TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION BY AUTHOR .............................................................................................. i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................... ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................ iii
ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................ viii
LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................... ix
LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................. x
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................. xi
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 1
1.1. Rationale .............................................................................................. 1
1.2. Aim(s) of the Study .............................................................................. 3
1.3. Research Questions ............................................................................. 3
1.4. Scope of the Study ............................................................................... 3
1.5. Significance of the Study ..................................................................... 4
Hopefully, the study will make a small contribution to the application of
behaviorism in improving the young students’ vocabulary at Bac Hong
primary school in Dong Anh, Hanoi. ......................................................... 4
1.6. Research Methods ............................................................................... 4
1.7. Structure of the Study ......................................................................... 4
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................... 6
2.1. An overview of behaviorism.................................................................. 6
2.1.1. Concept of behaviorism ................................................................ 6
2.1.2. Behaviorism's point of view and foreign language teaching
methodology .......................................................................................... 8
2.2. The primary school learners ................................................................ 10
2.2.1. Characteristics ............................................................................ 10
2.2.2. Cognitive development ............................................................... 11