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40 Cards in this Set
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Second Language Acquisition
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Focus on the developing knowledge and use of language by children and adults who already know at least one other language. (p108)
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Theoretical Importance of Second Language Acquisition
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How language is represented in the mind and whether there is a difference between the way language is acquired and processed and the way other kinds of information are acquired and processed (p108)
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Practical importance of Second Language Acquisition
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Assumption that understanding how languages are learned will lead to more effective teaching practices
may help educational policymakers set more realistic goals for programmes for both foreign language courses and the learning of the majority language by minority language children and adults. (p108) |
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Universal Grammar
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Chomsky (1968) view on L1 acquisition
Children must have an innate language faculty originally referred to as the Language Acquisition Device (LAD) A specialized module of the brain, pre-programmed to process language. UG is said to contain general principles underlying all languages. The child's task would be to discover how the language of his/her environment made use of those principles. (p109) |
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Critical Period
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Claim suggests UG permits a young child to acquire language during a particular developing period, UG is no longer available to older learners (typically after puberty). (p109)
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Universal Grammar Views
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Language acquisition continues to be based on UG but once a first language has been learned, UG is no longer neutral and open to the acquisition of any language. Even though L@ grammars are still consistent with universal principles of all human languages, learners tend to perceive the L2 in a way that is shaped by the way their L1 realizes these principles (p109)
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Linguistic Competence
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What a language user knows.
Tested through asking questions about sentences (grammatically correct?) and acting out sentences with toys (passive voice: tiger being chased by lion) |
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Linguistic Performance
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What a language user actually says or writes or understands
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