Second Language Acquisition in a Spanish Classroom: The Implement of Communicative Language Teaching

Abstract

Second language acquisition, also known as SLA or L2 acquisition, is a process which people learn a second language. Second language acquisition on one hand is a product of various factors related to the learner and leaning situation on the other. Although the individuality and variability during language acquiring process is inevitable, the study of second language acquisition still possesses universality and practicability. As many scholars viewed the language learning as a natural thing, there also exists considerable studies about the second language acquisition in classroom, which overlaps with language education. The emphasis of classroom second language acquisition is the influence of instruction on the learners.
 This essay, with a theory basis on communicative language teaching, analyses the acquisition of Spanish in a classroom, the relationship between the language teaching and the second language acquisition. Moreover, the evaluation of the approaches which aim for fulfilling the communicative purpose modify the whole language acquisition process