Summary 1.
Answer to the Questions:
1. - Language is defined by three point of view:
- As a social fact: it means it’s a natural behavior process, it is depend on a social context for being part of a society.
- As a mental organ it means that the information to communicate is located in our brain.
- As an abstract object we cannot see language.
2. - Study of language. Language users and how they use the language. It also is related to first, second and foreign language teaching.
3. - L1 is acquired; it is developed gradually since the very beginning of the infant's life. The exposure is constantly.
L2 is learned it is depend on the amount of exposure to language and interaction.
4. - Acquisition is an unconscious process that will depend mainly on the amount of exposure to language and interaction.
Learning is a conscious process related to explanation of grammar rules and memorizing list of vocabulary.
5. - - Affective factor
- Transfer (positive and negative transfer)
6. - Interlanguage is an in between system where the form used by the learner do not belong nor L1 neither L2.
