Abstract
Sociolinguistics factors influence the level of English Language proficiency among Malaysian students. Thereare three contextual factors involved which are the participants, the environment and culture. Participants refer to the students who come from different backgrounds with diverse needs and goals of learning the language. Language distance, native language proficiency, prior knowledge of the second language, dialect and register language status and attitudes play a crucial role in this factor. Besides that, the participants’ integrative and instrumental motivations are also contributing factors to the different level of proficiency in second language acquisition. The second factors is the environment which includes home support, the school environment and the community. Home support is concerned with atmosphere that parents create at home regarding language use, the school environment refers to peer groups, teachers and the learningprocess, whereas the community deals with the society that the students interact with. Finally cultural factors such as cultural differences and settings also have brought the different levels of proficiency among students in Malaysia.
Highlights
In discussing issues of second language acquisition, sociolinguistic factors must be taken into consideration
The learner is the center in which all discussions in this paper will revolve on and because of that this paper will focus on contextual factors in second language acquisition
The second factor that influences the different level of English Language proficiency among Malaysian students is environment which includes home support, the school environment and the community
Summary
In discussing issues of second language acquisition, sociolinguistic factors must be taken into consideration. Brimmer (1976) clearly stated that in order to understand the acquisition process of any language, it must be done within its social adaptive context. The learner is the center in which all discussions in this paper will revolve on and because of that this paper will focus on contextual factors in second language acquisition. Contextual factors here refer to the participants, their environment and culture. Each of these interrelated aspects have a define role in creating different levels of proficiency among Malaysians students
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