Charpter 1

语用学第一章知识总结，包括：What is SLA、What is a second language、what is a first language、Diversity in learning and learners。

Introducing Second Language Acquistion

• Chapter 1
  • What is SLA
    • Definition
      • SLA refers both to the study of individuals and groups who are learning a language subsequent to learning their first one as young children, and to the process of learning that language
        • A target language (TL)
    • Scope
      • Naturalistic contexts
      • Classroms
      • A mixture of these settings and circumstances
    • Differences Fields
      • Linguists
        • The characteristics of differences and similarities and the linguistic competence and linguistic performance
      • Psychologists and psycholinquists
        • The mental or cognitive processes and the representation of language in the brain
      • Sociolinquists
        • Communicative competence
      • Social psychologists
        • Group-related phenomena
  • What is a second language
    • Definition
      • Any phenomena involved in learningL2
    • Distinctions commonly made in the literature
      • Second language
      • Foreign language
      • Library language
      • Auxiliary language
  • What is a first language
    • Definition: First language, native language, primary language, and mother language
    • Period
      • During early childhood
        • Simultaneous multilingualism
          • Acquisition of more than one language
        • Sequential multilingualism
  • Diversity in learning and learners