this will give kick start to how english is learnt as second language ,will enhance a clear comprehension about what is second language.

1. Introduction to Second Language
Acquisition

2. Overvie
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 Distinguishes between First Language and
Second Language
 Defines Language Acquisition
 Explains Second Language Acquisition
 Defines Krashen's Hypothesis
 Application Oriented Activities
 Assignment
 Summative evaluation

3.  Language is the methodof expressingideasand emotionsin the formof signsand symbols.These signsand symbolsare usedto encode and decode the information.
 There are manylanguagesspokenin the world.
 The firstlanguage learnedby a babyis his or her mothertongue.It is the language,which he or she listensto fromhis or her birth.
 Any otherlanguage learnedor acquiredis known as the secondlanguage.
 Secondlanguageacquisition,or SLA,has twomeanings.In a general sense it is a termto describe learning a secondlanguage.
 Morespecifically,it is the name of the theoryof theprocessby which we acquire - or pickup - a secondlanguage.
 This is mainlya subconscious processwhichhappenswhile we focuson communication.
 It can be comparedwith second language learning,which describeshowformallanguageeducation helpsus learnlanguagethroughmoreconsciousprocesses.
 Implicationsfor the language classroominclude theideasthat the teachercan createcontextsfor communicationwhich facilitateacquisition,that there is a natural
orderof acquisitionof language,that there are affective filterswhich inhibitacquisition,especiallyfor adults,and that comprehensible inputis veryimportant.

4. Five Stages of
Second Language
Acquisition
1. Silent and Receptive
2. Early Production
3. Speech Emergence
4. Intermediate Fluency
5. Continued language
development/advanced fluency

8. Theories of
Second
Language
Acquisition
Second language acquisition theory seeks to quantify
how and by what processes individuals acquire a second
language. The predominant theory of second language
acquisition was developed by the University of Southern
California’s Steven Krashen. Krashen is a specialist in
language development and acquisition, and his
influential theory is widely accepted in the language
learning community.
Chomsky based his theory on the idea that all
languages contain similar structures and rules (a
universal grammar), and the fact that children
everywhere acquire language the same way, and
without much effort, seems to indicate that we're born
wired with the basics already present in our brains.