Second Language Acquisition

Second Language Learning

Foreign Language Learning

learning a language that is not spoken in the native community

Second Lnaguage Learning

Learning a language that is spoken outside the community

Learning vs Acquisition

Learning

Conscious process

Formal knowledge of rules

Acquisition

Inconscious process

Acquired in our environment

Acquisition Barriers

Learning an L2 is different from an L1

With this language they can communicate

Adults can learn the L2 effectively

do not sound like natives

Affective factors

Negative experiences that affect learning

Lack of empaty

Dull texbooks and classrooms

Fossilization

Incorrect language becomes a habit and cannot easily be corrected

Foreign accent

Motivation

Gives persistence and direction to the learning process.

It is important in language learning

Is the ability to acquire another language in addition to the one we already have.

Language Transfer

The learner tries to apply the rules of L1 within L2

Positive Transfer

Transfer of a feature from L1 that is similar from L2

Negative Transfer

Transfer of a characteristic from L1 that is different from L2

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCES

Linguistic Competence

Discourse Competence

Socio-Linguistic Competence

Strategic Competence

Input/Output

Input

It means there is a message in the language.

The student must pay attention.

Understand the meaning of the statement or sentence.

Output

It is the language that a student produces.

Communicative purpose

Interlanguage

The student of a second language builds as he learns it.

He is influenced by his mother tongue