Entry 4: Reflection
In the beginning of the semester I had no idea that there was a study of second language acquisition. I mean I knew that people learned new languages every day, but I had never put any thought into how they learned a second language or that maybe it was learned differently than the first one. My own experience with learning a second language was through my high school Spanish courses. Honestly, didn’t spend much time thinking about the language itself or the fact that I could be learning a new language. I took those classes for the grade and the grade only, never to gain a new language. As the course of the semester I was kind of in shock. There were so many things that affected the way someone learned a new language and how proficient they were at it. In my own ignorance I never even thought of how second language acquisition could affect me and my future students. I understand know that there are many components to look at when dealing ...