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Linguistics. Second-language acquisition ( SLA ), sometimes called second-language learning —otherwise referred to as L2 ( language 2) acquisition, is the process by which people learn a second language. Second-language acquisition is also the scientific discipline devoted to studying that process.
Sep 9, 2017 · Second language acquisition or SLA is the process of learning other languages in add ition . to the native language. For instance, a child who speaks Hindi as the mo ther tongue starts .
Second Language Acquisition (SLA) refers both to the study of individuals and groups who are learning a language subsequent to learning their first one as young children, and to the process of learning that language. The additional language is called a second language (L2), even though it may actually be the third, fourth, or tenth to be acquired.
- Muriel Saville-Troike
- 2005
Mar 1, 2012 · She earned her master’s degree as a Fulbright scholar in linguistics from California State University, Long Beach, in 2008. She also has experience teaching English as a foreign language in Turkey and Turkish in the United States. Her research interests include second language acquisition, second language instruction, and language education ...
- L. Quentin Dixon, Jing Zhao, Jee-Young Shin, Shuang Wu, Jung-Hsuan Su, Renata Burgess-Brigham, Melik...
- 2012
- Contents
- Language Learning 101: What Is Language Acquisition?
- 3 Competing Schools of Thought About Language Acquisition
- The 5 Components of A Language
- The 4 Language Skills
First Language Acquisition
First language or native language acquisition is the process of building the ability to understand a language and use it to communicate with others. It’s how a baby grows from a wordless wonder into somebody who can’t stop talking during class. And it starts earlier than you might think. Studies have shown that fetuses in the third trimester can hear and learn to distinguish the vowel sounds and rhythms of their native languageversus a foreign language. That means they’re born primed to learn...
Second Language Acquisition
Second language acquisition is the one that happens after you’ve acquired your native tongue. It builds on the existing language framework in your brain. In contrast with first language acquisition, second language learning usually happens when you’re older, maybe inside a school or university classroom, or nowadays even a virtual one. Maybe you learn a new language because your new job requires you to speak with customers who don’t use your first language. Or maybe you just want to learn how...
Who Can Learn a Second Language?
The short answer is: anyone who really wants to! It’s true that language acquisition is most effective in the “critical period” of early childhood, when our highly elastic brains absorb language like a sponge. Afterward, it’s comparatively difficult. This has led many to believe that learning a language is the sole province of the young. But while it’s true that our brains rapidly develop in our early years, it doesn’t lose plasticity over our lifetimes. We can create novel neural connections...
Philosophers have always been fascinated by human linguistic ability, particularly its initial acquisition. Ever since Socrates intoned “Know thyself,” we have tried to peek behind the curtain and find out how we are actually able to learn language and use it for a myriad of communicative purposes. Here are some theories on the matter:
Here we get into the nitty-gritty of languages, and look under the hood to see their basic parts. Languages are governed by rules. Without them, the utterances of one person would be random and meaningless to anyone else. We need to meet the rules languages follow, behind the scenes, in order to have a proper appreciation of them. I’m talking here ...
How do you know if or when you’ve acquired a language? That’s a difficult question to answer. When you get down to it, language acquisition isn’t an either-or kind of thing, but rather a continuum, and language learners stand at various stages of acquisition. And to make things a little bit more complicated, there are four basic language modalities...
Researchers define language acquisition into two categories: first-language acquisition and second-language acquisition. First-language acquisition is a universal process regardless of home language. Babies listen to the sounds around them, begin to imitate them, and eventually start producing words. Second-language acquisition assumes ...
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Learn how second languages are learned by different individuals in different contexts, and what factors influence the process and outcomes. Explore the research clusters and people in SLA, bilingualism, language contact, and prosody at the Department of Linguistics.
