Learning A Second Language

Introduction Learning a language is one of the most difficult and time-consuming tasks a person can do. Therefore it is not surprising that Western schools teach a limited number of secondary languages. Sometimes, I can not tell languages ​​to children who grew up in different countries where my parents are. Even in Canada's official bilingual country, only 15% of Canadians speak English and an informal language (Statistics Canada, 2008), but in the United States only 21% of the population speaks two languages ​​(Logan, 2003 ). .

Teaching and learning a second language is a difficult task. Teaching the second language is a difficult task for the teacher if extra effort is required to master the second language. In this article we discuss the theory of learning a second language and the teacher's responsibility to teach a second language.

Learning a second language can be a terrible experience. The student's strong stress and pressure on the second language leads to their own anxiety over the second language classroom. This topic will be studied in more detail through investigation of the literature, through investigation and cause and resolution of anxiety in foreign language or second language learning. Many people who are excellent learners in other disciplines will feel uneasy as they learn the second language. This may lead to new information on mental disorders. Researchers have studied this particular second language learning anxiety and its causes. According to Horwitz, E., Horwitz M. and Cope (1986), the term peculiar anxiety response is given by psychologists to distinguish between anxiety occurring only in certain circumstances and anxiety often felt by people .

A common misunderstanding about secondary language learning is that there is a window or important period to learn a second language that is closed at the beginning of puberty. In his article, "Do you have" child's interest "to learn a foreign language? "Brad Marshall pointed out the possible harm caused by this misunderstanding. Adults may question the ability to learn new languages. Their teachers also become skeptical and may tend to be "unlikely to succeed through their curriculum". It is a nervous condition. "