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General Instructions:
Questions:
(1) What are the four most commonly agreed aspects of first language acquisition?
The four most commonly agreed aspects of FLA are as follows: First
Language Acquisition which talks about the process on how humans gain the
capacity to learn the language; First Language can be acquired automatically
without exerting much conscious effort ; First language is typically learned during
infancy and before humans undergo puberty; lastly, mative speakers have
proficiency represented by internalized knowledge of several areas of language.
(2) What are the four most commonly agreed aspects of second language
acquisition?
The four most commonly agreed aspects of second language acquisition are
as follows; second language acquisition is the capacity of the human to gain the
second language and takes place when first language or native language has
already been learned natively; It requires conscious effort; it mostly learn most
often during after puberty; though capacity in both L1s and L2s can deteriorate
from lack of use and L2 capacity is considered to decrease faster than misuse than
their L1 counterparts.
(3) What are the seven (7) major factors that affect second language acquisition?
The seven (7) major factors that affect second language acquisition are as
follows: motivation; attitude; age; intelligence; aptitude; learning style; and
personality.
(4) Differentiate internal and external factors of SLA.
Internal factors are those that the individual language learner brings with him or
her to the particular learning situation like they used in when needed or they are
ask to do like in oral recitation and external factors are those that characterize the
particular language learning situation that commonly what they acquires from
educational institution such as its curriculum and how teachers instruct them that
is suitable in their level of proficiency in the second language.
(5) What are the four types of motivation? Differentiate one from the other.
The four types of motivation are as follows : integrative motivation is when
the learners have the interest to learn the language for they want to know the
people and culture and to communicate with the speakers of that language;
instrumental motivation is when the learner wants to learn that language because
it's functional and useful; Intrinsic motivation or bringing out the internal
rewarding consequences in namely, feelings of competence and self-
determination; and extrinsic motivation or expecting reward like money or a
positive feedback
(6) What are the classifications of attitude? Explain each
The three types that Stern (1983) classified are as follows: attitude towards
community and people who speak the second language; attitude towards learning
and language concerned; and attitude towards languages and language learning in
general.
(7) What are the most important factors of personality? Explain each
The most important factors of personality are as follows: self-esteem which
refers to the evaluation of individual that makes and customarily maintains with
regards to himself to be capable, significant, successful and worthy; inhibition and
risk taking is suggested that inhibition influences language learning in a negative
way because it discourages risk-taking, which is an essential element in this
process which is vital to make mistakes if a person wants to learn a foreign
language; Anxiety personality as a state of mind connected with “feelings of
uneasiness, frustration, self-doubt and worry that affects learning a foreign
language; Empathy and extroversion aspect of personality that has been studied is
empathy – “the willingness and capacity to identify with others”;
(8) What are the different internal factors of SLA?
The different internal factors of SLA are as follows: age, personality,
motivation (intrinsic), experiences, cognition, and native language.
(9) What are the different external factors of SLA?
The different external factors of SLA are as follows: curriculum, instruction,
motivation, access to native speakers, and culture and status