Similarities & Differences between L1 & L2

Similarities & Differences between L1 & L2

1. Unified Competition Model

   • transfer reasons
     • phonology
     • lexicon
     • conceptualization
     • pragmatics
     • phonetics
     • certifies both production and understanding
       • through:
         • Critical Period Hypothesis
           • L1 starts:
             • early childhood
               • ends:
                 • adulthood
           • SLA occurs at puberty
         • Age
           • Educational policies are created
           • Best time to acquire it (10 years)
           • Children attend what is said
           • Adults attend grammar
         • Language development
           • Language domain
             • through:
               • stages of development
                 • result:
                   • Domain level
         • Phonology
           • Exposure to language = native accent
           • Difficulties:
             • L1 lite structures create interference
             • They do not generate practices to acquire L2
         • Affective factors
           • Motivation: integrative, instrumental
           • own identity creates learning barriers L2
           • Affective variables
           • Attitude
         • Context
           • Children: natural context due to association of input with specific context
         • Error Correction
           • It only happens in the classroom
             • Produce conversations: unreal, remote, lifeless
         • Language skills
           • Reading process L1 and L2 Literacy L1 is the basis for reading L2 Hypothesis of linguistic interdependence