These concepts can also give way to

These concepts can also give way to a number of subficlds within the discipline of psychology:acquisition processes,perception,memory (storage) systems,short-and Str long-term memory, recall, motivation, conscious and subconscious learning stylesand strategies, theories of forgetting, reinforcement, the role of practice. Very quickly the concept of learning becomes every bit as complex as the concept of lan- guage. Yet the second language learner brings all these (and more) variables into play in the learning of a second language.Teaching cannot be defined apart from learning. Teaching is guiding and facil itating learning, enabling the learner to learn,setting the conditions for learning Your understanding of how the learner learns will determine your philosophy of education, your teaching style, your approach, methods,and classroom techniques. If, like B. E Skinner, you look at learning as a process of operant conditioning through a carefully paced program of reinforcement, you wil