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    The document compares a first language and a second language. A first language is a person's native or mother tongue, acquired naturally from birth. It is instinctual and not a choice. In contrast, a second language is one learned later in life to communicate with others. It requires conscious effort and instruction to learn, and proficiency is usually not as high as in a first language. The acquisition of a first language is rapid and complete by age 6, while learning a second language is a slower, more varied process.

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    The document compares a first language and a second language. A first language is a person's native or mother tongue, acquired naturally from birth. It is instinctual and not a choice. In contrast, a second language is one learned later in life to communicate with others. It requires conscious effort and instruction to learn, and proficiency is usually not as high as in a first language. The acquisition of a first language is rapid and complete by age 6, while learning a second language is a slower, more varied process.

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    Chapter 1 Lesson 2

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    The document compares a first language and a second language. A first language is a person's native or mother tongue, acquired naturally from birth. It is instinctual and not a choice. In contrast, a second language is one learned later in life to communicate with others. It requires conscious effort and instruction to learn, and proficiency is usually not as high as in a first language. The acquisition of a first language is rapid and complete by age 6, while learning a second language is a slower, more varied process.

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    Lesson 2: First Language


    vs.
    Second Language
    1. What do you mean by first language?
    2. How do the first language and second languages differ?
    3. Do the first language and mother tongue mean the same?
    4. What is native language? Foreign language?
    First language Second Language
    Is the mother tongue or native  is a language a person learns in
    language of a person. order to communicate with the native
    speaker of that language.
    is like an instinct which is triggered by is a personal choice of a person.
    birth and developed with the
    experience of being exposed to it.
    There is no other alternative to a first  is always fixed by the person. There
    language. A person cannot decide are many alternatives to a second
    his/her first language. It comes to language. A person/community can
    him/her as an choose a second language among
    inheritance/legacy/birthright.  other languages.
    First language Second Language
    The acquiring process of the first  the learning process of the second
    language is very rapid language can vary from language to
    language and from person to person,
    but can never be as rapid as the first
    language acquisition.
    The first language is ‘acquired’ second language is ‘learned’
    “to come into possession or ownershi “to gain knowledge or skill by study,
    p of” which indicates that the first instruction, or experience” which
    language is like a dynamic and indicates that there is nothing passive
    abstract property which comes into in second language learning.
    possession of a person.
    First language Second Language
    is completely acquired with 100% can never be learned as efficiently as
    proficiency within 6 years from the a first language; though good
    birth. competence can be achieved in the
    second language, the process is slow.
    The first language acquisition is second language learning is not
    always natural and there is no need natural and it needs continuous
    for instruction in acquiring it. guidance and instruction.

    first language acquisition begins with second language acquisition begins


    telegraphic speech.  with a full sentence. A child cannot
    start learning the second language
    without being fully efficient in the
    first language.
    First language Second Language
    first language is a natural part of a second language is a new aspect of
    person’s everyday life the person’s life if s/he chooses it to
    be.

    The first language does not require The second language requires
    any conscious effort; the acquisition constant conscious effort so that the
    process of the first language is learners can internalize the
    subconscious.  structures of the second language.

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