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Ipek, Hulya – English Language Teaching, 2009
In an attempt to understand and explain first language (L1) acquisition and second language (L2) acquisition scholars have put forward many theories. These theories can aid language teachers to understand language learning and to assist their students in their language learning process. The current paper will first look at the similarities between…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Language Teachers
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Li, Changyu – English Language Teaching, 2009
It was in the 1970s that American linguist S.D. Krashen created the theory of "language acquisition". The theories on second language acquisition were proposed based on the study on the second language acquisition process and its rules. Here, the second language acquisition process refers to the process in which a learner with the…
Descriptors: College English, Language Acquisition, English (Second Language), English Instruction