2. LEARNING FIRST
LANGUAGE
LEARNING LANGUAGE
IN SCHOOL
HELPS LEARNER DEVELOP
ABILITY TO COMMUNICATEIN
A NATURAL WAY
OCCURSDURING THE FORMATIVE
YEARS OF LIFE
GAINED CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTAND
OF LANGUAGE
EXPOSURE IN TARGET
LANGUAGEIS ONLYFEW
HOURS IN A WEEK
USED AS PART OF FOUNDATIONFOR LEARNING
OTHER LANGUAGE
ALLOWS LEARNERS TO
CONFIRMAND SHAPES THEIR
IDENTITIES WITHOUT
COMPRIMISINGTHEIR SENSE
OF SELF
REQUIRES A NUMBEROF
STRATEGIES IN BRAIN
LEARNINGIS DIFFERENTIATED,
EXPLICITLY SEQUENCEDOR PROCESS.
CONTAIN MUCHGREATER LEVEL OF SELF-
CONCIOUSNESS,MORE ANXIOUS ABOUTTHE PROCESS
LEARNERS ACQUIRE LANGUAGE
SLOWLYW/ SOME EFFORT
ACCUMULATEKNOWLEDGEOF
LINGUISTICFEATURES SUCH
AS VOCABULARY,SENTENCE
STRUCTURE
REFLECTS AN INNATE CAPACITY AND DESIRE
FOR LANGUAGEACQUISITION
LANGUAGE
CONVEY IDEAS
FROM ONE
MIND TO
ANOTHER