Group 1 Differentiate between language acquisition and language learning.

Learning to speak ones mother tongue from the time of birth which is very similar to the one who learn native language.

Usually achieved through a formal education.

Normally, in Malaysia, children learn English Language beginning in primary school. conscious process where learners study the language. !ccurs in an organized manner following a programme or syllabus. In Malaysia, the English Language are taught based on the syllabus that standardized by the Pusat Perkembangan Kurikulum.

n unconscious internalization of language structures.

!ccurs in natural communicative environment.

"ears and e#perience the language and gradually masters the language he needs to communicate with the people around him. Learners know the rules governing the use of the language and being able to produce accurately these language items presented systematically and formally.

Usually result in learners being able to use the language fluently and appropriately.

Learners are more able to pick up the language if they gro up in bilingual and multilingual families.

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$riefly e#plain the theories of %irst Language cquisition from $ehaviouristic& 'ognitive and %unctionals points of view. %or the first theory of $ehaviorism& it is introduced by (van )avlov& *atson& +horndike and ,kinner. +he children are shaped by the environment and slowly conditioned through various schedules and reinforcement as they are born with a tabula rasa which is no nothing about the world or about language. stimuli. behaviorist might consider effective language behaviour to be the production of correct responses to +he bond between stimulus and response is strengthened by positive reinforcement and if a particular response is reinforced& it then becomes habitual or conditioned and this theory emphasis on the repetition and drills. +he psychologist& $.% ,kinner applied the stimulus-response theory to the human acquire language as he views language as a form of behaviour and language learning as a process of habit formation. .ach step in the learning process should be as small as possible so that correct behaviour is reinforce with rewards and mistakes are corrected immediately. %or the second theory& the 'ognitive or /ativist theory sated that we are born with a genetic capacity that predisposes us to a systematic perception of language around us& resulting in the construction of an internali0ed system of language. +he cognitivists propose teaching learners to analyze problems and how to think for themselves. +hey view errors as a sign of learning and e#perimentation and learners do not need to be corrected immediately and directly as they see error as an integral part of learning. 'homsky stated that a language has a finite number of rules& it is possible to produce an infinite number of sentences. "e calls the knowledge of this rules competence and the actual production of sentences using these rules performances and also the language learning as an active mental process. %or the %unctional theory& the language is manifestation of the cognitive and affective ability to deal with the world& with others and with the self. Language does not merely concern with form but also constitute the deeper functional levels of meaning constructed from social interaction. %unctions are the meaningful, interactive purposes within a social context that accomplish with the forms.
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