Second Language Acquisition on Children

The communication with your child starts way before the youngster can speak. From their cry, smile, and the responses they give you to help you understand his or her needs. Language developments have different stages that children pass through to assist them in the development of speech and languages. There are a plethora of factors which can inhabitants’ a child language development. However, these are amongst the top causes for language development such as a child’s inborn ability to learn language and the language the child hears.

Many popular theories of second language acquisition have been analyzed throughout history. The socialization of L2 learners, their present emotional state that is present at time of acquisition, as well as the comprehensible input and output with the use of scaffolding play a major role in second language acquisition. Let us also not forget the importance of written expression as well as reading comprehension with these L2 learners. Each play a role in language development. However, I believe that in acquiring a language, one must use a variety of techniques that work together to create a balance within the learning environment. Furthermore, all L2 learners learn differently and so a variety of resources will need to be used based on the ability of each student. There are many theories that have been developed by highly qualified experts in the field on linguistics. However, I will address those areas that I agree with as I present my personal theories on second language acquisition.

Many second language acquisition theories have been developed over the years. These theories examine the avenues in which second language is acquired and the avenues in which they are

A child’s first words, a jumble of sounds that no longer sound like gibberish, which cause grown men and women to turn into ecstatic five year olds, and show the beginning of a child’s path in learning language. From that point and onwards the child only picks up more words, understanding their meaning and the context in which they can be used, but eventually that child speaks a different kind of first word. A first word that causes those same parents to cringe, and flinch in disgust, as these are the common reactions that society wants one to believe occur in response to the use of vulgar words. These words that are taboo in society in every culture, and all corners of the world, words that caused many to learn what soap tastes like, to know what it feels like to get an earful for saying a mouthful, and also understand the pain that come from the instinctive smack to the back of the head from a

The language acquisition in childhood development is interesting because this is how we as humans learn to communicate with each other. While doing research to see how it is we are able to communicate with each other. Children are able to learn languages very quickly especially since young kids learn languages right away. Kids learn the differences between concepts and objects because that is what their language allows them to use their concepts and how much they will utilize their

In many parts of the world, children grow up using more than one language. When the language on the streets and the markets is different from the language at home, children start using these other languages easily.

Language is one of the valuable gifts which have been passed to children. The first language is significant and builds the basis for all later language progresses. Parents, family members and early childhood professionals have very important role on the development and maintenance of the first language. Studies shows that knowing one language can assist the child to comprehend how other languages work. First or home language is

Example (1), which is an example typically used to explain interlanguage, is produced by an L1 Spanish speaker who is learning English as L2. This sentence is ungrammatical both in Spanish and English; therefore, the speaker is not using either a Spanish or English structure for the production of this sentence. This led scholars to establish that interlanguage has its own rules odd to either her L1 or L2. This the idea that innate predisposition for language acquisition may result in the

It is a well-attested fact that learners commit errors when learning a second language. Errors are in fact considered inevitable in any learning process. For a very long time different authors (Corder, 1967; Richards, 1971; Dulay and Burt, 1972, as cited in Taylor, 1975;) see those errors not only as deviations of the rules but also as important sources for studying the process of learning a target language. The learner’s mental process and rules adopted by them at different stages are evidenced by those errors. (Fauziati, 2011). It is, therefore, the

Abstract: In second language acquisition, age factors has always been the study focus and one of the most controversial issues of linguistics. Based on the Brain Plasticity Theory and the Critical Period Hypothesis, the purpose is to prove such a hypothesis that the younger the leaner who begins to learn an second language,the greater the probability that he or she will achieve a native-like command of it.

Reading the two studies, certain conclusions regarding their theoretical framework can be drawn. The first article provides Usage Based linguistics view of language learning as mainly based on experience and item, with particular formulas used at the beginning and then resulting to general constructions (e.g. Dabrowska 2000; Tomasello 2003; Dabroswka and Lieven 2005). On the other hand, Ionin, Zubbizarreta, and Maldonado, study adopts a theoretical framework that primarily focuses on the aspects of linguistic knowledge, namely the L2-input, L1 transfer and the inherent linguistic knowledge (Universal Grammar) that influence the acquisition of English articles by second language learners.

Nowadays as a result of globalization, people worldwide have more reasons to learn foreign languages. Together with the spread of foreign language teaching and learning is the development of theories on second language acquisition. One of the main issues of these theories is the investigation into factors that can influence learners’ second language achievements. As a teacher of English, I find this an interesting issue as a good understanding of factors affecting learners’ achievements in second language acquisition can help me choose appropriate approaches and design suitable materials to facilitate my students.

Over the past decades, a variety of approaches have been proposed to explain the phenomenon of language acquisition. These models were influenced by variety of disciplines and research directions, such as cognitive psychology, linguistics, etc.; therefore, the models relate to linguistic development in various ways. One of the most striking differences between the approaches is the perception of the place of heredity and environment in the process of acquiring language, but as we shall see each approach gives them a different weight and importance. In this paper we describe three approaches to acquire first and second language: Behaviorism, Innatism and Social-interactionist. During the work we will try to understand the characteristics of each approach; how they differ from each other; advantages and disadvantages; and what aspects from each theory that we should combine in our class.

According to Best start, Meilleur stated that children may not get the same level in two or more languages at the same time. Also, they stated that the best time for children to learn another language is before age of 7 because children find it easy to learn two languages from birth. Moreover, Best start mentioned that children have the ability to learn and expose two languages during pregnancy period because babies can hear a variety of sounds that help these unborn children’s brains to learn multiple languages. After the born of a child, the child has only two ways to learn and practice a new language.

This research is illustrated about the best age to start learning a second language (English as an example), without damaging or having any linguistic problems with both of them. Since I suffered with my son on lately speech problems, because we combined the two languages (Arabic and English). I became more anxious with my other kids, and that is why I chose this topic to learn more about this issue. The purpose of this study is to find out the best age for kids to acquire a second language without having difficulties such as: linguistic problems in both languages. We are looking forward to see what the experts opinions about this issue and how parents prevent this problem by teaching their children the second language at