Topic > Language Learning vs Language Acquisition - 730

In addition to having defined motivation as an intrinsic factor in language acquisition, Gardner's Educational Model pushes us to consider four relevant factors that contribute to an individual's competence to adopt a second tongue. Gardner states that the environment surrounding the student “influences, influences and determines” the individual's beliefs and his or her culture, as well as foreign culture. While this is not new, as it was first stated and revolutionized by John Dewey in his social constructivist approach to learning where the student arrives at his or her "truth" through the influences between people and the environment that surrounds as this shapes background and culture throughout learning. process, we can identify how this becomes a revelation in our country. Honduras has a long history of collaboration and bilateral relations with the United States of America. Strategic alliances and trade have become relevant to the point that American culture is ever-present in our daily lives. Curiously, in an international survey in 2002, 75% of Hondurans viewed the American people positively and 81% viewed the country favorably, the highest figure among the region including a 2013 survey. Empathy towards this country has a impact on lifestyle and living standards, including education, as we are now faced with schools adopting immersion programs to become bilingual. (Spanish and English) According to the Honduran Ministry of Education, there are 824 schools registered as “bilingual” schools in our country. Although the accuracy of bilingualism is not verified by the Ministry, the Association of Bilingual Schools of Honduras considers permissible a curriculum that contains at least 70% weekly lessons......half paper......only when attention became relevant and attractive through exchanges, motivation increased, thus exemplary evidence of Pink's Mastery component. Pink's Purpose element is described by Benson's [1991] third group labeled “personal”. In this group were individuals who “found pleasure in being able to read and found enjoyment in entertainment in English.” These people can be compared to those who can benefit from the satisfaction of their goal or task and whose purpose is what will ultimately drive them. An individual's affective filter as well as their motivation can determine whether or not they will be able to adopt with proficiency in a second language. While teachers cannot completely control our students' intrinsic motivations, we can develop lesson plans and model lessons that meet their interests while fostering mastery in independent tasks..