GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES
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The process of learning other languages in addition to the native language
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the gradual development of ability in a language by using it naturally in communicative situations with others who know the language
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The language produced by L2 learners contains a large number of errors that have no connection to the forms of L1 and L2.
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the process whereby an interlanguage, containing many non-second language features, stops developing toward more accurate forms of the second language.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Second language refers to any language learned in addition to a person’s first language; although the concept is named second-language acquisition, it can also incorporate the learning of third, fourth, or subsequent languages.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Five Stages of Second Language Acquisition Students learning a second language move through five predictable stages: Preproduction, Early Production, Speech Emergence, Intermediate Fluency, and Advanced Fluency (Krashen & Terrell, 1983).
Detailed explanation-3: -Learning, as mentioned before means a conscious process of trying to acquire a second language . Acquisition means an unconscious process . Second language acquisition means the unconscious or incidental acquisition of a foreign language, additionally to the mother tongue .
Detailed explanation-4: -Application of Chomsky’s Model of Language Acquisition Chomsky proposed that native-speaking children would become fluent by the age of ten. He also argued that if children learn two languages from birth, they are more likely to be fluent in both.
Detailed explanation-5: -Definition. Second language learning (SLL) is concerned with the process and study of how people acquire a second language, which is often referred to as L2 or target language, as opposed to L1 (the native language).