From input to output

CHAPTER ONESOME GIVENS ABOUT SLA• CONCEPTS:• CONTEXT OF LEARNING: ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH

LANGUAGES ARE LEARNED.• SECOND LANGUAGE CONTEXT• FOREINGN LANGUAGE CONTEXT

Characteristics of SLA:

• 1. SLA involves the creation of an implicit (unconscious) linguistic system.

• 2. SLA is complex and consists of different processes.

• 3.SLA is dynamic but slow: The implicit system one creates evolves over time.

Acquisition order vs. developmental stages4. Most L2 learners fall short of native like competence

CHAPTER TWO

INPUT

• Common meaning: Refers to some kind of explicit information about something.

• Second Language Acquisition: Language that a learner HEARS or READS that has some kind of communicative intent (Message).

• Learner job is to understand that message, to COMPREHEND THE MEANING of the utterance or sentence.

• Input must be COMPREHENSIBLE

• There are two kinds of input:

Conversational

•Language learners HEAR in the context of some kind of communicative EXCHANGE.

Non-conversational

•Language that a learner hears when she or he is NOT PART of the interaction.

The Developing System

Progress,Evolving,changing

Unity,Diverse,Common purpose

Different component forming a whole, working together

A linguistic system also has multiple component that act as whole

1. A network of associations

2. A syntactic component consisting of rules

3. A set of competences

Components:

• Comprehension

• Speech production

• Learning• Social

interactionSemantic relationship

Lexicalrelationship

Formalrelationship

Communication

Language

• Accommodation• Restructuring

Pragmatic and sociolinguistic COMPETENCE