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Language Acquisition
Language Acquisition
We all acquire lgs the same way. When we understand the messages. Comprehensible input.
L1 vs L2 acquisition contrasts:
1 AGE
2 TRANSFER – patterns / references
3 INTERFERENCE
4 EXPOUSURE
5 ATTAINMENT
L1 vs L2 parallels
1 EXPOUSURE
2 REPETITION
3 ERRORS
4 RECEPTIVE BEFORE PRODUCTIVE
Differeneces/Factors:
Socio-cultural:
Socio-economic bg, Ethnic identity
Cognitive:
Learning styles, cognitive styles, learning strategies, language aptitude, working memory,
intelligence
Psychological:
Motivation, Attitude, Anxiety, Self-efficacy, Locust of control, personality, risk taking
Physical: Age, Gender
Other: Bilingualism, Willingness to communicate
==Motivation==
To be motivated the learner needs to have smth to look forward to, a purpose related to a goal
or objective.
Motivation is CRUCIAL in lg learning.
TYPES
Integrative – Lg learning for personal growth and cultural enrichment
Instrumental – Motivation arises out of a need to learn the L2 for functional or external reasons
Intrinsic – Refers to the motivation to engage in an activity because that activity is enjoyable and
satisfying to do.
Extrinsic – Those learners whose actions are carried out to achieve some instrumental end, such
as, earning a reward or avoiding punishment.
FACTORS
1. Motivation and Personality Variables
2. Attitudes and Motivation
ROLE OF TEACHER
1. Student’s comprehension
2. Correction errors
3. Grade your own paper
4. You are the making definitive progress
==RISK-TAKING==
Risk-Taking – enacted through a willingness to try new ideas and possibilities, and engage with
the potential for failure
Micro-risks – strategies to help implement risk-taking behaviour in the classroom, in small ways
Examples:
Praise effort not outcome, Open-ended project based assignments, allow retakes, Acknowledge
your mistakes, Encourage sts to support each other, The reward system.
==ANXIETY==
Achievement Anxiety test measures anxiety levels as well as an impact on our performance
caused by it.
Foreign language anxiety apprehension and nervousness sts feel when producing foreign lg.
EFFECTS OF ANXIETY
Avoidant – skipping class because of the fear of failing
Physical – Headache before a presentation, Sweating as soon as your name is called by the
teacher
Internal – Forgetting what to say in the middle of presentation / Wrong answer getting mad at
teacher.
==SOCIO-ECONOMIC BG==
Sts with lower socio-economic bg have lower and slower academic achievement.
Raising the level of instruction can help to create equality in sts achievement.
Students may be disadvantaged within the learning process bcause of socioeconomic factors or
their home environment.
Learners with greater cultural and social affluences lower are more likely to achieve academic
success.
==Ethnic Identity==
EI – refers to the subjective experience embracing the feelings, experiences, enact behaviours
through which ppl position their membership in a single or multiple ethnic group/s.
Age IS important in LA
Compared to Uni Sts high school sts had less exposure to target lg. (effect of aptitude was noted.)
Sts in uni lg programs are a more ‘select’ population with less variation in aptitude leading to the
lower correlations between aptitude and success for this group.
==PERSONALITY==
-someone’s character especially the way they behave towards other ppl
A characteristic way of thinking, feeling and behaving
The type of person you are, shown by the way you behave, feel, and think.
Referring to Introverts, high state of nervous system interferences with Short term memory
High arousal allows a memory trace to last longer
Low oral production depends on Short term memory
Extroverts do better at conversional activities.
Introverts are at an advantage in activities requiring reflective attention.
Extroverts re found to be generally more fluent both in L1 n L2.
==LOCUST OF CONTROL==
Locust of control – the degree to which people believe that they, as opposed to external forces,
have control over the outcome of events in their lives. This concept was developed by Julian
Rotter in 1954.
Locust of control can be seen as a part of personality construct, but it is largely learned.
Internal LOC : Control of life, Praise or blame themselves, less willing to take risks, They re-
evaluate their future performances after the failure.
External LOC : Outside factors, Praise or blame others, more willing to take risks, They need
encouragement and guidance.
Scale of Rotter to measure locust includes 29 questions with statements including 2 options of
answers, 6 are lie-detectors.
==Self-Efficacy==
INFLUENCES:
Various experience, Performance experience, Social Persuasion, Imaginal experience, Physical
and emotional states.
==ATTITUDE==
Types of attitudes:
ATTITUDES TOWARDS L2 COMMUNITY AND SPEAKERS
ATTITUDES TOWARDS LEARNING AND TARGET LG
ATTITUDES TOWARD LG’S AND LG LEARNING IN GENERAL
ATTITUDES:
Affective – refers to the feeling and emotions that one has towards an object like or dislike.
Cognitive – made up beliefs and ideas or opinions about the object of the attitude.
Behavioural – refers to one’s consisting actions or behavioural intentions towards the object.
==Learning Strategy==
Reciprocal questioning is about students creating their own questions about a topic.
Three-steps interviews are about the students quizzing one another.
In the pause procedure pause means pause for two or three minutes during a lecture to enhance
sts understanding.
The muddiest point strategy does include feedback from the teacher.
In the devil’s advocate approach choosing an appropriate topic IS important.
Peer teaching activities include different activities.
==INTELLIGENCE==
Intelligence is a set of skills of problem solving enabling the individual to resolve genuine
problems or difficulties. To create an effective product, and the potential for finding or
creating problems.
INTELLIGENCES:
Visual-Spatial, Naturalistic, Logical-Mathematical, Interpersonal, Verbal-linguistic, Existential, Bodily-
Kinesthetic, Musical
==WORKING MEMORY==
STEPS:
1 SENSORY MEM – CONCIOUS INFO / NO PROCESSING
2 SHORT TERM MEM – RECEPTION OF INFO
3 WORKING MEM – CONCIOUS PROCESSING OF INFO
Monitor sts
Reduce difficulty
Re-present important info
Use memory aids and visuals
Explain tasks slowly and in steps
==WILLINGNESS TO COMMUNICATE==
First 3 layers employ influences dependent on the specific context in which a person functions at a
given time.
Bottom 3 layers represent stable, enduring influences on L2 communication.
Bottom 3 layers are a foundation on which layers interact with each other.
5 antecedents mentioned
Motivation, Personality, Own abilities, Anxiety, Content and context
==GENDER==
Powerless lg – words and phrases that suggest that the speaker is uncertain about their message or
themselves.
Disclaimers – are remarks offered before a statement that indicate doubt, signal a problem, or ask
for sympathy or understanding
Hedges – signal uncertainty or anxiety about your statement by lessening the impact of your words.
Tag questions – lessen the force of a declarative sentence
Polite forms – indicate deference and subordination
Fillers – meaningless words, phrases or sounds that mark a pause or hesitation in speech
Politeness – can be defined as showing awareness and consideration of another person’s face.
Face – someone public self image
Face-threatening act – threat to person self-image
Face-saving act – to lessen the possibility to threat someone’s self image
Negative face – the need to be independent; to be free from impositions
Positive face – the need to be connected and to belong to a group
==Bilingualism==
TYPES OF BILING
Subordinate bilingualism
Compound bilingualism
Coordinate bilingualism
TYPES OF MULTI
Maximal multilingualism
Minimal multilingualism – not as fluent as native
Phenomenon of bilingualism
Simplification – we pick simpler words from 1 lg
Overgeneralization
Transfer – rules from 1st to 2nd lg
Code switching
==Learning Styles==
Refers to approaches to learning in a more general sense and applies to all aspects of learning.
Learning style has been defined as “an individual’s natural, habitual and preferred of absorbing,
processing, and retaining new information and skills.
Tabelka na kartce of LS :D
==AGE==
1.Various sources
2.Visual information
3.Accoustic input
4.Tactile information
5.Emotions and memories from previous context
Biographical variables:
1. age of acquisition - the age at which learners are immersed in the second language context.
2. age of first exposure – for an example a visit to the second language country.
3. length of residence - the amount of time spent immersed in the second language context.
Endogenous variables:
1. motivation
2. psycho-social interaction with L2 culture
3. aptitude
4. learning styles and strategies
Learning mechanisms
Children – slow implicit learning
Adults – Explicit instruction learning