Acronyms
First language
What is L1?
Spanish in Argentina
First Language or Mother Tongue
Human Language and Sign Language
A person's mother tongue or the language acquired first.
First Language (FL)
Second Language
What is L2?
English in Argentina
Foreign Language
Imitation vs using cognitive abilities
How do we learn a foreign language according to Crystal, D. (2007)?
The language which a person is learning in contrast to a first language or mother tongue.
Target Language (TL)
Target language
What is TL?
Computer Programs
Non-linguistic languages
Motivation vs exposure
What are the factors involved in successfully learning a language according to Crystal, D. (2007)?
Children growing up without parents or language.
Wolf Children
Foreign language
What is FL?
Learner transferring sounds, structures, from one language to another
“Language transfer"
FLL vs FLT
What are the “two sides of the coin” according to Crystal, D. (2007)?
Any language that is not a native language in a country.
What is foreign language by Crystal, D. (2007) ?
What is FLT & FLL?
To communicate ideas, to think and to show who we are
Continuity based theories vs discontinuity-based theories
What is the evolutionary origin of language?
Procedure in which L1 and L2 are compared systematically in order to predict areas of greatest learning difficulty.
What is contrastive analysis according to Crystal, D. (2007)?