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Second Language Acquisition - Coggle Diagram
Second Language Acquisition
Types of learning
Informal Learning (naturalistic)
Not structured
Formal Learning (Classroom)
Structured
Mixed Learning ( Formal + Informal)
Structured + real-world interaction
L2 Distinctions
• Second language
• Foreign language
• Library language
• Auxiliary language
L1 Distinctions
• First language
• Primary language
• Native language
• Mother tongue
The world of second Languages
Monolingualism
Multilingualism
Adding Second Language - Motivations
Challenges in Counting Multilinguals
• Lack of official data
• Unreliable self-reporting
• Different definitions of “native language
The nature of Language Learning
Acquisition in childhood
• Phonetic Discrimination
• Grammatical Patterns
• Simultaneous Multilingualism
• Early Theories: Parental or Communication
Innate Capacity
• Language Learning Ability
• Creativity in Language Use
• Child Grammar
• The Critical Period Hypothesis
Social Experience
• Language specific knowledge in children
• Low intentional teaching
• Sources of L1 Input and interactions
L1 learning vs L2 Learning
Initial State
Innate capacity and prior knowledge
Intermediate State
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Basic Process
• Necessary conditions
• Facilitating conditions
Final State
Competence
Logical problem of language learning
• Poverty of the stimulus
• Paradox of language acquisition
• The innateness theory
Frameworks for second language aquisition
Linguistic context
• Internal focus
• External focus
Social Context
• Microsocial focus
• Macrosocial focus
Psicological context
• Critical period
• Information processing and connectionism
• Learner differences