Unit 12
Differences between LI and L2
learning
L1 (first language) stars when the person
is a baby, is common to notice mistakes buy they disappear at the moment of
learning the language skills. On the other hand the L2 learned on an academic way like schools
or high schools. The motivation for learner L1 is essentially necessary because
they the language to communicate so it works as a motivation. A learned from L2 probably had a bad
experience about learning the target language therefore he won`t be fully
motivated to learn again the language any without any motivation at all.
Learned from L1 are exposure all the time to
it so the practice of the language is complete but for the L2 learner the language
is in controlled practice
and aging me as teacher I would expose to students as much as possible to the
L2 as for example not talking any word in Spanish in my classes or if you don´t
know the word in English so paraphrase it. On the L2 class there is not too
much interaction between the teacher and the learner. One of the advantage
about L2 learners is that they can focus on the form of language but sometimes the teacher ask students to
produce correct language and they may not be able to make mistakes and
experiment with the language, that I consider is bad on learning the target
language, I think overgeneralization as also experimenting with the language
and it shouldn´t be taken as a mistake but as part of the learning process.
For more information check this link:
Hiromi Hadley, (December 2002). Niigata
Studies in Foreign Languages and Cultures, Reviewing First and Second Language
Acquisition:A Comparison between Young and Adult Learners Retrieved from:
Christie Patti,Cedar Bluff
Elementary School,Knoxville, TN, ESL Professional Development Second Language Acquisition -
Learning in L1 and L2 retrieved from:
Nice job Daniel!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteIt shows your acknowlegement about the subject and you used a lot of terms which are needed when taking the TKT exam. Good!
I like your analysing the differences between L1 and L2. You give a deep information about the topic.
ReplyDeleteDaniel I really like this reflection as it is very understandable, profound and you got your ideas straight to the point! There is just one think I want to comment on, I agreed with the part you say that overgeneralization should be takes as part of the learning process, but it do should be corrected as mistakes are. ;)
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