SLS grammar

order of elements in a sentence

I never want it. I am never tired

the way in which we use language in context

"Give it back" say to brother but not to teacher

the language first learned

Instructed second language learning: learning a second language through instruction

• A learner's developing second language
• May have characterisitcs of learner's first language, characteristics of second language

Some features in a learner's language may stop changing

meaning, or reference of words

"Every boy likes a girl"

sound patterns/system

"I made you go there" vs "With the cake I made, you go there"

• A simple word is a morpheme (ie. book)
• Grammatical morphemes refer to smaller units added to words to alter their meaning (ie. -s in 'books')

Any language other than the first language learned

Learning a second language through catural interaction

The metaphorical place in which a learner is capable of a higher level of performance because there is support from interaction with an interlocutor.