2. 1. Children are better :a common belief
2. Basic psychological factors affecting second –
language learning
3. Social situation affecting second-language learning
4. Who’s better adult or children ?
5. Some other influence :ESL or EFL Community
context ,motivation ,attitude .
3. • Children have fewer demands on their attention.
• Chidren must have a good memory of key words , the
ability to understand
• Children have less complex language tasks to perform.
• How cildren use the words?
4. 1. Aptitude :Aptitude refers to the special ability involved in second
language learning and very important to students have .
2. Motivation :the social psychological factor of motivation has been
proven to account for differential success in second language learning
and motivation to use the Esl and succes in their learning .
3. LearningStrategies:Learning strategies in the classroom
4. Personality:Learners emotional states have a powerful influence on
their behaviour and performance in the classroom and other learning
situations.
5. The social or cultural situation refers to the environment in which an individual is situated,
hus determining their beliefs about other cultures and language..Situational factors are
those which very between each social interaction .
social class
Individual’s social class is a composite determined by income, level of education and
occupation. Usually, it is divided into four groups: lower class, working class, lower middle class, and
upper middle class. from lower socio-economic groups are less successful in L2 learning than children
from higher groups.
The Learning proccess
second language development as a learning process that The quality of classroom
interaction matters a great deal .
6. 1.Adult and children are measured differently
The bad ferspective Adult in Esl
a. adult communication more complicated ,
b. adults need language for a broader range of setting ,adult have high emotions.
Children in second language acquisition :
Children don't get embarrassed in the same ways that adults do, so the
Affective Filter doesn't get as high in children. For example, adults may place very
high expectations on themselves, and when they are not met, emotions run high.
8. Children seem to be more open to new experiences than adults; they tend as a
group be have a more adventurous spirit.
Children have fewer demands on their attention.
Teachers of children are more willing to provide meaningful practice.
Children have less complex language tasks to perform.
They learned the L2 during the critical period.
9. Community context
ESL learning context and the social context influence the Esl profienly
indirectly .how the community in student’s and adult’s learning use the word and
grammatical language as good as the context of their community .
Motivation
the internal factor that have of studend and adult self but each other
differences of motivation .motivation to learn at home, understanding the word and
use their daily live .
Aptitude
Apitude refers to the special ability involved in second language
learning . There are :
a. Language aptitude
b. Learner aptitude
10. While this paper has focused on the second language acquisition
process from the perspective of social factors, the language, the
learner, and the learning process, it is important to point out
that the second language acquisition is also closely related to
psychology, cognitive psychology, and education. The mental
processes involved in language acquisition, and how they can
explain the nature of learners’ language knowledge.
