1. FLA/SLA: Theories
Yes or No?

2. FLA: BIG questions
Is SLA the same process as FLA? If not, does it have anything in common?
What is the role of “learner-internal” factors such as age, motivation, etc?
What is the role of “learner-external factors such as socialization, motivation, opportunity, etc?

3. Learning Theories: 1. Behaviorism: say what I say 2
Learning Theories: 1. Behaviorism: say what I say 2. Innatism: It’s all in your mind -Universal Grammar -LAD 3. Critical Period

4. Universal Grammar: Principles and Parameters
Movement:
He is French. / Is he French?
2. Addition:
She is Belgian. / She is not Belgian.
3. Deletion:
Is he coming tonight?/ Yes. (He’s coming tonight.)
4. Substitution: Juan is Nicaraguan. /
Juan is Nicaraguan, isn’t he? (not isn’t John)

5. What is the universal principle and a parameter when driving a car?

6. Translate these sentences into English
Rosa bebe lentamente el café.
Lentamente Rosa bebe el café.
Rosa lentamente bebe el café.
Rosa bebe el café lentamente.
5. ¿Irás al cine esta noche?

7. Input (Krashen, 1985) “humans acquire language in only one way, by understanding message or by receiving “compehensible input”

8. Klein’s Chinese Room (1986)

9. Interactionist/developmental perspective
Close relationship between children’s cognitive development and their acquisition of language
Piaget ( )
language can be used to represent knowledge acquired through physical interaction
Vigotsky ( )
Thought was essentially internalized speech, and speech emerged in social interaction

10. ZPD, Vygotsky

11. Connectionism
Language acquisition is a process of associating words and phrases with the other words and phrases that occur with them, or words with grammatical morphemes that occur with them
Nacatamal!

12. Clarifying FLA (T-F)
WHAT’S THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION?
DO YOU THINK THAT THE SIMPLIFIED INPUT (MOTHERESE, CHILD DIRECTED SPEECH, FOREIGNER TALK) THAT CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO REALLY CONTRIBUTES TO LANGUAGE ACQUISITION? EXPLAIN
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.

13. 1. Name 3 factors in L1 acquisition and provide examples. 2
1. Name 3 factors in L1 acquisition and provide examples. 2. Language acquisition is the result of imitation, practice and feedback on success, and habit formation. (True or False. elaborate on your answer) 3. What is the importance of Universal Grammar, principles and parameters? 4. Imitation does not help the learner in real-life situations. (True or False. elaborate on your answer) 5. Name two things you have learned from FLA.

15. Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea
Salvador Dali
showing us what we may miss if we continue to look at the world in our customary way

16. Information processing

17. 2. That language + how language
1. Automaticity
2. That language + how language
3. Restructuring
4. Backsliding
5. Transfer appropriate process

18. Connectionism

19. 1. The environment is key
2. Emphasis on the frequency
3. Exposure to language
4. Chunks

20. The Competition Model

21. 1. Language forms, meaning, use 2. Learning different language uses

22. Interaction Hypothesis

23. Interaction Hypothesis, conversational interaction
1. Modified interaction, opportunity to interact
2. Language modification, modified interaction
3. Interactional modification promotes acquisition
Comprehension checks
Clarification requests
Paraphrase
Negotiate for meaning
5. The comprehensible output hypothesis

24. Noticing Hypothesis

25. Noticing Nothing is learned unless it is noticed, the starting point
Input processing, form and meaning processed at the same time

26. Processability Theory

27. 1. Word processing, developmental sequence 2
1. Word processing, developmental sequence 2. Not only transfer features, but process the language