The acquisition of a second language (L2) is clearly somehow different from that of a first language (L1): adult second language learners rarely (if ever) achieve the same native competence that children do learning their first language and, conversely, children never experience the degree of difficulty that L2 learners do. This disparity between L2 and L1 acquisition is perhaps most apparent w...

Contrastive analysis is an important theory in second language acquisition, which aims to compare the similarities and differences between learner’s first target language, so as predict difficulties acquisition. Although has its limitations, role acquisition undeniable. Especially for English teachers, transfer Stimulus-Response-Reinforcement provide a lot of guidance phonetics teaching.

Spatial play is of vital importance to various disciplines concerned with developing spatial intelligence, and awareness of the formal languages used to address space. While spatial language ability is a critical aspect of spatial intelligence and play, little research attention has been paid towards its L1 or L2 acquisition in such contexts. I first review relevant papers, then identify a sign...

second language acquisition (sla) always happens when the learners live and have contact with the native speakers of a second language. although this study investigates learning english by ten native children of farsi, the authors try to simulate the second language acquisition environment. the research deals with the initial state and further development in the child second language learning o...