Theories on Emergentism and Generativism still seem to bring about controversial viewpoints among language educators who are interested in dealing with language acquisition in their classes. To make a long story short, the parameters set by Emergentism assure that individuals are able to learn from the context (the linguistic situation, the exposure to parents’ speech, and to the environment), as well as because of cultural evolution. On the other hand, Generativism, coming from early linguist Chomsky, argues that every child is born with an innate ability (or “LAD”) that allows him/her to learn a language due to humans’ innate ability to do so, theory which seems outfashioned nowadays if compared to recent research.viernes, 30 de julio de 2010
L1 ACQUISITION - NURTURING NATURALLY
Theories on Emergentism and Generativism still seem to bring about controversial viewpoints among language educators who are interested in dealing with language acquisition in their classes. To make a long story short, the parameters set by Emergentism assure that individuals are able to learn from the context (the linguistic situation, the exposure to parents’ speech, and to the environment), as well as because of cultural evolution. On the other hand, Generativism, coming from early linguist Chomsky, argues that every child is born with an innate ability (or “LAD”) that allows him/her to learn a language due to humans’ innate ability to do so, theory which seems outfashioned nowadays if compared to recent research.
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I have known a lot of people that are really good at English and it’s amazing to see how quick they learn something new so “innate ability” may apply in the learning of a second language because in my case it takes time to understand a new topic or sometime I have to ask for tutoring because learning English has been really difficult for me.
ResponderEliminarAs English teachers we have to deal with all the bad process that school's structure provides, for that reason we could find several of unmotivated students; they've had poor experiences recently in English classes and for that reason they sometimes are unmotivated.
ResponderEliminarWe all know students have different ways to learn, and for some of them takes much more time to understand something, however it depends of student's motivation; I think it is not necessary to be involve in a native community to learn a language, of course students have to be exposed to the language, but we need to know what is exactly the teacher's role: we need to provide to students tools we consider in order to achieve general and specific goals, of course it depends of students' motivation, if we are able as teachers to change autonomous habits on students, no matter if they have dificultties, they are going to learn faster, even if they are no inmmerse in the context.
Nowadays the English is an important language to learn and more with all this kind of networks and all this kind of means that permit communicating with others countries and different parts of the world.
ResponderEliminarSo English teachers have to show or teaching the english in good and attractive way because in many cases the students not are motivate to learn english. Although according with the theories the humans born with the capacity or innate ability to acquire the language but also is necessary be enrolled in a environment (social, familiar, school..) because that is where human learns.