二语习得简介.ppt

Clearing the Ground Wang Dong, Ph.D. School of Foreign Studies Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, China Outline 1. Basic concepts in SLA 2. A brief history of SLA 3. Two approaches of SLA 4. Goals of SLA 5. SLA and Language teaching: two examples 1. Basic concepts in SLA 1) SL 2) L1 vs L2 3) Second vs Foreign 4) Acquisition and Learning What is SL? …“second” can refer to any language that is learned subsequent to the mother tongue. Thus it can refer to the learning of a third or fourth language. (Ellis 2000: 3) L1 L2 first language second language mother tongue foreign language native language non-native language primary language secondary language source language target language stronger language weaker language second VS foreign Official language Social role to play Means of communication Natural settings English in USA, Britain, Singapore, India, Not official language As a subject in schools In classroom English in China, Japan, Vietnam Acquisition and Learning Acquisition and Learning non-interface position “无接口观点” What is second language acquisition (SLA)? SLA can be defined as the way in which people learn a language other than their mother tongue, inside or outside of a classroom. (Ellis 2. A brief history of SLA The systematic study of how people acquire a second language is a fairly recent phenomenon, belonging to the second half of the twentieth century. (Ellis 1997/2000) …in the 1960s, as a result of the inconclusive findings from the comparative studies, a debate in psychology over the nature of learning and a revolution in linguistics, a challenge to the dominance of research on language teaching was to take place…for the first time in recent history, many researchers’ attention was shifted from the teaching process to the learning process. It was this shift in perspective which introduced a new research agenda and gave definition to the field