Audiolingual Method and Behaviorism
From Misunderstanding to Myth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22871114 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter J Castagnaro (Temple University, Japan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 519-526 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-6001 • E-ISSN: 1477-450X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/applin/aml023 |
| OpenAlex | W2055247953 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article contends that the modern descendant of B. F. Skinner's experimental analysis of behavior, ‘behavior analysis,’ and as well his 1957 masterwork Verbal Behavior, have rarely if ever been seriously contemplated by applied linguists for possible contributions to the field. Rather, a pat literature of dismissal has developed that justifies itself on (a) a fictitious link between the audiolingual method and undifferentiated behaviorism, and/or (b) a demonstrably erroneous notion that operant psychology is too simplistic to effectively take up language issues. In reality, behavior analysis is alive, well, and making significant contributions in applied language settings, but not typically in the second language area.
Applied behavior analysis · Behaviorism · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Descendant · Developmental psychology · Dismissal · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Linguistics · Mythology · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2023 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |