LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

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LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

• Humans are equipped with a Language Acquisition
  Device that enables them to learn any language in
  their environment
• LAD or UG consists of Language Principles
  (Universal) and Parameters (Specific)
• Factors involved in Second Language Acquisition
• Psychological Factors
• Intellectual Processing/the learning of language
  system
• Explication/the learning of Grammar and its rules
  in the classroom
• Explained by teachers (i.e. adults)
• Cannot be learned completely by explication

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LEARNING EFL

• Induction/self-discovery of rules
• Exposure/learning naturally
• Hypotheses
• Memory (Short and long term)
• Vocabulary
• Grammatical Rules
• Motor Skills the organization of speech organs
  to produce language sounds/pronunciation
• Brain -gt muscles -gt Organs of speech
• Good in Children
• Decline in puberty

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LEARNING EFL .....

• Social Situation
• Natural Setting
• Setting similar to that of native language i.e.
  language community
• Exposure to and Use of the language inside and
  outside the classroom (i.e. national plus
  schools)
• Classroom Setting i.e. planned situation and
  Teacher is a role model
• Children
• Induction
• Motor Skills
• Short/long memory
• Adults
• Explication

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LEARNING EFL .

• Short/long memory?
• Motor Skills?
• Other Factors
• Motivation
• Attitude
• Critical Age Pronunciation? Syntax?
• Things to Ponder
• Cognition
• Independence
• Teacher

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LEARNING EFL.

• COGNITIVE SKILLS THE LEARNING OF LANGUAGE SYSTEM
• Explication
• Hypotheses
• EXPOSURE
• OPPORTUNITIES
• MOTIVATION
• CONTEXTS
• Class size
• Mixed abilities
• AUTONOMOUS LEARNERS
• Learning how to learn