Nothing can add more power to your life than concetrating all your energies on a limited set of targets. - NIDO QUBEIN
Language acquisition is the process by which the language capability develops in a human.
Second language acquisition is the process by which people learn languages in addition to their native languages. It is language learned after early childhood.
Cognitive linguistic involves the understanding of language creation, learning and usage.
Factors that affect second language acquisition include environmental, and the need and goal.
Environment factors such as the learner’s peers and home support will affect how an individual learn a second language. The peers and home support often affect the learner’s abilities for second language because they were the ones that the learners interact with the most.
The need and goals of the learner would depict how fast the language will be acquired. It may be for usage in another country or for communication among people who does not know its own languages.
In Andreou, G., Vlachos, F. and Andreou, E. (2005) research, they state that females performed better than males in syntax and semantics which is explained by the general female superiority on verbal tasks based on differences in hemispheric specialization for language functions between the sexes.
In fact some studies have shown that some psychological functions are processed by one side of the hemisphere. The left hemisphere as shown in Luis Hertz-Pannier et al (2002) study is respond for language acquisition. Whereas there are cases where language related network may shift to the right hemisphere for example after a brain operation. The right side of the brain takes over some language functions.
Although left and right brain have its own coordinated functions, there can be times where the functions overlapped. The brain remains a complicated myth as no studies can explain its overall functions.
its amazing sometimes to know how a person can leave such a deep impression in u that u cannot easily forget. it does not matter if the timing is short or its the small little help u got from. that particular can juz make the spark between the 2 of u.
Life's a bit of boring these few days. work, school, home. thats the norm for me.
a bit of change in the nature of work. i was ask to make drinks for catering. meaning make many many drinks at one go loh. work destination will be Cheveron. (haha near hm leh!!!!) for those who dunno its located near the IMM.
met Albert today also. he is now safety supervisior of some company (forget to ask the name of the company). hahaha he will be the one instructing those blangadash to do work!!!!
Planning to go PS to look for AhDi. dunno if i will be able to make it.
