Development of Second Language Acquisition

Running head: DEVELOPMENT OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Development of Second Language Acquisition
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Topic: WHY IT IS DIFFICULT TO ATTAIN SECOND LANGUAGE AFTER CRITICAL
PERIOD
Introduction
According to the critical period hypotheses which constitute one of the prominent aspects
of linguistic hypotheses, it can be said that language development happens through the
systematic process of development of the vocal organ development of the brain and nervous
system. It is also argued that the process of second language development is associated with one
particular age, known as the “best age” (Diaz, 2017). According to the critical period hypotheses,
languages development happens best at this age and it is the brain development at this juvenile
age due to the factor of brain plasticity. This has also been argued that the learning process of
new languages requires the functioning of the whole brain and it is more receptive at the tender
age when the brain is in position of development and growth. Moreover, it has been pointed out
that the process of second language development completes before the period of puberty.
According to the perspective proposed by Chomsky, it is the development and knowledge of
grammar that the innate is born with is what decides the learning ability of the second language.
For the human being learning language is the basic instinct of human being (Lardiere et al.
2017). According to the theory of second language acquisition, there are two systems of
learning; one is acquired system of learning while the other is the learned system (Flores et al.
2015). According to this theory, it is to be mentioned that there is a correlation between the
learning of the first language is always an acquired process whole for the second language it is
learned. This is important to consider the fact that learning is less important than the acquisition
process sense learning of the second languages is not considered to be important like the learning

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of the negative languages. This is the reason while the L2 do not acquire there same nativity
and fluency for the people. In accordance to the theory of Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive
development, it is important to understand the fact that learning and any other development is
associated with the process of biological maturation of the child which is important for the child
to develop at the tender age. According to this theory, it is crucial to note that the process of
early development happens through the process of equilibrium, assimilation and accommodation.
However in case of the “ schemas” it is the building block of knowledge happens best at the
early age. hence it can be argued form the above discussion that the ;earning ability of the child
is to be developed at the tender age and in case of L2 , it cannot take place of the native
languages since in most of the cases, it is learned after the age of puberty(Lardiere et al.,2017).
Hence it this paper tries to analyses the issue of second language learning for the children after
the age of 190 and their level of efficiency development. what is important here is the fact that
there are number if debates that has discussed the factor that development of languages is
something that occurs at the tender age due to the biological and neural development, hence it is
important to consider the fact that development will is not only d dependent on the neural and
biological factors, it is equally dependent on other multiple aspects.
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