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Difficulties of SLA
First of all what does second language acquisition mean?
It is the way and method of studying a language which is not the mother tongue language. Every person has a native language which they study after their birth. Second language - or as it is sometimes called the target language –is studied after early childhood. A person can have not only second, but third, fourth or more target languages. So the word second is not only for that language which is the second one that one is introduced, but every other language differing from the mother tongue language.
The main causes of the difficulties in learning the second language are the differences from the native language. People who speak certain first language have more difficulties in learning English language. For example for a native Chinese, English is more difficult than for a German. These difficulties are originated from the mother tongue.
Although English is not such difficult to learn, there are a few features of it which are quite complex and therefore create difficulties for the majority of language learners. We can mention here Pronunciation, Grammar, Vocabulary, the differences between Spoken and Written English.
Pronunciation
• Consonants - English has only a few individual consonant sounds. Among these I can mention /θ/ and /ð/ (the sounds written with th), which are the most common in English (thin, thing, etc.; and the, this, that, etc.). These are relatively rare in other languages. Many learners substitute a [t] or [d] sound, many Hungarian learner substitute an [sz] sound, that is more natural and easier to pronounce for them. Some of them are not able to formulate their mouth and tongue in the proper way to pronounce this sound. Another sound which is not so common in other languages is /ŋ/ (as in singing). The learner’s task is further complicated by the fact that native...
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