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
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Similarities between First and Second Language Acquisition
- Developmental Sequences
- Acquisition Order
- Linguistic Universals and Markedness
- Input
- Behavioristic Views of Language Acquisition
- Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
- Differences in First and Second Language Acquisition
- The Acquisition/Learning Hypothesis
- The Critical Period Hypothesis
- Fossilization
- Social Factors
- Natural Contexts
- Educational Contexts
- Implications for Language Teachers
- Conclusion