First Language Acquisition Vs Second Language Learning ...

1 First Language Acquisition Vs Second Language Learning : What Is the Difference? Fawzi Al Ghazali The University of Birmingham / The Centre for English Language Studies (CELS) / July 2006 _____ Abstract This paper investigates the potential differences between First Language Acquisition (FLA) and New Language Learning (NLL) in the classroom. It examines the factors that influence Language Acquisition in the two different environments. This includes explication of the age factor and its impact on progress in Language Acquisition . It also involves studying the Language input in terms of quantity and quality in both cases and the limitations of NLL in the classroom. This paper also studies the individual differences that influence Language Acquisition .

Language acquisition is one of the most impressive aspects of human development. It is an amazing feat, which has attracted the attention of linguists for generations. First Language Acquisition (FLA) and New Language Learning (NLL) have sometimes been treated as two distinct phenomena

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