Category: SLA

Case Study Lan is a 10-year-old student who has recently moved to a new city where English is used more often at school. At home, her family mainly speaks Vietnamese, but at school, her teachers encourage her to use English in class activities and group discussions. Lan understands many simple words and expressions, but she…

Case Study Mai is a 20-year-old university student who wants to improve her English for study and future work. She uses mobile apps, watches English videos online, and follows English-speaking creators on social media every day. She enjoys learning new words and expressions, but she still feels uncomfortable when speaking in real conversations. Although Mai…

Case Study Linh is a 19-year-old university student from Vietnam who wants to improve her English for study and future work. She learned English in school for many years, but she still feels nervous when speaking. At home, she studies by herself using videos, mobile apps, and online games in English. She also joins an…

Case Study Minh is a 14-year-old student learning English in school. During speaking activities, he often makes grammatical mistakes and sometimes cannot express his ideas clearly. His teacher usually corrects him immediately, but Minh becomes nervous and speaks less. At home, Minh watches English videos and plays online games with international players, where he learns…

Chapter 8 covers various aspects of motivation in language learning. The chapter begins by discussing the different types of motivation, including intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and how they affect language learning. Intrinsic motivation is defined as the desire to engage in an activity for its own sake, while extrinsic motivation is driven by external factors…

This chapter explores the concept of language aptitude, which refers to the cognitive and perceptual abilities that facilitate second language (L2) learning and processing. The chapter covers the following topics. First, it introduces the three main dimensions of human psychology that are relevant for L2 learning: cognition (how information is processed and learned by the mind),…

Chapter 6 provides an overview of important cognition and information processing concepts in second language acquisition (SLA). The chapter highlights the role of practice in skill acquisition and discusses Skill Acquisition Theory, which explains how learners move from novice to expert levels in a particular domain. The chapter also delves into the different types of…

Case Study An is an English learner who can communicate simple ideas clearly, but he often makes mistakes when he tries to use longer or more complex sentences. In class, he usually says basic sentences such as “I like this book,” but he struggles when he wants to explain ideas like “The student who borrowed…

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