FLA & SLA

Hi mates!

How are you? Hope you're enjoying this warm and beautiful week.♥

Last Thursday, at the prof, we gave a closure to First Language Acquisition and we started working on Second Language Acquisition. As we have learned, the acquisition of a first language is an unconscious, homogeneous and universal process for everyone but this doesn't apply for the acquisition of a second one. It is also important to distinguish between these two meaningful concepts: Acquisition and Learning. Acquisition refers to an unconscious and natural process with a gradual development whereas Learning is a conscious process which involves accumulation of knowledge. 

The following videos explain briefly what FLA consists of.

This third video is about SLA and it analyzes several factors that we must take into account when learning or teaching a second language. In class, we discussed lots of them, but one of the main factors was the differences on how adults and children learn a second language. For instance, adults have a stronger relationship with their mother tongue. This mean that they not only have to learn a new language, but they also have to override other language habits. In the case of children, for example, they are more flexible. They have less trouble adopting unfamiliar language structures and learn by identifying any pattern. 

                                      

Well, that's all for now folks! haha. Hope you like the post.♥