HOW SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUIRED AT SCHOOL: SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING L2 ACQUISITION

Second Language Comprehension: a discussion of some influencing factors

Learner Factors Influencing Second Language Learning

Second language (L2) learners are different. They learn with different speed and different results. There are many explanations for that issue. The general factors that influence second language learning are: age, aptitude and intelligence, cognitive style, attitudes, motivation and personality (Ellis 1985). The aim of this article is to present these factors and their contribution to success o...

Exploring learner factors in second language (L2) incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading

This study examined the predictive role of several learner factors in second language (L2) incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading: L2 proficiency, motivation, anxiety, and mastery of strategies. Participants were 129 English learners in a comprehensive university in China. Participants read two English texts and were given an unannounced vocabulary test to assess their incidental voc...

Language Acquisition and English Achievement at Grade Four Senior High School

This study aimed to explore the relationship between language acquisition and grade four senior high school (G4SHS) students’ achievement in English as a foreign language (EFL). To this end the 41-item English Language Acquisition Scale (ELAS) designed by Khodadady and Younesi (2017) was administered to 518 G4SHS students. Also to find the probable relationship between ELAS, its latent variable...

The Role of Sociolinguistics in Second Language Acquisition

Learning a new language also involves learning a broad system of norms for social relations.This study broadly showed how EFL learners’ speech act is conveyed from their nativecultures when they are communicating in English and demonstrated that there are somepossibilities of cross-cultural misunderstanding when interlocutors are engaged in the speechact of complimenting with native speakers of...