(SLA) INSTRUCTION AND L2 ACQUISITION

Name    : Safitri Dyah Utami

SRN        : 2201411058

Class      : 103-104

INSTRUCTION AND L2 ACQUISITION

The goal of SLA is to improve language teaching. There are some researchers that have studied what impact teaching has on learning.

Form-focused Instruction

From the view of pedagogical background, there are two key question related to form-focused instruction;

·         Does form-focused instruction work?

Ied Pica: the effects of instruction may depend on the target structure that is being taught.

Instruction will not have any long-lasting effect on the way in which learners construct their interlanguage systems.

The effects of form-focused instruction are not restricted to careful language use but are also evident in free communication.

·         What kind of form-focused instruction works best?

There are Input-based instruction (learners had to listen to and respond to sentences containing the target structure) and production-based instruction. Both of the treatment group then be tested and the results show that the group that received input-based instruction did far better on the comprehensive test and production test.

These instructions can make a contribution to both languages pedagogy, by helping them to make teaching more efficient, and to SLA, by providing a means of testing theories of acquisition.

Learner-instruction Matching

Individual difference to do with such factors as learning style and language aptitude is likely to influence which options work best.

Learners with different kinds of ability may be able to achieve similar level of success providing that the type of instruction enables them to maximize their strengths.

Strategy training

Training students to use strategies that involve different ways of making association involving target words has generally proved successfully.