What paradigm shift is Ellis associated with?
Cognitive revolutionary
Behavioral
Humanistic
Psychoanalytic
Answer
Ellis's cognitive revolutionary paradigm shift emphasized the role of cognition in language acquisition. This shift challenged the prevailing behaviorist view that language learning was solely a matter of habit formation and stimulus-response associations. Ellis argued that learners actively process and interpret language input, and that their cognitive abilities play a crucial role in language acquisition.
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