How Perspectives on Language Development Affect English as a Foreign Langage Teaching

Dr. Yan Wu

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Dr. Yan Wu

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Behaviorism Innatism Interactionalist’s position

Abstract

Based on the review of three perspectives of language development, this paper is aimed to focus on interactionalist's position and provides insights into the influences of it on English as a foreign language teaching (EFLT).

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How Perspectives on Language Development Affect English as a Foreign Langage Teaching. (2012). Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 12(E10), 1-4. https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/509

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