The Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis
The first language system interferes with the secondlanguage system.
Structural analysis on the two language would enable teachers to predict the difficulties in acquiring secondlanguage.
It is quite common to detect where the speaker is from just by listening to his/her accent.
e.g.) French
Ladies and gentlemen
and recommendation in the main discourse.
2) Rationale
we choose the three topics as the most difficult part of grammar that the Korean student have trouble in learning based on some theories; 1) tense and aspect, 2) modal verbs, and 3) relative pronouns.
Prator’s(1967) 6 categories of difficulty between the first language and the secondlanguage says that there are 6 levels of difficul
language for production
An important condition for successful language learning is the absence of stress.
Asher has elaborated an account of what he feels facilitates or inhibits foreign language learning
1.Review :
This was a fast-moving warm-up in which individual students were moved with commands
EX) Rita, Pick up the knife and spoon
Maria, scream
Jeff,
The younger children is exposed to a richer secondlanguage environment
Being more comfortable using secondlanguage
The older children had to deal with many other subjects.
Being more comfortable using mother tongue
Younger child
Think with English
Speak with English
Older child
Think with First language
Speak with English
a way for them to use language in a meaningful context. Therefore, the teacher’s language allowed the students to participate in meaning-focused interaction, and consequently there is more variability in the structure of that communication. In secondlanguage classrooms, meaning-focused instruction will create more opportunities for students to use language for learning and to perform a range