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This 16 page paper looks at the way a second language is learned and the influence of the first or native language. The paper discusses second language acquisition theories and considers their appropriateness and accuracy in the way second languages (L2) are learned. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
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File: TS14_TEfirstlang.rtf
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a multilingual society language is not only form of communication it is also a barrier where language differences separate people. It has been understood for some time, from anecdotal evidence,
that children who grow up in bilingual families find the languages easier, often citing their ability not only to speak, but also to think in both languages. For most students
by the time they start to learn a second language (L2) the first language has already been developed and become established, as such the second language is then learned in
the context of the way it is communicated and interpreted with the first language. It is only by understanding how, when there are culturally diverse students with potentially different
first languages, that the ways in which student may be taught a second, (or additional language) can be studied and the methodologies used by teachers can be improved. Second Language
Acquisition (SLA), has been the subject of a great deal of study, which has enriched the way that teaching takes place. The theoretical approaches look at the way the second
language is developed by students in order to create comprehensive frameworks for teachers to consider when teaching L2 (Fillmore and Snow, 2002). There are a number of theories that
have been developed when considering second language acquisition, especially in the context of the first language, the research is based not only on the discipline of linguistics, which has received
a high level of attention, it has also been undertaken with consideration of disciplines such as neurolinguistics, psychology and anthropology (Freeman and Freeman, 2001). There are differences and commonalties
however, one common thread is that of the role of continual learning which takes place in a number of stages which takes the student from a position where they start
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