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Recently, this model has received criticism based on its reliance on scales with questionable validity [19] and on constructs that are not clearly distinct from existing constructs in psychology. [20] Motivation and L2 speaking classroom. The link between humor and motivation in the L2 speaking classroom is very interesting.
The L2 Motivational Self System is composed of three parts: 1. The Ideal L2 Self - This is the learner's image of their future L2 speaking self, the second language speaker they aspire to become. [13] This image motivates the L2 learner as they work towards reducing the difference between their actual self and their ideal self. [13] 2.
Finally, Norton's theory of social identity is an attempt to codify the relationship between power, identity, and language acquisition. [54] A unique approach to SLA is sociocultural theory. It was originally developed by Lev Vygotsky and his followers. [55] Central to Vygotsky's theory is the concept of a zone of proximal development (ZPD).
Thinkers have produced several theories concerning how learners use their internal L2 knowledge structures to comprehend L2 input and produce L2 output. One idea is that learners acquire proficiency in an L2 in the same way that people acquire other complex cognitive skills. Automaticity is the performance of a skill without conscious control.
Skill-based theories of second-language acquisition are theories of second-language acquisition based on models of skill acquisition in cognitive psychology.These theories conceive of second-language acquisition as being learned in the same way as any other skill, such as learning to drive a car or play the piano.
It is a hypothesis of second-language acquisition theory, and a field of interest in educational psychology and general education. According to the affective filter hypothesis, certain emotions, such as anxiety, self-doubt, and mere boredom interfere with the process of acquiring a second language.
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The purpose of language attrition research, in general, is to discover how, why and what is lost when a language is forgotten. The aim in foreign or second-language attrition research, more specifically, is to find out why, after an active learning process, the language competence changes or even stops (Gleason 1982).