Friday, September 30, 2016

second language

Learning a second language is important for many families. 
But what age is it good for?
 When should their children to learn a second language?
which foreign global language is better for our children?
Why Should our Child Learn a Foreign Language? 



 foreign language helps people be good to make relationship with other people.so they will be able to expand their capabilities. knowing a foreign language can increase children's confidence. who who speak a foreign language often enjoy better career prospects and higher standards of living.
what is your idea?
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What is second language acquisition?
  Second language acquisition, or SLA, has two meanings. In a general sense it is a term to describe learning a second language. More specifically, it is the name of the theory of the process by which we acquire - or pick up - a second language. This is mainly a subconscious process which happens while we focus on communication. It can be compared with second language learning, which describes how formal language education helps us learn language through more conscious processes.
Language acquisition is very similar to the process children use in acquiring first and second languages. It requires meaningful interaction in the target language natural communication--in which speakers are concerned not with the form of their utterances but with the messages they are conveying and understanding (Krashen، 1981).

The best methods are therefore those that supply 'comprehensible input' in low anxiety situations, containing messages that students really want to hear. These methods do not force early production in the second language, but allow students to produce when they are 'ready', recognizing that improvement comes from supplying communicative and comprehensible input, and not from forcing and correcting production (Krashen، 1987).


What is the best way to teach a second language?
-    The Direct Approach
-    The Reading Approach
-    The Audio-lingual Method
-    The Silent Way
-    Community Language Learning
-    The Communicative Approach
-    Functional Notional Approach
-    Total Physical Response Approach
-    The Natural Approach
How can a speech-language pathologist help?
Speech-language therapy is designed to coordinate the mechanics of speech with the meaning and social use of language. Such a program begins with an individual evaluation by a speech-language pathologist to assess an individual’s verbal aptitudes and challenges. From this evaluation, the pathologist sets goals that may include mastering spoken language and/or learning nonverbal communication skills such as signs or gestures. In each case, the goal is to help the person communicate in more useful and functional ways.
Speech-language pathologists are highly-educated professionals who have a minimum of a master’s degree in their field.  As in any health-care related profession, S-LPs are required to study anatomy and physiology, but they also study neuroanatomy, genetics, human and language development, linguistics, psychology, acoustics and more, which is why they are qualified to evaluate, diagnose (restricted in some provinces/territories) and treat a broad range of delays and disorders.
Many children and adults with autism have challenges in processing sensory information such as movement, touch, smell, sight and sound. Sensory integration (SI) therapy identifies such disruptions and uses a variety of techniques that improve how the brain interprets and integrates this information. Occupational therapy often includes sensory integration. Other times it is delivered as a stand-alone therapy. What other organizations have information about second language acquisition?
Traditionally, speech therapy with preschoolers involved parents bringing their child to a speech-language pathologist at a clinic. After an assessment, if the speech-language pathologist recommended it, the parent would bring the child for regular speech therapy. In this case, the sessions would be conducted by the speech-language pathologist, who would use specific techniques and strategies to improve the child’s communication. The parent would sit and watch the therapy, either in the room or behind a 2-way mirror. After the session, the parent would be given activities to practice with the child at home.
Who is the Second Language Learner?
Fueled by immigration, the number of children in the nation's public schools has been increasing steadily over the last 20 years and is also becoming increasingly diverse (Jamieson, Curry, & Martinez, 1999). Newcomers to the United States tend to be younger than highly assimilated traditional populations, so schools have felt the impact of population changes in the latter part of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st more rapidly and more dramatically than other social and government institutions (Hurley،2033).

The Stages of Second Language Acquisition?
Stage I: Pre-production
Stage II: Early production
Stage III: Speech emergence
Stage IV: Intermediate fluency
Stage V: Advanced Fluency (Haynes،2005).

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