SLA v.

FLL

Second Language Acquisition

Students are exposed to the L2 inside and outside the classroom all of the time.
 Students learning Catalan and Spanish in schools and outside of schools, in Cataluña.
 Students learning Galego and Spanish in schools and outside of schools, in Galicia.

 Students learning Euskara and Spanish in schools and outside of schools, in Basque

Country.
 Students learning Spanish and English in schools and outside of schools, in Miami,

Florida.

Foreign Language Learning

Students are exposed to the L2 in the classroom for one session a day (in English
class).
 Students who only have English class to learn English, this tends to be non-bilingual

schools in Spain.
 Students who learn Catalan and Spanish in schools and outside of schools generally

also learn a third language, English, this would be the students’ English class once a
week.
 Students who learn Euskara and Spanish in schools and outside of schools generally
also learn a third language, English, this would be the students’ English class once a
week.

Bilingual Language Learning

Students are exposed to the L2 only in the classroom but for half of the day, every
day.
 Students learning in the bilingual education program in Primary school, where the

students have Sciences, English, Arts and Crafts, and/or Physical Education in English.
 Students learning in the bilingual education program in Secondary school, where the

students have Geography, Geology, History, Physics, Chemistry, English, and/or

Physical Education in English.
 These schools give half of the student content in English.
 For secondary, students must pass a language exam to enter into the Public school

system in Spain.

Immersion Language Learning

Student is exposed to the L2 in the classroom for 80-100% of the school day, every
day.
 Students who are sent to a school in Spain that is taught all in English, for example the

American School of Madrid, which using the American Education system in the school.
 Other language schools include the Italian school of Madrid or the German school of

Madrid.

Table 2. SLA vs. FLL. (Bilash, 2011).