1. Theories of Learning

2. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. (Chinese Proverb)

3. The structure and process of the Mind VS the analysis of the nature

6. The Direct Method

8. Mentalism: thinking as rule-governed activity The failure of the Behaviourism:

9. Forming habits VS Acquiring rules

10. Cognitive code: learners as thinking beings

11. The learner a passive receiver of information (the behaviourist theory) an active processor of information (the cognitive theory)

12. The problem-solving task is the basic teaching technique

13. Sources aimed at teaching reading strategies are developed

14. Learners are at the centre of the learning process

15. The cognitive theory

17. Learning (a conscious process) Acquisition (an unconscious process)

18. A model for learning

19. network connections

20. A need to acquire knowledge is a necessary factor but the learner should enjoy the process of acquisition!

22. Take useful points in each theory;

23. Trust in the evidence of your own teaching experience;Theories of learning and language descriptions are not casually linked;

24. Thank you for your Attention!