An analysis of the problems and effectiveness of children's English education from the perspective of behaviorism

Abstract

Behaviorism learning theory has dominated learning theory in the US for the past 50 years and is currently one of the major schools of thought. According to this idea, human thought arises via interaction with the outside world or the development of a "stimulus-response". In recent years, early childhood education has attracted more and more attention from various groups in society. Today, the field of children's English education is developing rapidly, but due to the particularity of children as an educated group, there are many problems and difficulties in English teaching and learning. This review analyzes and concludes that using behaviorism theory to guide children's English teaching and consolidating the knowledge learned through repeated practice is of great significance to children's English learning. It also puts forward suggestions that behavioral teaching concepts should be rationally used to formulate more flexible children's English learning strategies and make correct analyses and improvements.