INTRODUCTION : Describing and Explaining L2 Acquisition

1. INTRODUCTION : Describing and Explaining L2 Acquisition Second Language Acquisition by Rod Ellis KholifMawadda Dian P. 2201410119

2. ‘Second Language Acquisition’ is Second can be defined as language that is learned subsequent to the mother tongue. So, L2 can be defined as the way in which people learn a language other than their mother tongue, inside of classroom, and Second Language Acquisitions as the study of this.

3. The Goals of SLA are : • The description of L2 acquisition • Explanation

4. Explanation means identifying the external factors and internal factors that account for why learners acquire an L2 in the way they do.

5. The external factor are • The social milieu in which learning take place. It can influence the opportunities that learners have to hear and speak the language and the attitudes that they develop toward it • The input that learners receive

6. The internal factors Learners possess cognitive mechanisms which enable them to extract information about L2 from the input

7. How language help to learn a particular language Have learned mother tongue Learn L2 Possess general knowledge Make an effective use of L2 knowledge

8. The two case studies The case study is a detailed study of a learner’s acquisition of an L2

9. The two case studies which we will examine are : • A case study of an adult learner learning English in surroundings where it serves as a means of daily communication. • A case study of two child learners learning English in classroom.

10. For example of a case study of an adult learner learning : Omit –s from plural nouns, rarely put –s on the third person singular of verbs, and never used the regular past tense

11. For example of a case study of two child learners : R just pointed at a piece of card to let the teacher know that he wanted him to put a staple in it. He saying ‘Sir, give me a paper’ Then sometimes after this, they learned to use ‘Can I have _____?’

12. The purpose • Raise a number of important methodological issues relating to the description of learner language. • Raise issues relating to the description of learner language. • Point to some of the problems researchers experience in trying to explain L2 acquisition.

13. Methodological Issues • Issues in the description of learner language • Issues in the explanation of L2 acquisition

14. Issues in the description of learner language • Learners make errors of different kinds. • Second language learners acquire a large number of formulaic chunks, which they use to perform communicative functions. • Learners acquire the language systematically.

15. Issues in the explanation of L2 acquisition • Learners internalize chunks of language structure but on the other hand they acquire rules. So, learners must engage in both of item learning and system learning. • The systematic nature of second language acquisition also requires explanation.

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