Second Language Acquisition.

1.- What is the difference between the terms ACQUISITION and LEARNING?

       Acquisition is the act or process of achieving mastery of a language or a linguistic rule or element, to develop an ability in any language. It naturally develops in communicative situations. 

        Learning is a concious process where we can accumulate knowledge of a language. 

2.- Why is motivation important for L2 students?

Motivation is important because it is related to the affective filter hypothesis; that helps students to be interested in the L2. It also activates the LAD.

 3.- Why might foreing talk be beneficial?.

It's important because is a variety of speech which is simpler in vocabulary and structure. It might be useful to recieve comprehensible input.

4.- What is comunicative competence?

Comunicative Competence is the level of proficiency in L2 acquisition. There are 3 types:

• Grammatical Competence: It envolves the accurate use of words ans structures in the L2.

• Sociolinguistic Competence: It enables the learner to discriminate the social context.

• Strategic Competence: The ability to organize a message affectively and to compensate by strategies, for any difficulties.

5.- What is positive and negative transfer?

 The positive transfer occurs if L1 and L2 have similar characteristics and the learner may be able to benefit from the positive transfer of L1 knowledge.

The negative transfer occurs when L1 and L2 are too different and it is not affective for L2 communication.

Grammar Translation Method.	Audio-lingual Method	Communicative  Competence
Grammatical rules	Spoken language	Creation of communicative experience