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Chapter 4 
A
Som e o f the m any differences are:
Mother tongue
Second/foreign language
• M assive exposure to language.
• The mother tongue is a bonding 
language.
• Input usually very com prehensible 
(‘m otherese’ is subconsciously designed 
for babies and children and usually 
highly effective).
• Input is ‘rough-tuned’ rather than 
selected precisely - so it’s rich in 
acquisition terms.
• Focus usually on activation rather than 
study (though parents do correct children 
and, especially, involve them in repetitive 
routines which look a little like study).
• Language is generated by need (the 
baby/child’s) and the positive aspect of 
hum an-hum an interaction.
• M assive positive reinforcement of 
language production (the baby/child gets 
what it wants/a [positive] reaction).
• Exposure is often limited to lessons only.
• Language is often carefully selected 
- and can therefore be poor in terms 
of acquisition potential, but highly 
appropriate in terms of learning.
• The com prehensibility of the input 
depends on the teacher’s sk ill.
• Teachers help students to focus precisely 
on im portant language issues.
• Teachers can control the am ount of input.
• Depending on age, students have the 
experience of L i acquisition to help them 
with the second language.
• L i and L2 contrast can be both insightful 
but (sometimes) confusing.
• There is not the sam e 1 - 1 contact 
between the knower (mother/teacher) 
and the student (or child).
c
a PPP b A udio-lingualism c th e Lexical A pproach d G ra m m a r-tra n sla tio n e C om m unicative 
Language Teaching (CLT) f teaching language fu n ctio n s g Task-Based L earning (TBL) 
h the Silent Way
D
1 1 C o m m unicative Language Teaching - m any CLT lessons will be patchw ork lessons involving a
n u m b e r o f different E, S an d A sequences.
2 P resentation, P ractice an d P ro d u c tio n - m ost PPP lessons are equivalent to straig h t arrows 
lessons.
3 Task-Based L earning - m o st TBL lessons are like b o o m e ra n g lessons in th a t d oing the task is 
th e th in g th a t p ro m p ts later study o f language th a t needs m o re w ork.
2 A E - * A ^ S - ^ S ~ > A - > A
B E ^ S ^ S ^ S ^ S ^ S ^ A
C E - + A - > A ^ S ~ + S - > S - + E ^ A