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Second
Language
Acquisition:
Theories and
Their Impact on
the Classroom
- How We Acquire Language: Stephen Krashen
- Input
Comprehensible
- Use pictures,
drawings, etc. to
help language
acquisition
- We all
acquire
language
the same
way.
- We acquire
language
when we
understand
messages.
- Input
Comprehensible
- BCIS
- After 2 years, learner
will be speaking english
fluently and decode the
language.
- 2 to 3 years
- Ability to
converse and
understand
everyday
discussions
- Jim Cummins
- After 2 years, learner
will be speaking english
fluently and decode the
language.
- Universal Grammar: Noam Chumsky
- All human
language
rests on
innate
building
blocks.
- Based on
interactions
of verbs,
nouns, and
adjectives.
- Example is using a
sentence in three
different
languages. No
matter the
language, it tells
the same story.
- All human
language
rests on
innate
building
blocks.
- CALP
- 1 to 2 years
- Ability to read,
write, read, and
speak at an
academic level.
- Jim Cummins
- 1 to 2 years
- The Critical Period
- Eric Lenneerg
- 1967
- Between age two and puberty
- Ability to learn
language is
negatively affected
by the completion
of the process of
lateralization.
- Eric Lenneerg
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