Fatemeh Sadat Najmolhoda - Department of Education, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Zahra Ghanbarpour - Department of Education, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Fariba Haghani - Department of Medical Education, Medical Education Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Learning is the essence of behavior understanding. Since human beings model a behavior from learning, studying the basics of it helps us in knowing the reasons behind our behaviors. Discerning learning methods supports us in comprehending normal behaviors. It allows mutualcommunication between humans through language. The question of how a human learns alanguage should be explored in the views of scientists. Results from what was said indicate thatthe language is a social institution with its certain functions, tasks, and properties. It also maintains that language philosophy is a branch of philosophy that describes and explains general aspects of language. Using the provided principles and rules by linguists is essential in the application oftraining practices. Research methods: This is review research, in which the required information is extracted from existing documents. This review study aims for, (1) investigating the major theories of language learning, including behavioral and cognitive abstractions, in detail, and (2) addressing their applications in teaching language skills.

Behaviourism, cognitivist, language, learning