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A 3 page research paper that explores topics concerning second language acquisition and specifically learning English as a second language. The writer discusses how language is acquired in infancy, structure of language and acquisition of second language. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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in the sounds of their own culture even before learning what the sounds mean. The ease with which the first language is acquired brings up questions concerning second language acquisition,
such as why older individuals, that is, older children and adults cannot learn a second language via a process similar to the manner in which they learned their first language.
Modern linguistic theory demonstrates why acquisition of a second language is difficult. The central theory that drives modern linguistic research is the work done by Noam Chomsky, who proposed
in the 1960s that human beings are born with an innate ability to learn language (Archangeli, 1997). The science of linguistics recognizes that there are limits to the sounds or
strings of sounds that human beings are capable of producing in regards to language. In other words, the worlds languages are made up, basically, of the same sounds and follow
a "template" that is compatible with the innate language ability of the human brain, as well as what sounds the human larynx is capable of producing. The universal "properties of
the worlds languages result from inflexibility in this innate language capacity" (Archangeli, 1997, p. 2). Linguists employ the term "universal grammar" to refer to the innate language knowledge that is
inherent in the human brain (Archangeli, 1997). Native speakers of a language learn their mother tongue as toddlers because they are immersed in a rich cultural and linguistic environment that
utilizes that language. Their native language is "imprinted" on the brain of the toddler. Adolescents and adult learners, as well as older children, cannot acquire a second language in the
same manner because this "magical" period for language acquisition has already passed (ZhonggangGao, 2001). As a matter of fact, Lake and Pappamihiel (2003), in discussing second language acquisition and
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