SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Although all languages differ of each other with their own rules, grammar, syntax and pronunciation in the process of a second language acquisition, the knowledge of L1 (native language) facilitates the learner to transfer the concepts to the L2 (second language).

The second language acquisition theory suggests that one's learning of a second language is affected by his exposures to language models. So, to encourage the learners in the learning process their social and cultural values should be brought as topic of interests to contribute and help them to be motivated and not so anxious facing emotional state in learning a second language.

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

I have been working with speakers of other languages in Scotland since October 2007. The children average ages are from 6 to 12 in primary and secondary schools, and adult migrant workers are from 26 to 50 years old.

Different approaches and provisions have been delivered showing deliberately the result of the Stage of English Language Acquisition after one year participating in the learning process. Most of them belong to the Stage 1 in the beginning of the process, with very few vocabulary in L2 and low ability to communicate. They use L1 (native language) to express themselves and they tend to live in small communities originally from the same country.

Nationalities involved in the process of L2 learning acquisition: Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Russian, Indian, Pakistani, Chinese, Mexican.