Introduction to Tyler's Wiki Work Blog

This blog was designed to document the contributions I made to the class wiki located at: http://wikis.apa.uoit.ca/wikis/EDUC5001-SEP10/index.php/Main_Page

Contributions consist of original writing that:

*adds new information to existing entries about a learning theory (behaviorism, humanistic psychology, connectivism, etc.) or other topic

* presents information about a previously excluded learning theory, theorist, researcher, or other topic, or

* revises entries made by others (to correct errors or to update the entry.

All entries are time stamped and labeled for quick reverance.

Pages

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Today, I continued to organize the Second Language Acquisition page to cover the development of this field from the 1960s to the present.  I linked some more theories and theorists to other information pages, some which existed (green), others did not (blue).

The Grammar-Translation Model
The Direct Method
The Audio-Lingual Method
Larry Selinker
Cognitive Approach
Community Language Learning
The Natural Approach
Silent Period
Input Hypothesis
Total Physical Response (TPR)
Communicative Language Teaching
Functional-Notional Approach
Michael Long
Interaction Hypothesis
Merrill Swain
Output Hypothesis
Richard Schmidt
Noticing Hypothesis
Eclecticism
Sociocultural Theory

I feel that my overview of the development of SLA over the past 50+ years is a good start to this page. At this point, it is in no way comprehensive but over time other participants can improve upon it by adding to this page.  Over the next few days, I will start adding some information to the new links (highlighted in blue) while adding to and/or editing those links that already existed (highlighted in green).




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