Transcription of First and second language acquisition: A brief comparison
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Raymond HickeyEnglish LinguisticsCampus EssenFirst and second language acquisition: A brief comparisonFirst language acquisitionSecond language acquisitionAn instinct, triggered by birthA personal choice, required motivationVery rapidVaries, but never as quick as FLAC ompleteNever as good as a native speaker, thoughgood competence can be achievedNatural (no instruction)Natural or guided (for synthetic languagesgrammatical instruction is requiredNote the following facts concerning First and second language acquisition1) The level of competence acquired with SLA ( second language acquisition) depends notso much on the time spent learning a language as the time at which one ) In general linguists maintain that a First language is acquired, that knowledge is storedunconsciously, and that a second language is learned, that knowledge is gained byconscious study of the second language s structure.
first language and that no-one dislikes one’s own first language. Because FLA is an instinct there is no choice involved, contrast this with a second language. 5) Note that something which is acquired does not require conscious decisions when activated. However, if you have learned something, like the rule of chess then you must
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