TKT UNIT 12- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN L1 & L2 LEARNING

1. The main differences between L1 and L2 depends on the age, context, and in different ways of learning

2. Age

2.1. People learn the L1 when they are babies and continue through their lives.

2.2. People are motivated to learn the language because they want to communicate.

2.3. People learn it by exposure and picking it up, so by being hearing it all the time

2.4. People learn by interacting with their families, and also by talking, listening and playing with it.

2.5. People get to practice and experiment with the language.

2.6. People get to hear a simple speech, not too sophisticate.

2.7. People get to speak in an incorrect way and make mistakes is the better way to learn it

2.8. Some learners start learning the l2 in primary school or secondary school.

2.9. Their attitudes towards learning a new language it is not fully developed.

2.10. While adults may have goals and good expectations about this new language they will learn.

2.11. Sometimes they can be exposed to the language but they will still need to learn structures and specific language items.

2.12. They may have some motivation to communicate but they may do it with their teacher.

2.13. Teachers usually correct learners and use a short vocabulary.

2.14. Learners are not given the opportunity to make mistakes and experiment by themselves.

3. With little or no motimation

4. Context

4.1. People learn the L1 with chunks.

4.2. People are motivated to learn the language because they want to communicate.

4.3. People learn it by exposure and picking it up, so by being hearing it all the time

4.4. People learn by interacting with their families, and also by talking, listening and playing with it.

4.5. People get to practice and experiment with the language.

4.6. By getting lots of praise and encouragement

4.7. By focusion on structures on the L2

4.8. By hearing simple speech

4.9. Interaction with teachers

4.10. Life outside the classroom

4.11. Using the language in controlled practiced

4.12. Not too much expossure

4.13. Not too much interaction

4.14. Teachers often correct learners

5. Ways of learning

5.1. People learn the L1 with chunks.

5.2. By expossure

5.3. At home

5.4. With motivation

5.5. With interaction

5.6. Want to communicate

5.7. Controlled practice

5.8. Outside the classroom