THEORIES OF LANGUAGE LEARNING
THE RECENT HISTORY OF SECOND LANGUAGE
LEARNING RESEARCH
The 1980s and beyond
GARRIDO PABLO
MAIGUA CHRISTIAN
MORENO OSCAR
TORRES HOMERO
ZAPATA ERNESTO
SLL was not
subordinate to
curriculum
planning
SLL was
conceived
within the
framework of
other sciences
The
1980s
and
beyond
SLL focuses on
variation and
change
SLL developed
new theoretical
orientations
UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR
COGNITIVE MODELS
INTERACTIONIST AND
SOCIO-CULTURAL
MODELS
• Chomskyan
paradigm: L2
acquisition is
separate from
cognition.
• Psychologicallybb
and
nerurolinguistically
based: LA is no
different from
learning something
else.
• Negotiation for
meaning.
• Feedback is given by
recasting.
• LL is co-constructive.
BACKGROUND OF THE 1970S
• The Role of Internal
Mechanisms.
• The Role of the First
Language.
• The Role of Psychological
Variables.
• The Role of Social and
Environmental Factors.
• The Role of the Input.
THE ROLE OF INTERNAL MECHANISMS
Cognitive
Language Specific
Crosslinguistic
influences
Language
transfer
The Role
of the
First
Language
LANGUAGE TRANSFER
• L1 Interference
• Linguistic
interference.
• Crossmeaning
•Depending on the
speaker´s L1
• Items and
structrure are not
the same in both
language.
Produce
distintive
form of
learner
English
Know as
Negative
transfer
Positive
Transfer
• The structure of
both language is
the same
The Role of Psychological Variables
Motivation
Personal
background
Learning
Styles
Personality
Language
aptitute
The Role of Social
and Environmental
Factors
Similarities
between SLA and
pidgins and creoles
Socialization of the
SL process
THE ROLE OF THE INPUT
The Role of
Instruction
Input and
Internal
Mechanisms
Interaction
Patterns
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