Second language learning/acquisition

Second language learning/acquisition

1. Second language

   • Foreign Language
     • A languague thar is NOT SPOKEN in the community
   • Second Language
     • A languague that IS SPOKEN in the community

2. Acquisition

   • Gradual development of the language
   • Unconsciuos process (infomal)

3. Learning

   • Conscious process
   • Accumulating knowledge of language features
     • Grammar
     • Vocabulary
   • Institutional setting

4. Acquisition barriers

   • Harder during teenage and adults
     • Few hours to encounter the L2
     • Responsabilities
   • Joshep Conrad phenomenom
     • Some features of L2 are easier to learn
     • L1 features still present
       • Accent

5. Affective factors

   • Negative feelings
   • Bad experiences
   • Low emphaty for the L2 culture

6. Focus on the method

   • Promote the L2
     • Grammar-Translation
       • Grammar rules
       • Reading and writing are focused
       • Memorization
     • Audiolingual
       • Drills
         • Spoken language
       • Repetition
     • Communicative approaches
       • Communicative experiences

7. Focus on the learner

   • Use patterns of L1
   • Motivation
   • Input and output

8. Communicative competence

   • The ability to communicate in L2
     • Words and rules
     • Discourse
     • Appropiacy
     • Communication strategies