Factors Affecting Language Acquisition by Lexa Weisse

Social Context

lweisse0024 — 2024-09-16 20:28:13 UTC

English language learners that enter school, unfamiliar with the language, may struggle to acclimate to a new language and culture. This may cause them to feel withdrawn from their academic work or their peers.

How to Support Students Struggling Socially

lweisse0024 — 2024-11-07 05:19:51 UTC

-Exposing multilingual learners to engage in group discussions.

-Prompt your students to share their experience.

-Create social opportunities for students to engage with each other.

-Build an environment that strengthens connections between their familiar language and the new language.

Socio-Cultural Factors

lweisse0024 — 2024-11-07 05:24:47 UTC

-"Research shows that stereotypes, prejudices and status and power differences may impede social interaction among native english speakers and multilingual learners."

-"People naturally tend to socialize with their own linguistic, social and ethnic group."

Primary Language Development

lweisse0024 — 2024-11-07 05:28:50 UTC

Students bring knowledge of their own from their first language.
Students developed cognitive abilities through their first language.
Students have the ability to pick out sounds, patterns

Common Underlying Proficiency

lweisse0024 — 2024-11-07 05:39:04 UTC

-A theory that states that the cognitive system used to learn one language can also be used to learn another language.

-If languages are similar concepts may transfer easier.

Age

lweisse0024 — 2024-11-07 05:45:24 UTC

-A critical period for language acquisition is birth to 9 years old.