教育心理学 Chapter 5.pptVIP

5.Ego boundaries and tolerance of ambiguity in second language learning Madeline Ehrman What kind of student are you? Two kinds of students: ● students relying heavily on explanations of articulatory phonetics and extensive drilling to achieve an approximation of native pronunciation . have thick boundaries ● students who are easygoing about pronunciation and expecting it to take care of itself without much direct attention. have relatively thin ego boundaries What do we mean by thick and thin ego boundaries? Ego: a psychoanalytic term which me