Importan considerations to acquire a new language

1. NEUROLOGICAL,
COGNITIVE, AFFECTIVE AND
LINGUISTIC
CONSIDERATIONS
Geomara Cabrera Jara

2. NEUROLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Hemispheric Lateralization:
Left hemisphere: intellectual , logical functions
Right hemispheric: emotional and social needs
Biological timetables
Lover –order depend on early maturing and less adaptive macro neural
circuits
Higher-order depend on late maturing neural circuits
Right hemispheric participation
Participation active in the learning the L2 in early age
The adults benefit from encouragement of right brain activity in the
classroom context
Anthropological Evidence
In the adolescence almost suddenly speak two or three languages
In the adulthood can acquire more languages
Old age to perfect his/her knowledge

3. CONGNITIVE CONSIDERATIONS
 Stages according Piaget
Sensorimotor: ages birth to two
Preoperational: ages two to seven
Operational: ages seven to sixteen
Concrete operational: ages seven to eleven
Formal operational: ages eleven to sixteen
 According to Ausubel
The adulthood could profit of the explanations grammatical. it depends
on suitability and efficiency the teacher
He stresses meaningful learning

4. AFFCETIVE CONSIDERATIONS
AFFECTIVE DOMAINS
 Self-esteem
belief in your own capabilities for that activity
 Inhibition
It is a negative force to protect the ego
 Attitudes
Negative attitude affect success the learning of L2
Positive can enhance learning the L2
 Peer pressure
Undermines the goal to learn a L2
Adults tolerate linguistics difference
Children have strong constraints upon them

5. LINGUISTICS CONSIDERATIONS
BILINGUALISM (code swithching)
 Coordinate bilingual: two meaning system
 Compound Bilingual: one meaning system
INTERFERANCE BETWEEN L1 AND L2
 Adults: operate from the solid foundation of their L1
attemp to formulate grammatical rules
 Children: learning is similar the L1
ORDER OF ACQUISITION
It is creative construction process