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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

UNIT 12: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN L1 AND L2 LEARNING

In this unit I learned that we learn our first language in a different context from when we learn a foreign language (L2). It is important to mention that the age plays an important role on acquiring a new language. Reagarding age I realized that learners' L1 learning starts when they are babies and continues through the early years of childhood and lasts into adolescence for some kind of language and language skills such as  academic writing for school or university while learners' L2 learning starts in primary school and secondary school and it can continue in adulthood.  Also, learners are motivated to learn L1 because they need to communicate while in L2 adults and some secondary learners may already have expentations in their lives. Talking about the ways of learning L1 learners  learn through interaction with family while L2 learners learn through interaction with a teacher and sometimes with classmates. 
Therefore, it is important to take into account the learner's age at the moment of teaching. Also, It is meaningful to  mention that the learning of a second  language is better when people are still children because they will be exposure for more time to the language. Learners have different ways to learn and it depends on the learning styles that they have. For instance, learners can learn by hearing, seeing, touching, and so on. It is important learners build up their fluency, motivation and confidence. In the classroom the teacher need to praise the learner's job so that they can be motivated in learning a second language.
Having studied this unit, I will apply this knowledge by developing different activities or tasks that involve the different learning styles.
Read this article that is based on what I have written.
1. Aile, (2009), reviewing some similarities and differences in L1 and L2 lexical development, retrieved from: http://aile.revues.org/4506
2. Bernhardt, Elizabeth and Kamil, Michael (2014). Interpreting Relationships between L1 and L2 Reading: Consolidating the Linguistic Threshold and the Linguistic Interdependence Hypotheses, retrieved from: http://applij.oxfordjournals.org/content/16/1/15.short
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3 comments:

  1. Seized Dope in ManabíNovember 27, 2014 at 2:00 PM

    Good!
    The differences that you focused on shows the complete idea of the unit. It helped me realized the meaning of TKT terms that were not so clear for me. Also, the revision about L1 and L2 web page is very complete. I appreciate that you shared it.

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  2. Allison IdrovoNovember 27, 2014 at 9:08 PM

    I agree with you when you said that the age plays an important role when acquiring a new language and we as teachers need to take into account the learning styles at the moment to teach.

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  3. UnknownNovember 28, 2014 at 7:37 PM

    Great job!
    You mention the most important differences about L1 and L2 language learners and as you say those learners' way to learn is different but to both of them the age is important. So, L2 learners should als be exposed to the language as much as possible to make their learning process success.

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