Second language acquisition (SLA), is the process by which people learn a second language. Learning a second language is not easy; not for everyone. Our native language affects learning a second language, as well some people claim that there is a critical age for the acquisition period of a second language. For children it is easier to learn any language they are exposed, for adults it is more difficult learn a second language especially for the pronunciation.

The field of second-language acquisition is regarded by some but not everybody as a sub-discipline of applied linguistics but also receives research attention from a variety of other disciplines, such as psychology and education.

SLA researchers sometimes distinguish between ‘acquisition’ and ‘learning.’ Acquisition refers to the learning of a nonnative language in a naturalistic environment. Learning, in contrast, refers to the learning of a nonnative language in an environment in which that language is not natively spoken.

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Acquisition

The process of gradually learning someting or gaining something such as a skill.

Language attrition

Is the process of losing a native or first language. This process is generally caused by both isolation from speakers of the first language ("L1") and the acquisition and use of a second language ("L2"), which interferes with the correct production and comprehension of the first. 

Interlanguage

Is an idiolect that has been developed by a learner of a second language (L2) which preserves some features of their first language (L1), and can also overgeneralize some L2 writing and speaking rules. These two characteristics of an interlanguage result in the system's unique linguistic organization.

Native language

Is the first language that a person learns in his life. It is also called native language or mother tongue. It is the language or language that a person learns in his first years of life and that usually becomes his natural instrument of thought and communication.

Bilingual education

Involves teaching academic content in two languages, in a native and secondary language with varying amounts of each language used in accordance with the program model. 

Theories of L2 acquisition and Krashen´s hypothesis

Summary: Second language acquisition

Semantic Map SLA

Questions & answers about SLA

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Articles that support Second language acquisition

Link #1 -This article is about study reviews recent evidence concerning the childhood bilingualism: what is the optimal age to begin learning a second language?

Link #2 -This article is about how English as a Second Language, affects their ability to learn other subjects, and decades of research have gone into evolving frameworks and curriculum to support English learners.

Link #3 -This article in PDF, is about the young children's bilingual development in the bilingual Arabic-Hebrew-speaking preschool: Two years long research project View project and other project about narrative study: Language life stories of adult native bilingual Israelis who were born to immigrant parents around Independence View project by Deborah Dubiner.

Link #4 -This article about second language acquisition and language teaching by Elsa Tragant & Carmen Muñoz.

Link #5 -This is a continuation of the article "Why L2 teaching should mirror L1 acquisition." The process of first language acquisition (called L1 acquisition) has been studied extensively, and the process is important for the theories of second language acquisition (L2). By Stephen D. Krashen’s.

Group´s reflections

Gervin Rodriguez

"This very interesting because i worked in group, i learned how do to used  a blog and in my opinion is great, I wouldn't change anything."

 

Alvaro Ramirez

"One of the things that I liked about this project is how we use all the tools used throughout the class, giving us an ease when it comes to knowing how to do things with the experience learne. One thing that would improve would be to assign this task a week before, in order to have a little more time and spend more time on the details of each section."

 

Genesis Abrego

"I liked the topic and learned about it when we were working on the activities, it was very interesting. I didn´t like to search for new information because it was difficult to find on internet. I learned how difficult is the travel of learning a second language for adults, it’s not easy for everybody and it’s easier for those people who started learning in a very young age. About this project, I wouldn´t change anything but I would like to add animation to the slides to make it more interactive."

Yeimy Herrera 

"I like doing this project because I read very interesting things and learned to do a blog. I didn't like having so little time to do, it was a lot of work, but we finished it. I wish I had more time to present a better job with my colleagues but it was a pretty experience. I really liked that the project required using app we'd used before, that made it a little easier."

References

A. (2018, April 23). Second Language Acquisition Theory. Communication Theory. https://www.communicationtheory.org/second-language-acquisition-theory/

Almaden, S. A. (2022, January 25). Stephen Krashen’s Five Hypotheses of Second Language Acquisition. Beelinguapp Blog. https://beelinguapp.com/blog/stephen-krashens-five-hypotheses-of-second-language-acquisition

 PDF Chapter 9: Language acquisition - Introduction to language (pages 430-436)

Hatfield, R. M. (2013). Krashen’s Five Main Hypotheses. Www.Slideshare.Net. https://www.slideshare.net/AjaanRobCMU/krashens-five-main-hypotheses