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• The process of attaining a

specific variant of human


language.

• The process of learning a


native or a second
language.
B.F SKINNER
• Behaviorist theory
states that through the
processes of stimulus,
response and
reinforcement (SR-R), all
human behavior can be
explained,
Noam Chomsky
• children in every language and
cultural community’ (Malone 2012,
2) are able to learn to speak and
understand language at a very early
age.
• The innate device that Chomsky
referred to as a ‘Language
Acquisition Device’
Lev Vygotsky

• These theories attempt to


account for the role of social
interaction in fostering
language acquisition
• Language itself becomes an
integral part of the process of
acquisition
• learning a second
language after a
first language is
already established
learning a second
language is a different
process
than learning a first
language.
SLA Theories generally can
be classified into theories
(Ellis 2008)
1. Theories from the field
of Linguistics
2. Cognitive Theories
3. Sociocultural Theories
5 hypotheses of Krashen's Theory
of Second Language Acquisition
• the Acquisition-Learning
hypothesis;
• the Monitor hypothesis;
• the Input hypothesis;
• and the Affective Filter
hypothesis;
• the Natural Order hypothesis.
Acquisition-Learning hypothesis
• product of a subconscious
process
• requires meaningful
interaction in the target
language
Monitor hypothesis
• control feature is the
functional product of the
learned grammar
Input hypothesis
• clarify whether the learner
acquires a second
language and how the
learning of second
language takes place.
Affective Filter hypothesis
• a variety of ‘affective
factors’ perform a
supported yet non-causal
function in the learning of
the second language
Natural Order hypothesis
• a variety of ‘affective
factors’ perform a
supported yet non-causal
function in the learning of
the second language
Adaptive Control of Thought
Rational (ACT-R)

1. Declarative knowledge
2. Procedural knowledge
Sociocultural theories in
language acquisition were
motivated primarily by
Vygotsky’s idea of the zone
of proximal development
(ZPD).
proficiency in a learner’s
L1, such as literacy skills
are universal in the sense
that such skills can be
applied or transferred to
an L2
is the act of using, or
promoting the use of,
multiple languages,
either by an individual
speaker or by a
community of speakers.
1.Early 1.Folk
2.Late 2.Elite
3.Simultaneous 3.Additive
4.Sequential 4.Subtractive
5.Balance 5.Incipient
6.Dominant 6.Receptive
7.Compound 7.Productive
8.Coordinate
9.Subordinate
Enhanced Communication Skills

Compared to
monolingual children,
multilingual children are
exposed to more diverse
social experiences.
Heightened Linguistic
recognition

Superior Executive
Functioning
Increased Career
Opportunities

Delay the onset


Alzheimer’s/Dementia
Multiple languages
multiplies perspectives

Improves Memory

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