Insights Into Second Language Acquisition Theory AndDifferent Approaches To Language Teaching

R. Joseph Ponniah*
Assistant Professor at National Institute Of Technology, Trichirappalli, India
Periodicity:February - April'2010
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.3.4.1130

Abstract

This paper attempts to review second language acquisition theory and some of the methods practiced in language classes. The review substantiates that Comprehensible input as the crucial determining factor for language acquisition and consciously learned linguistic knowledge can be used only to edit the output of the acquired language sometimes before or after the production. It is also confirmed that the process of acquiring a second language is similar to the process acquiring L1 and, therefore, the teaching method that provides more input is more effective than the method that insists on conscious learning.

Keywords

Skill-building, Comprehensible Input, Language Acquisition, Language Learning.

How to Cite this Article?

Joseph Ponniah (2010). Insights Into Second Language Acquisition Theory And Different Approaches To Language Teaching. i-manager’s Journal on Educational Psychology, 3(4), 14-18. https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.3.4.1130

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