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Second Language Acquisition Theory - Coggle Diagram
Second Language Acquisition Theory
Causative Variables in SLA
Acculturation
Most effective way of lowering the affective filter
Means of gaining Comprehensible input.
Motivates second language acquisition
Lower filter results to pidginization
Individual learners are more open to input
The Causative Variables
Application is more important than learning
Conditions for acquisition
Low affective filter
Comprehensible input
Age
Children are superior but only in long run
Adult learners get more comprehended input
Rejects the idea of "the younger the better"
Language teaching
Classroom for comprehensible input
When language teaching helps
Beginners who don't have access to inputs
Conscious learners with optimal monitor use
When language teaching doesn't help
When there are other source of language input
Exposure Variables
One year necessary for the older children for SLA
Acquisition process is initially rapid but lower with time
Indirect positive variable
High Interaction
LOR leads to comprehensible input
Some studies argue about the clear relationship between LOR and second language proficiency