FOUNDATIONS OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

FOUNDATIONS OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

1. THE WORLD OF SECOND LANGUAGES

   • ABILITIES OF LANGUAGE
     • MONOLINGUALISM
       • One language
         • Monocompetence
     • BILINGUALISM
       • Only two languages
     • Multilingualism
       • Two or more languages
         • Multicompetence
   • LINGUISTIC INFORMATION IS NOT OFFICIALLY COLLECTED
     • Answer to questions may not be reliable
     • Confuse definition of terms and criteria for identification

2. THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE LEARNING

   • NATURAL ABILITY
     • Innate capacity
   • SOCIAL EXPERIENCE
     • Interaction

3. L1 VS L2 LEARNING

   • INITIAL STATE
     • L1
       • Innate capacity
     • L2
       • Transfer
   • INTERMEDIATE STATES
     • PROCESSES
       • L1
         • Unconscious
       • L2
         • Transfer
           • Negative or positive
     • NECESSARY CONDITIONS
       • Language input
     • FACILITATING CONDITIONS
       • Feedback Aptitude Motivation Instruction
   • FINAL STATE
     • L1
       • Native linguistic competence
     • L2
       • Near-native competence

4. THE LOGICAL PROBLEM OF LANGUAGE LEARNING

   • CONTRAINTS AND PRINCIPLES CANNOT BE LEARNED
   • CHILDREN´S KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGE GOES BEYOND WHAT COULD BE LEARNED FROM THE INPUT THEY RECEIVE
   • UNIVERSAL PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE EXPLAINED BY LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC INPUT

5. FRAMEWORK OF SLA

   • LINGUISTIC
     • INTERNAL FOCUS
       • Linguistic competece
     • EXTERNAL FOCUS
       • Functionalism
   • PSYCHOLOGICAL
     • LANGUAGES AND THE BRAIN
       • Neurolinguistics
     • LEARNING PROCESSES
       • Information Processing (IP) models of learning
       • Connectionism
     • LEARNER DIFFERENCES
       • Humanistic
   • SOCIAL
     • MICROSOCIAL FOCUS
       • Production Interpretation Interaction
     • MACROSOCIAL FOCUS
       • Cultural Politica Educational settings