Some principles about

language
Taken and adpated from www.sil.org
• Language is a system that has sounds,
grammar rules and vocabulary.

• Learners who use learning strategies

effectively are more successful.

• If you learn in the way you feel better, you

learn more.

• If you expect to succeed, you will be more

likely to succeed.
• Fear of making mistakes does not facilitate
my learning progress.

• Too much correction or criticism does not

facilitate your learning.

• Differences between two languages interfere

when you try to learn them.

• You learn a language progressively.

• You can improve your sound discrimination,
memory, and grammatical sensitivity skills.

• The sooner you can acquire the grammatical

system of a language, the sooner you can use
the language creatively.

• You cannot rely on memorization alone.

• The more meaningful exposure, the more you

learn.