THE L2 INFLUENCE IN THE ACQUISITION PROCESS OF A L3 FOR A SPEAKING PORTUGUESE HOW THE ACQUISITION THEORIES EXPLAIN THE PHENOMENON OF A L3

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GEORGE DA SILVA ARAÚJO

THE L2 INFLUENCE IN THE ACQUISITION PROCESS OF A L3 FOR A SPEAKING PORTUGUESE

HOW THE ACQUISITION THEORIES EXPLAIN THE PHENOMENON OF A L3

Manaus

2014

GEORGE DA SILVA ARAÚJO

THE L2 INFLUENCE IN THE ACQUISITION PROCESS OF A L3 FOR A SPEAKING PORTUGUESE

Research Project presented as a final requirement for approval at the conclusion of the Specialization Course in Methodology of Teaching of English.

Under the guidance of Professor Master Leonard Christian.

(ESBAM).

Manaus

2014

SUMMARY

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1.1 Theme Delimitation

2 BACKGROUND 3

3 OBJECTIVE 3

4 THEORICAL-METHODOLOGICAL SYSTEM 3

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4.2 Acquisition Theory of Mother Tongue (MT) and Second Language(L2): Theories of Languages Acquisition Maternal 4

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Innateness: Naturalism determinant

Constructivist Cognitivism: The construction of the individual

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1. THEME: A Foreign Language Learning

1.1 DELIMITATION

The L2 influence in the acquisition process of a L3 for a speaking Portuguese.

This is a review of literature on the influence of a L2 (foreign language/second language), acquisition of a L3 (third language).

2. BACKGROUND

This text is the result of my experience as an English teacher for over 12 years and observing how it becomes much easier to learn a foreign language when there is already another as crucial tool.

It’s important to observe the intersections and commonalities between them, is making a didactic and necessary discipline.

3. OBJECTIVE:

What aims of this work is to help consolidate and motivate, encourage the student by showing that after acquiring a second language, their performance and chances for acquiring a third can expand substantially, as this will serve as a support for him leverage towards the other.

4. THEORICAL-METHODOLOGICAL SYSTEM:

Generative Linguistics (Universal Model): all language share the same properties on a deeper level).

Studies of cognition and research on error analysis ( not everything that is different is difficult).

Chomsky (1957): Syntactic Structure

4.1 Acquisition Theories of Mother Tongue (MT) and Second Language L2: Intersections, perspectives and propositions.

The aim of this paper is to revisit the main acquisition theories of LM and L2 in the process of acquiring an L3 (third foreign language) for a speaker of Portuguese, for after a mutual comparison between them, make some considerations about the process of acquiring a foreign language, so that to show how the L2 (eg: English) will serve as a bridge or common bond between two or more individuals of different languages and cultures can learn from one another’s speech.

I will start by present and discussing the main theories of L2 (foreign language/ second language), in the acquisition of a L3(third language).

4.2 THEORIES OF LANGUAGES ACQUISITION MATERNAL:

Many theories are presented that propose to describe the phenomenon of language acquisition, the passage of Ifans to the speaker. However, these proposals are variations that are located in a representative picture that can summarized for purposes of presentation in five main streams: a) Behaviorism,