Webquest on L2 acquisition by Ana Baamonde https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed Ana Becerro Baamonde, Cristina Harana Fuentes, Ana Medina de la Torre y Ángela Pérez de Giles en-us 2017-03-29 18:41:59 UTC 2017-04-05 17:49:49 UTC hello@padlet.com CHARACTERISTICS anabeba https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163531358 -It only takes 10 days and you only has to invest 30 minutes per day.
-In those 30 minutes the person is not going to "suffer" any of the traditional methods to learn a language.
-The learner should be able to start talking immediately.
-The audio "does the work for you".
-The person learns the language instinctively.
-The learner does not need to memorize and speaks with a native accent.
-It is based in scientific research.
-It is designed for adults.
-The learner will only know core vocabulary.
-The learner does not need a computer and can be used anywhere, anytime.

]]> 2017-03-29 19:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163531358 BEHAVIORISM AGAINSTINNATISM anabeba https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163535834 -This theory confronts two ideas:
  1-the brain learns from what other people say.
   2-the brain is activated by hearing other people talking, but all the information is already in our brains when  we are born.
-According to this, the theory in the video is based on Behaviorism because the students learn new things just by hearing.]]> 2017-03-29 19:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163535834 NATIVISM anabeba https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163536003 -Chomsky suggested that language is an innate faculty (Universal grammar). According to this, children learn their mother tongue by what they hear in their environment.
-In addition, they would deduce grammar rules and they start to produce new sentences thanks to this process.
-The method that the video shows tries to make this function: learners would "study" grammar rules by audio-based exercises, although it would not be as effective as it seems, because of the fact that nativisim theory is focused on the learning process of the mother tongue.]]> 2017-03-29 19:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163536003 INFORMATION PROCESSING THEORY anabeba https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163536405 -The main idea of this theory is that the human mind is like a computer that works with mechanisims in order to give responses (perception, attention, labelling and meaning).
-The suggested method focuses on audio-based learning, in so that the learner recognize what they hear in  certain contexts (sensory memory), although some auditory information may be processed by the short term memory too.
-The rejection of rote memorization might benefit the procedual information of the language that is held by long term memory, which works better with mental images.]]> 2017-03-29 19:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163536405 THE INTERACTION HYPOTHESIS anabeba https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163536513 -According to the interaction hypotesis, proficiency in the process of language acquisition is highly stimulated by face-to-face communication, which is not guaranteed with this method.
-This method  avoid the using of communicative strategies that makes easier the production of the language thanks to the feedback, such as the correct use of grammar.
-The interaction hypotesis supports language develpment connected with inputs and outputs, something impossible if a learner follows this method.]]> 2017-03-29 19:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163536513 THE NOTICING HYPOTHESIS anabeba https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163537088 -This hypothesis holds that learners cannot learn the grammatical features of a language unless they notice them.
The theory of the video defends that the learner will be able to learn the gramatical features of the second language after they understand perfectly the speaking.
The video sustains that the correct way in which learner should learn a second language is starting with the audio.
This program don't focus on reading or writing because it distract the learners from intuitively learning a language by ear.]]> 2017-03-29 19:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163537088 THE COMPREHENSIBLE OUTPUT HYPOTHESIS anabeba https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163537678 -This hypothesis maintains that learning takes place when the learner encounters a gap in his or her linguistic knowledge of the second language and he become able to modify his output in order of learn something new about the language.
CO facilitates second language learning in ways that differ from and enhance input due to the mental processes connected with the production of language.
 This hypothesis is closely related to the Noticing Hypothesis.]]> 2017-03-29 19:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163537678 THE SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE anabeba https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163537994 -The sociocultural perspective is based on Vygotsky’s theory, that is a quest for identifying what is uniquely human about human development. The two most central notions in his theory are meditation and meaning. Meditation refers to the process by which socially meaningful activities transform impulsive, unmediated, and natural behaviour into higher mental processes using instruments or tools. Meaning in this context is to be understood in terms of the degree of generalization and objectivity, namely, meanings that allow social communication to become possible across contexts.
-Vygotsky’s developmental theory emphasizes meditation and meaning because the mechanism underlying development occurs through social interaction.
-Vygotsky was preoccupied with semantic-level analyses because the fact that language mediates human behaviour gives rise to the phenomenon that all human action is subject to multiple interpretations. For these interpretations, he proposed the Meaning-Based Instruction, that is some different ways to instruction a second language.
-The Meaning-Based Instruction are: bilingual instruction, focusing on pragmatics, literacy instruction based on techniques from drama, the importance of inclusion, instruction based on children’s interests

]]> 2017-03-29 19:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163537994 THE AGE FACTOR anabeba https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163538181 -Age is one of the most important affective factors in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) because it is believed that younger learners have advantages over older learners in language learning. The learning of individual learners depends on many variables like learning opportunities, the motivation to learn, individual differences and learning styles in SLA.
-The relationship between age and success in SLA is joined to the Critical Period Hypothesis (CPH) or “the sensitive period”, that is a period during which a child can acquire language easily, rapidly, perfectly, and without instruction.
-The most popular hypothesis of CPH are “the younger the better” and “the older the better” in which it is focused on learners’ pronunciation skills and other linguistics features.
-The language learning ability goes linearly with age. Consequently, age was strongly correlated with grade levels because quality and quantity of instruction was an important factor second language learning.
-Other researchers of SLA are interested in evaluating phonological skills of learners suggest a common belief that younger learners acquire a native like accent in the target language. From these researchers, it was found that the younger learners’ pronunciation was better than that of the older ones.

]]> 2017-03-29 19:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163538181 KRASHEN'S HYPOTHESIS anabeba https://padlet.com/anabeba/jdjlr5dtuyed/wish/163794346 The Acquisition-Learning hypothesis
The video does not make this distinction it is only focused on "subconcious process" the belongs only to acquisition.
The Monitor hypothesis
The theory in the video also defends this: the learner is able to now what is good grammar an what is not.
The Input hypothesis
Also the method used in the video the learner learns by input.
The Natural Order hypothesis
Krashen thing that there is a natural order in the way we learn grammar and also the theory in the video has the grammar graduated.
The Affective Filter hypothesis
It looks like the method showed in the video fulfill this hypothesisbecause the learner has motivation becouse he/she is able to speak from the beginning an is also in a low level of anxiety.

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