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MENTALISM Slides Power Point
MENTALISM Slides Power Point
Language is internal, rulegoverned, and abstract. The human organism has an innate predisposition toward language acquisition, being in a sense "programmed" for language.
Greater emphasis needs to be put on the student's "COMPETENCE" as opposed to his "performance. Competence is what you actually know about a language,
an object or event, by following gaze or pointing gestures. It is critical for social development, language acquisition, cognitive development
CONCLUSION
y A specific contribution of Mentalism language learning theory is that it has given a
meaning of words, phrases, and sentences. Though the mentalists evade no explanations as to how meaning should be taught.
y A new discovery in language teaching is generated by Mentalism. This is the
concept that not only the mental activities of the language learner himself but the impact of the external factors such as imitation, frequency of some reinforcement,
y Cognitivists consider how human memory works to promote learning. For example,
the physiological processes of sorting and encoding information and events into short term memory and long term memory are important to educators working under the cognitive theory.
y Aspects of cognitivism can be found in learning how to learn, social role acquisition,