Language Acquisition and Second Language Acquisition notes
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This GoConqr page gathers more than 10 community-made notes on language acquisition, from theories and learning strategies to error analysis and input processing. They are for university students and professional candidates reviewing these topics, and teachers exploring classroom approaches. The collection is mainly university-level. Choose a set of notes to begin.
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- Language Functions and Communicative Competence36
- First Language Development21
- Stages of Language Acquisition23
- Language Acquisition Theories334
- Krashen's Hypotheses46
- Cognitive Processes in Language Learning50
- Age and Language Learning20
- Individual Differences in Language Learning36
- Language Learning Styles and Strategies35
- Language, Culture and Bilingualism13
- Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching7
- Language Teaching Methods44
- Learner Errors and Feedback11
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SLaT 615: Input Processing Have you ever explained a grammar rule to your students that you thought was really easy, only to be surprised when- the very next day or even moments- they were unable to use the rule when they spoke or even wrote? A...
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CONSCIOUSNESS IN LANGUAGE LEARNING - creado desde un Mapa Mental It is present in Schmidt Krashen´s monitor theory
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2. LANGUAGE LEARNING + ACQUISITION THEORIES - creado desde un Mapa Mental 2. GENERAL THEORIES ON LEARNING AND ACQUISITION 3. THE CONCEPT OF INTERLANGUAGE 4. THE TREATMENT OF ERROR
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Theories/Processes of SLA - created from Mind Map Universal Grammar Input Hypothesis BICS
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Identify the main theories of first language acquisition - created from Mind Map Behaviorism Innatist It is based on the empiricist or behavioral approach.
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Learning Strategies. Techniques developped by learners when they learn - creado desde un Mapa Mental Direct strategies Indirect strategies Language. Method of human comunication , could be spoken or written, it consist on the use of words in a conventional or structured form.
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Contribution of Error Analysis to Foreign Language Teaching - created from Mind Map Introduction A Historical Background to the Field of Error Analysis identification of errors
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Krashen's 5 Hypothesis of SLA - created from Mind Map Acquisition Learning Monitor Hypothesis Comprhensible Input
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Second language Acquisition and development - creado desde un Mapa Mental INPUT Enhanced input Gass´model for 2L acquisition Input features that promote 2 LA Comprehensible input Premodified/conmprenhensive how does it work in the classroom? INPUT INTERACTION OUTPUT CONTEXT a necessary part...
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Second language Acquisition and development - creado desde un Mapa Mental_1 INPUT Enhanced input Gass´model for 2L acquisition Input features that promote 2 LA Comprehensible input Premodified/conmprenhensive how does it work in the classroom? INPUT INTERACTION OUTPUT CONTEXT a necessary part...
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1_Language and Culture - created from Mind Map Language is a set of abstract systems whose meanings reside in the forms themselves rather than in the uses to which they are putLanguage is considered a set of abstract systems whose meanings reside in the forms them...
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Age and Acquisition - created from Mind Map Dispelling Myths Types of comparison and contrast The critical period hypothesis
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Problems of teaching explicit grammar - creado desde un Mapa Mental The focus is on talking about the language rather than on talking in the language Students are aware of the rules and how to use them Emphasis should be put on learning to understand and communicate effectively in the...
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INTERACTIONIST - creado desde un Mapa Mental PIAGET Language acquisition: interaction VIGOTSKY
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Introduce el texto aquí - creado desde un Mapa Mental ACQUISITION Natural Approach Cognitive Approach
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Helping students negotiate conversational and academic language - creado desde un Mapa Mental Aspects of academic language Help students define the topic and key vocabulary to use during a discussion. Conversational language
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The many different theories and processes of Secondary Acquistion - created from Mind Map Universal Grammer Social Interactionist Theory Stephen Krashen Theory
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The effects of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory - created from Mind Map On second language acquisition On language input Teachers
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English Language Learners - created from Mind Map Stephen Krashen Jim Cummings Noam Chomski
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Sin título - created from Mind Map Language Learning and Teaching Interdiciplinary field Second language acquisition
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LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS. - creado desde un Mapa Mental
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Learning Stages ages 0-5 - creado desde un Mapa Mental 0 1 2
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These notes cover both theories and teaching concerns. You can read about first language acquisition, Krashen’s hypotheses and wider second language acquisition theories. Other notes look at learning strategies, consciousness in language learning and the contribution of error analysis to foreign language teaching.
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Start with the notes on theories and processes of second language acquisition for an overview of ideas including Universal Grammar and the Input Hypothesis. Then use the notes on error analysis to focus on how learner errors are identified and described. Teachers may also find the notes on consciousness useful for considering classroom implications.
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The notes on theories and processes of second language acquisition are a useful starting point if you want an overview. They include Universal Grammar, the Input Hypothesis and stages of language acquisition. You could then read the notes on first language acquisition theories to compare the topics covered.
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