SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION (SLA)

SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION (SLA)

1. FOCUS ON

   • HUMAN CAPACITY TO LEARN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES
   • EXPLAIN HUMAN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

2. MARKED BY STRONG INFLUENCES:

   • PSYCHOLOGY
     • VYGOTSKY
   • BILINGUALISM
     • CONTEXT
   • PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
     • ENVIREONMENT AND COGNITION
       • LARSEN FREEMAN
   • EDUCATION
     • FORMAL INSTRUCTION
   • ANTHROPOLOGY
   • SOCIOLOGY

3. THEORETICAL APPROACHES

   • COGNITIVE-INTERACTIONIST
     • SOCIOCULTURALISM AND EMERGENTISM
   • FORMAL LINGUISTIC
   • VYGOTSKIAN SOCIOCULTURAL
   • USAGE-BASED EMERGENTIST SLA