Language acquisition theories

Language acquisition stages/theories

Language acquisition stages/theories

This theory is related to the innate knowledge (the author claims) is inside us for acquiring the mother tongue. It is important to highlight that this theory was not thought for giving an explanation to the acquisition of the second language, but just to the understanding of the first language acquisition. There is an endowment located in the broca area in the brain which is the responsible of permitting children acquire the language during a critical period. There are divided opinions when…

Language acquisition stages/theories

Margot Volem presents theories in second language acquisition research and shares strategies to support multi-language learners in the classroom.

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Info-graphic Comparing Views and Theories of Learning There is an ongoing debate about the relationship between the ideas of Lev Vygotsky and Jean Piaget, both Russian theorist.But from the view...

Have you ever wondered how we acquire language? Do you know what language acquisition means? Do you know the difference between first language acquisition and second language acquisition? In this post we talk about the 5 stages of Second language acquisition: 1. Silent or receptive phase 2. Early production 3. Speech emergence or production 4. Intermediate fluency5. Continued language development or fluency.

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