Summary Second Language Acquisition

How do people learn language?

Antwoord: -Exposure, motivation, high self-esteem, low Anxiety

Why is it important for language teachers to know something about LL-theory?

Antwoord: knowing how someone learns a first and 2nd language can help you adjust and improve his/her learning process as well as adjust and improve your own teaching style, method and materials. -can help you justify your preferred methods, materials and activities in relation to your personal and professional views on language learning (LL).

What is learning?

Antwoord: -Acquiring new knowledge and understanding, thus modifying your world-picture. -Learning can mean changing your understanding of things which you think you know already, which can be very hard!

What is Learning?

Antwoord: Conscious effort

What is acquisition?

Antwoord: sub-conscious effort

What has to be learnt to know a foreign language?

Antwoord: Linguistic competence Accuracy in morphology, phonology & syntax, command of vocabulary. Discourse competence The ability to produce and understand longer stretches of text, written and spoken – accuracy of cohesive elements (linking ideas) and overall coherence (use grammatical words: them=the apples) Sociolinguistic competence The ability to distinguish between formal and informal register in speech and writing. Pragmatic competence* The ability to see that meaning comes from context rather than from syntax or vocabulary…not what is said, but what is implied.

What is formal learning?

Antwoord: In the classroom

What is informal learning?

Antwoord: Outside a classroom, Also known as: Naturalistic context

When is a SPEECH ACT= PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE used?

Antwoord: . To complain 2. Order 3. Request 4. Request for information 5. Warning

What is a Second language: (Socially dominant)

Antwoord: an official / societally language for education, employment and other basic purposes.