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ACQUISITION AND LEARNING FACTORS INFLUENCING ACQUISITION OF A LANGUAGE …

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    This module discuss about language
    acquisition and language learning.
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    The factors influencing the acquisition
    of a language,
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    like the learner factors, environmental
    factors and infrastructural factors
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    are dealt in detail.
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    Acquisition and learning.
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    Language acquisition is the process by
    which humans acquired the capacity to
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    perceive and comprehend language. As well
    as to produce and use language.
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    Acquisition is implicit and subconscious
    which take place in an informal situation.
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    According to Stephen Christian 1985,
    language acquisition does not require
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    extensive use of conscious grammatical
    rules and tedious drill.
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    Acquisition requires meaningful
    interaction in the target language,
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    natural communication in which speakers
    are connected,
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    not with the form of their entrances but
    with the messages they are convenient
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    and understanding.
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    Language acquisition encompasses the
    development of
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    four interdependent systems.
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    Pragmatic: communicative use of language
    in a social context;
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    Phonological: perception and production of
    sounds to form words;
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    Semantics: processing of meaning
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    and grammatical use of syntactic and
    morphological rules to combine words
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    into meaningful sentences.
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    The phonological and grammatical systems
    constitute the language form.
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    The pragmatic system describes
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    how language should be adapted
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    to specific social situations
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    in order to convey emotions
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    and reinforce meaning.
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    The term acquisition is used for L1
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    and the term learning is associated
    with L2.
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    Children acquire language through a
    subconscious process
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    during which they are unaware of
    grammatical rules,
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    that is no deliberator for to learn the
    language.
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    They pick up language in informal
    situations.
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    Language acquisition is implicit, and
    effortless as meaningful communication
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    occurs in natural environment.
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    While communicating the message in the
    text is given more important
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    rather than the form.
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    ... connected through feedback or
    when they hear the correct usages.
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    Later on, they can cut it themselves
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    when they become masters of linguistic
    generalizations.
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    They will be confident in using the
    language in the real life situations.
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    Language learning is explicit and
    conscious
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    and takes place in a formal situation.
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    The rules of the language are taught
    directly
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    and learning is the product of formal
    instruction.
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    It is learning about a language.
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    Children have the conscious knowledge of
    the new language, and can talk about it.
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    They can memorize the rules to solve a
    grammatical problem,
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    but when it comes to the practical level
    of using the language
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    it may not work.
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    In the case of second language,
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    all the third or the fourth language,
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    this is what happens.
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    Whatever that is learned
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    meaningfully and naturally, is retained
    and will become acquired.
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    Factors influencing acquisition.
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    Language learning is a habit formation,
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    and so,
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    if one's acquired it becomes automatic.
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    According to Paul Roberts:
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    "When we learn the first language,
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    we face the universe directly
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    and learn to clothe it with speech.
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    When we learn a second language,
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    we tend to filter the universe through
    the language already known."
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    By the time the child learns a second
    language,
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    he is familiar with the system of
    mother tongue.
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    He has to set aside the rules and sets of
    his mother tongue
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    to invite the habits of a new language.
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    Factors influencing acquisition can be
    broadly classified into three.
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    They are:
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    Learner factors.
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    Infrastructural factors.
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    Environmental factors.
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    The learner factors.
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    The learner factors influencing the
    acquisition of a language are mainly:
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    Psychological, Physiological and
    Sociological.
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    Factors like aptitude, attitude,
    interest, personality,
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    multivision, age, sex, intelligence and
    learning styles come under this.
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    Aptitude
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    Aptitude refers to the potential for
    achievement.
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    According to Carrol,
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    foreign language aptitude consisted of
    four independent abilities.
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    They are:
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    Phonetic coding ability.
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    The ability to identify and memorize
    new sounds.
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    Grammatical sensitivity.
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    The ability to demonstrate awareness
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    of the syntactic patterning of sentences
    of a language.
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    Root learning ability.
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    The ability to learn associations between
    sounds and meaning.
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    Inductive ability.
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    The ability to identify similarities and
    differences
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    in grammatical form and meaning.
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    It is not necessary that successful
    language learners
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    are strong in all the envolved components.
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    Details can identify students
    requirements,
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    and select appropriate strategies to
    accommodate
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    their differences in aptitude.
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    Personality
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    The personality characteristics we
    can affect
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    language acquisition are:
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    Extroversion, introversion,
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    self esteem, anxiety, etcetera.
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    Personality may be a major factor in the
    acquisition of oral skills,
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    not in reading and writing skills.
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    Introverted or anxious learners
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    make slower progress
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    especially in communication skill.
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    They try to get away from opportunities
    to speak,
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    and express themselves.
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    The extroverts will take risks.
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    They will not worry about the mistakes,
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    and make the advantage of opportunities
    to interact.
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    Motivation
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    This is a strongly favor intrinsic
    motivation.
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    Intrinsically motivated learners, try
    for excellence,
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    autonomy and self-actualization.
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    A supportive and non-threatening learning
    atmosphere,
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    naturally creates motivation.
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    Through various activities, tasks and
    learning materials in the class,
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    the teacher can increase students interest
    to learn language.
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    A felt need, develops both intrinsic and
    extrinsic motivation.
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    Learning styles
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    Learning styles is an individuals natural
    habitud
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    and preferred way of absorbing,
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    processing and retaining new
    information and skills.
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    ... 1995.
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    Each individual is different,
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    and process information in their own
    unique ways.
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    Types of learning styles are: perceptual
    learning style,
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    and cognitive learning style.
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    Perceptual learning style include:
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    visual, auditory and kinesthetic.
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    Visual learners have a preference for
    seeing.
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    Auditory learners best learn through
    listening.
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    And tactile or kinesthetic learners
    preferred to learn through experience;
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    That is:
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    moving, touching and doing.
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    Cognitive learning style, are the mental
    mechanisms
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    that process the incoming information
    through different sources.
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    Each individual learner has his own way
    of processing information
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    or approaching a task.
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    This is known as his cognitive style.
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    According to Ellis:
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    "Cognitive style is a term used to refer
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    to a manner in which people perceive
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    conceptualize, organize and recall
    information.
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    While designing learning activities,
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    the teacher has to consider the students
    with valid learning styles.
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    Age
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    Age is one of the characteristics which
    affect language acquisition.
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    Learners who have a solid skill in their
    own language,
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    are found to acquire a new language
    more easily.
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    Motivated adults learn language more
    easily,
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    but struggles to achieve correct
    pronunciation
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    because of the problems of the transfer
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    of the habits of native language.
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    They feel it difficult to recognize the
    sounds of the ... in language.
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    Young children show greater flexibility
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    in identifying the sounds of the language,
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    remembering them and reproducing them.
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    They are less conscious about the mistakes
    made,
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    and already to correct the mistakes
    without hesitation.
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    This will foster language acquisition.
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    Sex
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    Girls are found to excel voice in
    language learning.
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    They start talking earlier than boys,
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    and uses grammatically correct
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    and complex sentences.
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    Auditory sensitivity and all behaviour
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    is not the same for boys and girls.
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    The fact that girls mature earlier than
    boys,
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    has direct implications for language
    acquisition.
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    Attitude
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    Language attitude is the feeling one has
    about language learning.
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    It is greatly influenced by the learning
    situation.
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    Teacher, language, classroom, books,
    friends, homework,
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    and the school as such determine students'
    attitude towards language learning.
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    Spolsky says,
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    "In a typical language situation there are
    a number of people
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    whose attitude to each other can be
    significant:
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    the learner, the teacher,
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    the learner's peers and parents, and the
    speakers of the language.
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    Each relationship might well be shown to
    be a factor
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    controlling the learners' motivation to
    acquire a language.
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    A positive or a negative attitude towards
    language learning
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    can be developed in children by the
    influence of these factors.
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    Positive attitude for language learning
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    has to be created through a congenial
    and motivating environment in school.
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    Interest
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    Teachers need to design creative
    activities
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    to evoke student interest in language
    learning.
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    Clarity and relevance of the language
    learning goals.
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    Extend of feature and pure support,
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    learning language through fun and games,
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    all creates interest in learner.
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    As Einstein said,
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    interest is the best teacher,
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    without interest, the best learning
    situations will prove to be ineffective.
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    Intelligence
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    Intelligence plays a very important role
    in language acquisition.
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    Kinesthetic intelligence is the ability to
    use the physical actions
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    with linguistic responses to express ideas
    more clearly.
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    While taking part in group discussions,
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    the learners are using interpersonal
    intelligence.
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    Grammar analysis
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    falls into the logical intelligence.
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    The stress timed rhythmic nature of
    English language,
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    the need to communicate using melody, and
    rhythm in a language class
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    points to the need for musical
    intelligence.
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    Learning language through the knowledge
    about self
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    focuses to intrapersonal intelligence.
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    Linguistic intelligence involves the
    sensitivity
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    to spoken and written language.
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    The ability to learn language, and the
    capacity to use language
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    to accomplish certain goals:
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    The opportunities for learning,
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    the motivation to learn,
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    the individual difference in
    intelligence,
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    aptitude, personality,
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    and also, learning styles
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    play an important role in the rate of
    learning
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    and success in learning.
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    The teacher should consider learners
    individual aptitudes,
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    personalities and learning styles
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    into account to create a learning
    environment conducive to all.
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    The environmental factors
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    The environmental factors include both
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    school and family.
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    The classroom should provide a favorable
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    democratic environment for language
    learning.
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    Maximum exposure in target language
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    has to be given in the schools.
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    Cooperative rather than competitive
    atmosphere,
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    free from tension has to be maintained in
    the classroom.
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    A felt need to learn the language for real
    life communication
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    has to be evoked in students.
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    The teacher should be aware of the
    individual difference
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    and has to provide learning experience
    suitably.
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    The week and the gifted
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    has to be considered according to their
    language needs.
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    A tolerant attitude has to be adopted
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    to student errors while using language.
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    There is a marked relationship between
    the child's linguistic development
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    and socio-economic status.
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    The teacher should also consider this
    aspect of the students
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    while planning for language learning
    programs.
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    The infrastructural factors
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    The infrastructural facilities
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    it's magnitude and quality
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    depends upon the strength, interest
    and vision of the organization
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    which manages the institution.
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    Facilities to use the equipments like
    audiovisual aids,
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    language laboratories, libraries,
    etcetera.
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    which provides maximum exposure and
    practice in the target language
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    has to be arranged in schools.
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    First time experience to use the target
    language
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    as interacting with the native speakers,
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    spacious classroom with facilities to
    contact learning activities like roleplay,
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    discussions debates, dramatization,
    etcetera.
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    where the students use the language
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    has to be provided.
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    Problems in acquiring English as a
    second language.
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    Learning a second language is always a
    challenge
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    in a place where people hardly use it in
    their daily life.
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    Second language learners face several
    difficulties to gain
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    good command over a foreign language.
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    English presents a number of issues to non
    native speakers
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    because of their illogical nature of his
    spelling, pronunciation
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    and unique grammatical rules.
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    The pull of mother tongue.
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    When a child begins to learn a second
    language,
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    he has acquired his mother tongue,
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    the system which he can use with ...
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    So whenever he wants to express something
    in second language
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    he has to keep the habit of the first
    language in check
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    in order to produce the new sounds
    and structures.
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    It will be difficult for him
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    to produce the distinctive sounds of the
    second language
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    as his years are accustomed
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    with the sounds of the first language.
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    Thus, he replaces the sounds of the
    second language
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    with the similar sounds in his mother
    tongue.
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    Suprasegmental features have great impact
    in English language
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    which mean not be so pronounced in
    mother tongue.
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    The natural word order of sentence in
    the mother tongue
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    may be different from that of English.
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