Group 9

Adiati Bagus Sadewa / 2130730005
Fifin Ismi Mahmudah / 2130730028

Age and Acquisition

 When we teach the learner, we should know they are the adults or the children. It is because the teaching method for the children and adults is different. Common observation tells us that the children are better language learner than adults. Why be like that? It is because the children are easier to receive the subject than adults. Accordingly, as the teacher we should know the teaching method that is suitable with the learner, for the teaching method absolutely affect language acquisition.

Language

Language has some different definitions such as:

# Language is a complex, specialized skill, which develops in the child spontaneously, without conscious effort or formal instruction.

# Ron Scollon (2004) emphasize that, first of all, language is not something that comes in” nicely package units” and that it certainly is a multiple, complex and kaleidoscopic phenomenon.

#the other definitions are:

1.       Language is systematic

2.       Language is a set at arbitrary symbols

3.       Language is essentially human, although possibly not limited to humans.

We use language to express inner thoughts and emotions, to make sense of complex and abstract thought, to learn to communicate with others, to fulfill our wants and needs, as well as to establish rules and maintain our culture.

Learning and teaching

                The comprehension of learning itself is acquiring or getting of knowledge of a subject by study, experience, or instruction. Teaching is showing or helping someone to learn how to do something, giving instruction, guiding in learning and providing. The function of learning and teaching is a learning concept that helps the teacher to explain the material which is going to be given to the student directly by knowing the real situation in learning and teaching program and trying to make the students apply what they get from it. Teaching and learning have some elements, there are: constructivism, asking and answering, inquiry, study community, modeling, reflection, and authentic assessment.