First Language Acquisition and Second Language learning

Comparing and Contrasting First Language Acquisition and Second Language learning: Implications for Language Teachers
 

 

 

Comparing and Contrasting First Language Acquisition and Second Language learning: Implications for Language Teachers

 

  1. Similarities between First and Second Language Acquisition
  2. Developmental Sequences
  3. Acquisition Order
  4. Linguistic Universals and Markedness
  5. Input
  6. Behavioristic Views of Language Acquisition
  7. Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
  8. Differences in First and Second Language Acquisition
  9. The Acquisition/Learning Hypothesis
  10. The Critical Period Hypothesis
  11. Fossilization
  12. Social Factors
  13. Natural Contexts
  14. Educational Contexts
  15. Implications for Language Teachers