06.24.13 ~ VanPatten, Chapter 1
This chapter is about what VanPatten considers to be the most important five true statements about SLA. Out of all of these I found myself most interested in the last one, that "skill acquisition is different from the creation of an implicit system." VanPatten gives examples of non-native speakers of English who, when asked to listen to two words that are spelled similarly but pronounced differently, can easily differentiate between the meanings of the words yet continuously fails to pronounce the words correctly. As I continue along my path to becoming an ESL teacher I know that this is something important for me to keep in mind. Just because a student fails to produce something, it does not necessarily indicate a lack of understanding.
This chapter is about what VanPatten considers to be the most important five true statements about SLA. Out of all of these I found myself most interested in the last one, that "skill acquisition is different from the creation of an implicit system." VanPatten gives examples of non-native speakers of English who, when asked to listen to two words that are spelled similarly but pronounced differently, can easily differentiate between the meanings of the words yet continuously fails to pronounce the words correctly. As I continue along my path to becoming an ESL teacher I know that this is something important for me to keep in mind. Just because a student fails to produce something, it does not necessarily indicate a lack of understanding.
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