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Todays topic

• Comparing and Contrasting L1 L2 Development

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Announcements

• Please dont forget to turn in your interview
  assignment at the end of class. Do not turn it in
  right now.
• Next week there are reading questions due for
  Marinova-Todd, Marshall, and Snow. (Note this
  will be a VERY useful reading for your final
  essay.)

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Quick questions or quandaries?
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What do you think about???

• Reducing the number of questions due for the
  final essay?
• Using class time on April 30 for individual
  appointments and help as needed?

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Theories of 1st Language Development

• Behaviorism
• Nativism
• Language Socialization

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So what? Who cares?

• These theories have influenced how we teach
  second/foreign languages.
• They have influenced theories of second language
  development.

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CONCURRENT language development (both languages
before 3)
or
SEQUENTIAL language development (first one
language, then the other)
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circumstantial vs. elective bilingualism
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Who is a bilingual?
Question What are different ways that people
define bilingual?
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Which is Julias stronger language???
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How about Annaliese???
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More Proficient Language?

• It all depends on
• When?
• Where?
• Why?
• With whom?

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Similarities between 1st and 2nd Language
Development

• Processes
• hypothesis testing,
• silent period,
• simple grammatical forms are acquired before more
  complex, and
• comprehension typically precedes production.

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Similarities between 1st and 2nd Language
Development, cont.

• Need for meaningful interaction
• Importance of the learning context (i.e.
  conversational partners, opportunities for
  practice.

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Comparing 1st and 2nd language learners

• L2 Learners
• Can be of any age (3 to 103),
• May have variable motivation and access to L2
  speakers,
• May have very different learning environments,
  and
• Can draw upon previous linguistic knowledge.

• L1 Learners
• Are almost always infants,
• Are highly motivated to learn the language that
  is around them,
• Usually have similar learning contexts, and
• Have never learned a language before.

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Comparing 1st and 2nd learners, cont.

• L2 Learners
• Can draw on pre-existing knowledge about the
  world, and
• Can use their cognitive skills to jump start
  language development (i.e. apply strategies).

• L1 Learners
• Are just learning about the world around them,
  and
• Are beginning to develop their cognitive skills,
  along with language.

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Quick Write

• In what ways are people who learn a second
  language early in life different from those who
  learn one much later in life? How might their
  life, social, and educational experiences differ?

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Time to share!
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Looking ahead

• Critical periods

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Please take a minute for the minute paper.