UNIT 12 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN L1 AND L2 LEARNINGfIRST

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN L1 AND L2 LEARNING

     This unit was interesting  and useful because it provides us some strategies and different ways to use with the students. L1 is our mother tongue when babies acquire the language since they are babies, they start to acquire a language with a silent period where they only listen sounds, pronunciation and intonation. They learn from their parents and from the environment too. For example in our country the mother tongue is Spanish language because we live in an environment where all the time we speak in Spanish. On the other hand, L2 is a language that it is not our mother tongue for example English language because it is learned in the classrooms and using a lot of activities and tasks  , also learners need to be motivated to acquire a new language.Teacher have to use many activities according their learning styles. Future teachers during the acquisition of any language have to include funny ways to teach a language such as games, songs, big cardboards with the alphafet, professions,fruits. We have to provide them scaffolding that support their knowledge during learning process.

We can search more information in the following pages:

• The usage of L1 at the L2 classroom

YouTube,. (2014). The usage of L1 at the L2 classroom. Retrieved 28 November 2014, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmQ8_H-U7OQ

• Strategies for Helping Students Learn a Foreign Language

Www2.gsu.edu,. (2014). - Strategies for Helping Students Learn a Foreign Language. Retrieved 28 November 2014, from http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwrld/6429.html

• Acquisition: An Overview | ELL Topics from A-Z | Colorín Colorado

Colorín Colorado,. (2014). Language Acquisition: An Overview | ELL Topics from A-Z | Colorín Colorado. Retrieved 28 November 2014, from http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/26751/