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THE ACQUISITION-LEARNING DISTINCTION IN SECOND LANGUAGE
The acquisition-learning distinction is perhaps one of the more fundamental hypotheses when it comes to second language studies. It maintains that adults have two distinct and independent ways of developing competence in a second language.
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Acquisition
The first way is language acquisition. Language
acquisition is a subconscious process; language acquirers are not usually aware of the fact that they are acquiring language, but are only aware of the fact that they are using the language for communication.
The result of language acqui...
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Learning
The second way to develop competence in a second language is by language learning. The term "learning" is used to refer to conscious knowledge of a second language, knowing the rules, being aware of them, and being able to talk about them. In non-technical terms, learning is "knowing about" a lan...
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Learning a Foreign Language: Improving Learning In Adults
- When adults try to learn a new language, they tend to rely on their prefrontal cortex (PFC).
- Growing evidence finds that learning can improve when the PFC “turns off” and allows the more primitive, less-familiarized non-declarative memory system to take lead.
- You can’t tur...
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