Language Acquisition

vs.
Language Learning

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 Acquisition vs. Learning

Similar to child’s first language acquisition

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 Similar to child’s first language acquisition

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 Acquisition vs. Learning

A conscious process

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 A conscious process

LANGUAGE LEARNING

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 Acquisition vs. Learning

Formal knowledge of a language

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 Formal knowledge of a language

LANGUAGE LEARNING

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 Acquisition vs. Learning

Subconscious

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 Subconscious

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 Acquisition vs. Learning

“Knowing about” a language

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 “Knowing about” a language

LANGUAGE LEARNING

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 Acquisition vs. Learning

It requires meaningful interaction in

the target language

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 It requires meaningful interaction in the target
language

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 Acquisition vs. Learning

Error correction

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 Error Correction

LANGUAGE LEARNING

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 Krashen’s 5 Hypotheses in Language
Acquisition and Learning
1. Language Learning/Acquisition Hypothesis
2. Monitor Hypothesis
3. Natural Order Hypothesis
4. Input Hypothesis
5. Affective Filter Hypothesis

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

Neurolinguistic Point of view

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 Language Acquisition
 Children acquire language through a subconscious process
during which they are unaware of grammatical rules.
 In order to acquire a language, they need a source of natural
communication, which is usually the mother, the father, or the
caregiver.
 They will repeat what they hear, try out sound chains – chains
made of phonemes – until they make sense (i.e. others will
understand their meaning), and they will use them purposefully in
their communication.

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning

 Language Learning
 Language learning is the result of direct instruction in the rules
of language.
 It presupposes that learners have a conscious knowledge of the new
language and can talk about that knowledge.
 They usually have a basic knowledge of the grammar.
 This happens when we start being schooled in this language, when
we learn to read and write.
 We learn that there are rules for each language, concerning the
position of the words in a sentence, that intonation can vary and
change the meaning of a word and a sentence, that one word can
have many different meanings, depending on the context.

Theories and Principles in Language Acquisition and Learning