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Second Language Learning Theoretical Presentation
Second Language Learning Theoretical Presentation
General outline
Part 1:
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2. The influence of L 1 on Second Language Acquisition
Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis view
The Morpheme Order studies’ view
3. L 1 and L 2 compared
L 1 = L2: The Morpheme Order Studies (Roger Brown, 1973)
L 1 ≠ L2: Fossilization (Selinker, 1972) and the Critical Period Hypothesis
L 1 Vs L2: LAD / UG; the Cognitive Explanation
Language uniqueness and the Contemporay Chomskyan Theory
► It is no longer a question of L1 and L2 relationship but a question of how
learners could set new patterns for the process of L2 learning.
Part 2:
II- The Cognitive approach:
1. Review:
Thinking
Information Negociation of
sharing meaning
learning
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2. Second language learning:
The cognitive approach to SLA seeks for explanations of second language learning in
terms of mental representations and information processing (language as a process ≠
product).
Long term vs. short term memory (Shiffrin & Schneider 1977).
2.2 Restructuring:
When acquiring complex skills, the learner devices new structures for interpreting
new information and for imposing a new organization on information already
stored (S.V.O V.S.O)
3 phases of restructuring:
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Summary:
The cognitive approach focuses on how learners accumulate and automatize rules
and how they restructure their internal representation to match the target
language.
The purpose of SLA studies is to draw the profile of a good language learner
sufficiently complex to include all variables.
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