CHAPTER 1

Introduction: describing and explaining L2

acquisition
By:

Defi Wulandari (130401090155)

Ike Prasetyowati (130401090102)
Liya Wahyu Choiriyah (130401090147)
Yusi Anita (130401090022)

What is SLA?
Language that is learned after learning the mother

tongue.
It also defined as the way in which people learn a

language other than their mother tongue or

learning a second language after a first language is
already established.

What are the goals of SLA?

Describing how L2 acquisition proceed.
Explain the process of L2 acquisition.
Explain why some learners seems to be

better at it than others.

A case study: adult vs.

children
A case study of adult learner

Adult usually intellectual process to learn.

A case study of children learner
Children usually use a part of brain which
process the activity.

Methodological Issues
What it is that needs to be described.
What it means to say that a learner has

acquired a feature of target language.

How it is to determine whether learners
have acquired a particular feature.
How it is to measure whether acquisition
has taken place concerns learners overuse
of linguistics forms.

Issues in the description of learner

language?

Learners errors
Learners' formulaic chunks
Learners systematic language

Issues in the explanation of L2

acquisition
The hypothesis that L2 acquisition involves

different kinds of learning.

- engage in both item learning and system
- must account for both item and system
The systematic nature of L2 acquisition also
requires explanation.
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