Three Important Keys of Language Learning
Like language learners outside schools, students will need to be motivated, be exposed to language, and given chances to use it.
Children and adults who do acquire language successfully outside the classroom seem to share certain similarities in their learning experiences. First of all, they are usually exposed to language which they more or less understand even if they can’t produce the same language spontaneously themselves. Secondly, they are motivated to learn the language in order to be able to communicate. And finally, they have opportunities to use the language they are learning, thus giving themselves chances to flex their linguistic muscles—and check their own progress and abilities.
Babies and children get endless exposure to their first language coupled with emotional support. Adults living in a foreign country get continual exposure to the language at various different levels and can get help from the surrounding language speakers.
All these features of natural language acquisition can be difficult to replicate in the classroom, but there are elements which we should try to imitate.
In summary, the three important keys are motivation, exposure, and chances or opportunities to use the language in real life.
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