PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC DISCOURSE

A PRESENTATION ON

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
“The Greatest Distance Between Two People Is
Misunderstanding” -Heidi Dellaire-
 The
Practicalities
of English
Language
Acquisition

By Miamo Lydie
CONTENTS
Language
Definition comparison
Types

Language
Conclusion
Skills

References
 Definition

Expression of thoughts &

feelings (physical
/verbal), to Taking possession Gaining
communicate of something knowledge via
information study/experience
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION LEARNING

Language Acquisition is a process identical to the process children

use to acquire their first language(Krashen, 1985; Schütz, 2007)
It entails dishing out ‘comprehensible input’, with messages that the
learner clearly understands, and in low anxiety situations.
LANGUAGE TYPES
English
(Teaching) English as (Teaching) English as
Foreign Language =(T)EFL Second Language = (T)ESL

Teaching English Congolese Indian in Teaching English

to a non-native in Congo England to a non-native
learner in a non- learner in a native
native country country

English is foreign both to the

English is foreign
learner and the country
only to the learner

Stops speaking English Continues speaking English

outside the classroom outside the classroom

No immediate need of English Immediate need /opportunity to

mainly spoken in the classroom use English outside the classroom
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION COMPARISON LANGU
 Characteristic of first language  Characteristic of second/othe
 Subconscious process  Conscious process
 Comprehensible input (what they say, what gets in)  Grammar (How they say it , w
out)
 Experienced through discovery (informal)  Studied through research (for
 Slow yet long-lived  Fast but short-lived

 Subjective  Objective
(depends on attitude) (depends on aptitude)
 Focus is on fluency  Focus is on accuracy
 Mistake is part of learning  Mistake is not allowed
 Liberal exposure submersion in language  Controlled exposure and imme
language
 Language usage  Language knowledge
 Follows a natural and steady order  Starts from modifiable simple tasks
ones
SKILLS 5 senses
Receptive
To understand
Listening (ears-aural) prerequisites
Reading (eye-visual)
-Motivation
Smelling (nose-olfactory) -Self-estime
COMMUNICATIVE -Comprehensible input
To convey -Low anxiety
(affective filter)
speaking (tongue-oral)

Writing (haptic-touch)

Productive
 CONCLUSION

The skills of language acquisition are the staples

The best m The best

that bind language acquisition and language learning together .

Acquisition is that wheel that traces the path, and paves the way
for learning. While acquisition brings in the substance, learning
provides the form, all to achieve the paramount goal of effective
and efficient communication to hear
REFERENCES

 
www.sdkrashen.com/content/articles/case_for_comprehensible_input.pdf 
 Institute of Learning Styles Research
 Difference between EFL and ESL - YouTube
• (4) (DOC) Krashen's Theory: Second Language Acquisition | J
ustine De Knoop - Academia.edu
 Optimal Input – YouTube
 Stephen Krashen on Language Acquisition - YouTube
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