Second Language Acquisition: Theories and Their Impact on the Classroom

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

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