Factors Affecting Language Acquisition by Stephanie Tafoya

What's Language Acquisition Theory?

stafoya0024 — 2024-11-07 05:32:17 UTC

THE SUBCONSCIOUS PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE, USE, AND UNDERSTAND LANGUAGE.
For educators, it’s important to understand the differences within all students (EDL/EL). From there, there’s a thought on how everything is planned.

Social Language: The way students communicate within each other

Academic Language: Langauge of schools/texts (different structure/ deeper language/vocab.

Political Factors

stafoya0024 — 2024-11-07 05:46:16 UTC

This factor plays a critical role because it's decided how or what ways the language is going to be introduced/taught, leading to a significant shift in language acquisition patterns. With that, policies focusing on regional or indigenous languages may promote linguistic diversity.

Cognitive Factors

stafoya0024 — 2024-11-07 05:53:45 UTC

This factor refers to the mental processes in learning a new language as they grow; the ability to gain knowledge and use the words, grammar, and phrases. Every students learns in different ways such as visual, kinesthetic/hands on, or auditory.

Linguistic Factors

stafoya0024 — 2024-11-07 06:00:04 UTC

This factor mentions the features of language and how they connect with the learner's own language; using background knowledge, Transfer from first language and language similarity, maybe some terms sound similar to their first language and help memorize that new term the student just learned. Language complexity would be the language being a little more difficult to learn than others for the student, and how the student may feel about that.

Physical Factors

stafoya0024 — 2024-11-07 06:09:25 UTC

This factor refers to the student('s) capability of learning depending on their health such as maybe health issue, hearing or sight, the setting/environment of the classroom being comfortable, the students being able to socialize.

Affective Factor

stafoya0024 — 2024-11-07 06:17:56 UTC

The factor describes the child's learning processes depending with their anxiety, self-esteem, and attitude. The student's emotional estate is a huge influence during the learning process, positive or negative, both take different affect. Confidence can influence using the new language. Low set-esteem can have the student a bit intimidated in speaking the new language being taught.

Socio-Cultural Factors

stafoya0024 — 2024-11-07 06:22:46 UTC

These factors refer to where the language is used, social and cultural connections that come with such as social rules, person's identity, and culture. When learning a new language, it is most likely rooted because all students are being taught the language, then comes the part where socializing within each other boosts the use of it. At home is most likely the first language. Teachers do tend to include all culture so students can have a sense of comfort to learn something new.