Dharma Pendidikan
Vol 15 No 1 (2020): Dharma Pendidikan

Understanding The Differences In Second Language Acquisition Processess On Children And Adults

Sujono Sujono (STKIP PGRI Nganjuk)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Oct 2021

Abstract

Second language acquisition (SLA) is the process of learning another language after the native language has been learned. The children in SLA is divided in to two categories children under seven and children between 7-12. What is called adult here is people above 12 years old. In SLA children and adult differ in three categories: psychology, social context, and other psychological variables. On psychological factor children are high on induction, memory, motor skill, and low in explication. While on the social context, children are high in natural context but low in classroom context. On the other hand, adults are high on induction, explication, and classroom situation. But they low or medium in memory, motor skill, and in natural context. In some other factor children is best at ESL (English as Second Language) situation and adult best at EFL (English as Foreign Language) situation. In SLA the adult is high in motivation and attitude while the children are the converse.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jdp

Publisher

Subject

Education

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Dharma Pendidikan is a journal contains publications from researches and scientific studies. The publications intended to contribute understanding and developing scientific theories and concepts, education and their application in ...