Moedertaalverwerwing en implikasies daarvan vir kommunikatiewe tweedetaalonderrig

• Main Author: Mongiat, Marie Dirkie
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Native language - Study and teaching - Research; Second language acquisition - Research; Language acquisition - Research; Afrikaans language - Study and teaching - South Africa - Foreign speakers
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11146

M.A. (Applied Linguistics) === Language is dynamic. It must keep pace with new experiences and developments in the growth of a nation. otherwise it cannot be used as a means of communication. According to Chomsky (Lyons: 1980. Derwing: 1973. Klein: 1986) and other linguists who believe in the innatist hypothesis. every normal human being has an inborn ability to acquire his mother tongue in a relatively short space of time. However. research seems to indicate that unless the child is in a normal environment at the critical stage for language acquisition. he will not acquire his mother tongue. The innate ability thus requires stimulation from the environment: plenty of exposure to the language in informal social situations in a supportive atmosphere. Research into mother-tongue acquisition has distinct implications for second language acquisition in early childhood. The second-language teacher can take advantage of the language-acquisition ability of the child and re-create in the classroom the conditions described above under which the child acquires his mother tongue