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Review Second Month (Factors that affect Second Language (Teacher, Time,…
Review Second Month
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Krashen
Language Acquisition: It's a process; it's subconscious, not helped by formal teaching. Implicit knowledge. "Picking up a language".
Language Learning: It's a formal knowledge that takes place within a course; it's conscious. Explicit knowledge; helped by formal teaching. "Knowing about a language".
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Homophone
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Example: Sun, son; Hour, our; Sea, see.
Minimal Pairs
Phonems: Basic form of sound that differentiate words and that are the smallest unit of sound in a language.
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BICS vs. CALP
* BICS: Casual language. It takes 2-3 years to learn how to have a conversation in another language (informal conversation). It takes 5-7 years to learn an academic language (TOEFL).
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Homographs or Heteronyms
Words written identically but have different pronunciations and meanings. Example: Bat (animal), bat (baseball).