SLA survey responses explained by Mai Nguyen https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13 Please briefly explain your group response to the SLA statement assigned to you using your own reasoning and referring to relevant SLA theories and/or research covered in the course. en-us 2016-10-26 02:57:01 UTC 2016-10-26 07:24:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Statement 2 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133232556 some of us agree and some of us partly agree

we discussed this question from two different perspectives:
1. psycholinguistics
2. socio-cultural linguistics

from the first perspective, 
we think people with higher intelligence may have better LAD, so that it will be easier for them to be good language learner. while some argue that a smart people may good at doing some subjects but not all. for example, people who are good at math may not be good at English.  

from social perspective , environment is very important.A person can not be a good language learner if he or she can't receive comprehensive input and have the opportunity to produce output.  

]]> 2016-10-26 06:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133232556 statement  https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133232716 partly agree and partly disagree
as for the low language proficiency learners, it is important to teach simple language  as the fundamental language knowledge before complex ones; and it will encourage the learners' motivation
(i+1, motivatio)
as for the high language proficiency learners, it is not that necessary to divide the knowledge into simple and complex levels, and it will be better to put the learners into natural language exposure.
(incidental learning, input hypothesis)]]> 2016-10-26 06:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133232716 #4 "The earlier a second language is introduced in school programs, the greater likelihood of success" https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133232815 We agree.

We base this decision largely on the critical period hypothesis. It states that children (pre-puberty) have the ability to achieve native-like status of a new language that they start learning within that time. After that time, there is a gradual drop off of level that they are able to attain.

However, even if children are taught from a young age, that is not a guarantee of success. For example, if the teaching quality is poor.  Eg. a group member is aware of the poor results obtained by Bangladeshi learners of English, despite starting from age 6.]]> 2016-10-26 06:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133232815 # 9 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133232848 we partly agree and partly disagree 

we agree (i+1), reviewing, scaffolding
we disagree (only vs not only) for example at the beginning of the course, students learn new materials which are new for them]]> 2016-10-26 06:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133232848 #1 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133232867 we partially agree and partially disagree. 
- the learning strategies change with learners' age, young kids learn mainly by imitation, adults learn some aspects of language such as pronunciation, intonation etc., however, with increasing age learning is done more analytically
- theories: disproved behaviorist and Krashen's theory - becomprehensible input is not enough, 
- we learn using a variety of other strategies such as noticing and interaction, through creating knowledge gaps and getting feedback, not simply imitating. ]]> 2016-10-26 06:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133232867 statement 5 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133233006 Partly agree and partly disagree

* some of the mistakes are due to L1 interference(ex. new to their L1: article/ unique rules seen only in their L1 but not in L2), but there are also other reasons which affect L2 performance (ex.different situations - formal/informal settings/ input hypothesis- incorrect utterances of others)
* but at the same time, L1 could help L2 learning considering universal grammar 

]]> 2016-10-26 06:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133233006 Statement 12 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133233625 "students can learn both language and academic content (i.e. science and history) simultaneously in classes where the subject matter is taught in their second language" 

We agree with this statement as students learn the best through immersion of language, especially considering that the immersion teaches students higher order language skills such as analysing, assessing and discussing.]]> 2016-10-26 06:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133233625 #3 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133233626 We agree.  Motivation does play a vital role in learning L2.  If learners do not have motivation, they will just take the lesson lightly and they would not work very hard to improve their L2 skills.  Both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation are needed to gauge the learners to the lesson. 

]]> 2016-10-26 06:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133233626 #6 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133233689 Partly agree and partly disagree. 
We think it depends on learners current proficiency level and their ages.
For example, for younger learners, implicit instruction is more suitable, thus teachers present grammatical rules one at a time explicitly might not work effectively on them. 
On the other hand, for adult learners with lower proficiency level, teaching grammatical rules individually might be easier for them to clarify the grammar rules. ]]> 2016-10-26 06:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133233689 #10 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT7807Week13/wish/133233752 Partly agree and partly disagree.
Socio-cultural theory:
If the one person notice the partner's error, he or she can correct the error. (Correction done with other learners)
However, according to the theory of LREs, if both of them don't know the right answer, the error will be incorrectly resolved or unresolved.
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