning by copying others.

    Child's Grammar Error

    An example of a grammatically incorrect sentence produced by a child.

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    Mother's Correction

    Adult correcting a child's grammar.

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    Learning Styles

    Different ways individuals prefer to learn.

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    Learning Strategies

    Methods used to enhance learning and retain information.

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    Self-Regulation

    Managing your own learning process.

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    Communication Strategies

    Methods used to effectively convey and understand information.

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    Styles vs. Strategies

    Learning styles refer to preferences in learning; strategies involve techniques and methods.

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    Forgetting as subsumption

    Forgetting is a process where specific details are incorporated into more general concepts, making remembering the general concept more economical and easier than remembering all the specific details.

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    Memorial Reduction to Least Common Denominator

    Forgetting is a process of simplification, where specific details are reduced to or subsumed into the unifying elements of a broader concept.

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    Subsumption

    The process of incorporating specific information into a more encompassing general concept, which is easier to remember in the long run.

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    Cognitive Economy

    The brain's tendency to prioritize memory efficiency by retaining more general or broader concepts instead of a large number of specific details.

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    Importance of specific items

    Specific details' significance often gets integrated into the perceived meaning of more inclusive concepts over time.

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    Ambiguity Tolerance (AT)

    The ability to comfortably handle uncertain situations and consider multiple possibilities without feeling overwhelmed.

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    Advantages of AT

    AT allows individuals to be more open to new ideas, creative solutions, and innovation.

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    Disadvantages of AT

    Individuals with high AT may struggle with making decisions due to the overwhelming number of options, or may experience confusion and frustration in situations with clear rules.

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    AT and Creativity

    High AT is often linked to creativity, as it allows individuals to explore unconventional ideas and solutions.

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    AT and Uncertainty

    AT involves accepting uncertainty, and not being overly bothered by situations with unclear outcomes.

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    Reflective Thinker

    Someone who carefully considers all aspects of a problem before offering a solution.

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    Systematic Thinking

    A structured approach to problem-solving that involves identifying all factors, potential issues, and solutions.

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    Loopholes

    Potential flaws or exceptions in a plan or solution.

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    Extensive Reflection

    Deep and thorough thinking about a problem before making a decision.

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    Venture a Solution

    To propose or offer a solution after careful consideration.

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    HELL (According to the Joke)

    A humorous description of a hypothetical place where different nationalities represent various professions, each with their associated stereotypes. This is simply a joke and doesn't reflect any societal truth.

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    National Stereotypes

    Generalized beliefs about the characteristics of individuals based on their nationality. These stereotypes can be inaccurate and harmful as they oversimplify complex groups and can lead to prejudice.

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    Humor and Stereotypes

    Humor can be used to highlight and exaggerate stereotypes, often for the purpose of amusement or social commentary. However, it's important to be mindful of the potential for offense or perpetuation of harmful beliefs.

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    Nationality and Profession

    The joke plays on the idea that certain nationalities are associated with certain professions. This association may be rooted in historical factors, cultural norms, or simply popular perception, not necessarily truth.

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    Social Commentary Through Humor

    This joke can be seen as a lighthearted way to comment on societal biases and stereotypes. It highlights how commonly held assumptions about nationalities can shape our perceptions.

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    Study Notes

    Language, Learning, and Teaching

    • Different schools of thought are discussed
    • Method and postmethod eras are covered

    Structural Linguistics (1940-1950)

    • Application of scientific observation of human languages
    • Focus on publicly observable responses
    • Linguists' task is to describe a language
    • Reductionist view: language is a system of rules; a sum of different parts (syntax, semantics, phonetics, etc.) creates the whole
    • Development of structural drills and pattern practice

    Behavioral Psychology

    • Focus on publicly observable responses
    • Use of scientific method, including careful observation and skepticism
    • Importance of classical and operant conditioning
    • Emphasis on empiricism (only testable things exist)

    Classical vs. Operant Conditioning

    • Classical conditioning: stimulus comes before the behavior
    • Operant conditioning: behavior comes first, followed by negative or positive reinforcement

    Classical Conditioning (Pavlov)

    • Emotional responses associated with specific stimuli

    Operant Conditioning (Skinner)

    • Behavior is shaped by consequences (rewards/punishments)

    Operant Conditioning: How do we influence behavior?

    • Reinforcement: Responses/consequences that increase the frequency of a behavior
    • Punishment: Responses/consequences that decrease the frequency of a behavior
    • Positive reinforcement: Adding a stimulus to increase a behavior
    • Negative reinforcement: Removing a stimulus to increase a behavior
    • Positive punishment: Adding a stimulus to decrease a behavior
    • Negative punishment: Removing a stimulus to decrease a behavior

    Generative Linguistics (Chomsky - 1960s)

    • Chomsky's theory: Language=set of definite rules to create unlimited sentences
    • Originated from Saussure (1916)
    • Parole: what is observed and called performance
    • Langue: underlying language ability (akin to 'competence')

    Competence vs. Performance

    • Competence: unobservable knowledge of language
    • Performance: observable use of language

    Cognitive Psychology

    • Meaning, understanding, and knowing are important data points for psychological study
    • Shift from description to explanation
    • Focus on "why" instead of "what"
    • Emphasis on discover psychological principles of organization and functioning

    Constructivism

    • Cognitive version (Piaget, 1954): Learning is a developmental process of change, self-generation, and construction; builds on prior learning
    • Social version (Vygotsky, 1978): Social interaction and discovery are crucial; Zone of Proximal Development is essential

    Piaget vs. Vygotsky

    • Piaget: Importance of individual cognitive development; Biological timetables and stages are basic; Social interaction triggers development.
    • Vygotsky: Rejected predetermined stages; Social interaction fosters cognitive development

    Method and Postmethod

    • Methods are too prescriptive and top-down
    • Postmethod era advocates a bottom-up approach that is context-specific and flexible
    • Key aspects: Particularity (e.g., students' needs and context), practicality (e.g., encouraging teachers to theorize), possibility (e.g., socio-political consciousness learners bring)

    First Language Acquisition

    • Theories of first language acquisition; Practice and frequency; Competence and performance; Imitation

    Behaviorism

    • Effective language behavior = production of correct responses to stimuli
    • Children produce reinforced linguistic responses
    • Classical and operant conditioning are important

    Challenges of Behaviorism

    • Poverty of stimulus: Children are not exposed to enough data to acquire all language features
    • Creativity: Children produce new utterances

    Mediation Theory

    • Psychological model of attitude formation and influence on behavior
    • People don't respond directly to stimuli
    • Different cognitive components mediate stimuli's perceptions and values

    The Nativist Approach

    • Children are born with innate ability to organize language
    • Language-specific abilities help them learn a language.

    Challenges of the Nativist Approach

    • Parallel distributed processing: Language learning is not linear

    Connectionism

    • Learning by strengthening certain connections

    Emergentism

    • System or entity develops novel properties at certain complexity

    Functional Approach

    • Need to learn to choose language to meet particular situational needs
    • Importance of social context and performance (e.g., ZPD)

    Theories of First Language Acquisition

    • Behaviorist, Mediation Theory, Nativist, and Functional

    Which one is more important between competence and performance?

    • Competence refers to underlying knowledge.
    • Performance shows observable manifestation of knowledge.

    What is wrong with Adam?

    • Adam gives nonsensical answer, showing a difference between linguistic competence and performance.

    Comprehension vs. Production

    • Most research findings suggest comprehension is stronger than production in child language learning.

    Nature vs. Nurture

    • Common features of all language = principles
    • Language-specific aspects = parameters

    Do Imitating Work?

    • Example showing that children don't always imitate correctly

    Practice and Frequency

    • Practice doesn't make perfect; but practice does make better

    Age and Acquisition

    • Critical period hypothesis (CPH), different versions, lateralization, significance of accent, age and language teaching methods

    CPH: a sensitive period

    • Biologically determined period for language learning
    • Acquisition more easily at an earlier age
    • Later acquisition becomes increasingly difficult

    Hemispheric Lateralization

    • Functions assigned to either the left (intellectual, logical, analytic) or right (emotional, social) hemispheres of the brain.

    Lower and Higher Order Processes

    • Support for neurologically based critical period mainly for authentic accent acquisition
    • Weaker support for communicative fluency and higher-order processes

    Strong and Weak Versions of CPH

    • Sensitive periods are special time windows
    • Critical periods require specific experience for subsequent normal functions.

    Equilibration

    • Process of organization of knowledge stepwise
    • From doubt and uncertainty (disequilibrium) to resolution and certainty (equilibrium - and back)
    • Cycle continues

    Affective Considerations

    • Egocentricity\
    • Inhibition\
    • Language ego\
    • Attitude\
    • Peer pressure

    Language Ego

    • Dynamic and flexible through puberty
    • New language "threat" or inhibition is less during puberty
    • Adaptation is usually easier when sociocultural factors are favorable

    Total Physical Response (TPR)

    • Method focusing on listening followed by physical responses
    • Effective for beginning levels of language proficiency; Use as instructional activity
    • No necessary verbal response required

    The Natural Approach

    • L2 acquisition like child language acquisition
    • Exposure to comprehensible input (without forced grammar study) important

    Human Learning

    • Respondent and operant conditioning; Punishment and reinforcement; Ausubel's Subsumption Theory; Rote vs. meaningful learning; Humanistic approaches

    Respondent vs. Operant Conditioning (Pavlov vs. Skinner)

    • Skinner's neobehaviorism differed from Pavlov's respondent conditioning in emphasizing the importance of reinforcement following desired behavior instead of preceding stimuli.

    Operant Behavior

    • Skinner's theory of operant behaviors

    Punishment

    • Skinner's view of punishment as a response that decreases the frequency of a behavior, either by removing a positive reinforcer or adding an aversive stimulus.

    Positive vs. Negative Reinforcement and Punishment

    • Defined examples of positive and negative reinforcement, and punishment.

    How do you connect operant conditioning to language learning?

    • Step-by-step reinforcement and controlled practice
    • Programmed instruction (structured learning at own pace)

    Ausubel's Subsumption Theory

    • Human learning is a meaningful, relational process where new information relates to existing cognitive structures.

    Subsumption

    • Meaningful learning, relating, organizing, new knowledge under inclusive concepts.

    Rote Learning

    • Rote learning as a contrasting concept to subsumption
    • Acquisition of discrete units; relatively isolated from existing cognitive structures

    Example of Subsumption & Rote Learning

    • Examples of subsumption and rote learning.

    Rote Learning (continued)

    • In rote learning, there's no clear connection and ineffective retention.

    Meaningful Learning (continued)

    • Acquisition and storage of knowledge anchored to existing cognitive systems.
    • Systematic forgetting.

    Obliterative Forgetting

    • Meaningful learning involves intentional and systematic forgetting as part of the subsumption process.
    • Forgetting as a second stage of subsumption, reducing to the common denominator

    More Elaborations on Forgetting

    • Forgetting is more economical and less burdensome to keep more inclusive concepts while subsuming specific items.

    Cognitive Pruning

    • Process of eliminating unnecessary details to make a more integrated, inclusive whole.

    Rogers's Humanistic Psychology

    • Focus on social and interactive nature of learning
    • Affective states and context are critical for learning

    Key Features of Humanistic Psychology

    • Social and interactive nature of learning
    • Importance of subjective experiences
    • Whole person (emotions are as important as cognition)
    • Non-threatening environment

    Perspectives on Human Learning: Table

    • Overview of different perspectives on human learning, comparing their core concepts

    Individual Differences

    • Styles vs. strategies; Different learning styles; Self-regulation; Communication strategies

    Styles vs. Strategies

    • Styles = general characteristics
    • Strategies = specific actions

    Learning Styles

    • Field independence vs. field sensitivity; Random vs. sequential learning; Global vs. particular learning; Inductive vs. deductive learning; Synthetic vs. analytic learning, Concrete vs. abstract leaning; Impulsive vs. reflective leaning; Left-brain vs. right-brain dominance; Ambiguity tolerance vs. intolerance
    • Visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities

    Field Independence vs. Field Sensitivity

    • FI: ability to separate parts from the whole, find hidden details, focus on specific information
    • FS: ability to perceive the whole picture, larger view

    FI vs FS

    • Affective aspects based on FI / FS dimensions

    FI/FS and language learning

    • Some studies connected FI to classroom learning
    • FS style correlates with communicative aspects of language learning

    Ambiguity Tolerance / AT

    • Describes how people perceive and deal with uncertainty/contradictions

    Ambiguity Tolerance (continued)

    • Pros and cons of being more / less ambiguity tolerant in language learning

    Reflectivity & Impulsivity

    • Individuals show tendencies towards quick/gambling or slower/calculated decisions.
    • Systematic thinkers carefully consider different perspectives.
    • Impulsive types take a number of different chances before a solution is attained.

    Self-Regulation

    • Autonomous process developing awareness, setting goals, monitoring performance, adapting strategies, and holding positive beliefs about self

    Strategies

    • Specific actions to solve specific problems
    • Cognitive; Metacognitive; Socioaffective

    Communication Strategies

    • Avoidance strategies
    • Compensatory strategies

    Affective Factors in SLA

    • Self-esteem and its different versions; Attribution theory; Willingness to communicate; Inhibition and language ego; Anxiety; Motivation

    Self-Esteem

    • Global self-esteem
    • Situational self-esteem
    • Task self-esteem

    Attribution Theory & Self-Efficacy

    • High self-efficacy=failure attributed to insufficient effort
    • Low self-efficacy=failure attributed to external reasons

    Willingness to Communicate

    • Underlying predisposition toward communication versus avoidance

    Application of Language Ego to Language Learning

    • Thin ego boundaries vs thick ego boundaries

    Anxiety

    • Trait vs. state anxiety
    • Debilitative (negative) vs. facilitative (positive) anxiety

    Language Anxiety

    • Communication apprehension\
    • Fear of negative social evaluation\
    • Test anxiety

    Theories of Motivation

    • Behaviorist (anticipation of reward)\
    • Cognitive (choices, experiences, goals)\
    • Constructivist (social context, individual choices, personal values)

    Different Types of Motivation

    • Intrinsic\
    • Extrinsic\
    • Integrative\
    • Instrumental

    Language, Culture, and Identity

    • What is culture?\
    • Linguistic relativity\
    • Acculturation and enculturation\
    • Four stages of culture acquisition\
    • World Englishes and Imperialism\
    • Tips for teaching culture

    What is Culture?

    • Context of existence, thinking, feeling, and relating to others
    • System of rules (explicit & implicit)
    • Stability but potential to change

    Stereotypes

    • Group characteristics assigned to individuals based on cultural membership
    • Often inaccurate; dynamic and contextualized culture

    Linguistic Relativity

    • Language influences how we perceive and think about reality
    • Examples like Inuit terms for snow

    Acculturation and Enculturation

    • Acculturation: adopting culture not native to you
    • Enculturation: learning native culture over time

    Examples of Acculturation

    • Eating new foods\
    • Participating in new holidays

    Four Stages of Culture Acquisition

    • Initial euphoria\
    • Culture shock\
    • Irritability & hostility\
    • Gradual adjustment\
    • Accomplishment & acceptance

    Deculturation

    • Neglect or loss of cultural characteristics, deliberately or incidentally

    Social Distance: Parameters

    • Dominance / power relationships\
    • Extent of integration\
    • Congruency

    Good Learning Condition

    • Positive attitudes between cultures necessary for successful acculturation

    Good vs. Bad Language Learners

    • Self-perception of distance for effective learning.

    World Englishes

    • English learning in India not involving a new culture

    Linguistic Imperialism

    • Devaluation or genocide of native languages

    Tips for Teaching Culture

    • Activity value customs\
    • Avoid stereotypes\
    • Avoid devaluing native languages\
    • Recognize willingness to participate\
    • Be sensitive to gender roles\
    • Connect language features and cultural contexts\
    • Use students' rich experiences
    • Promote intercultural thinking\
    • Help students construct social identities in a positive community.

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