Second Language Acquisition

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Second Language Acquisition

Introduction

In the contemporary global social environment the society has become highly diverse and multicultural in nature. The majority of the developed societies now consist of a significant part of the population which originally belongs to a foreign cultural background. This cosmopolitan nature of the mainstream society has led to several changes in the educational polices and structures of these mentioned countries. In these societies the education institutes have to critically analyze the dynamics and the attributes of the mainstream society and develop the educational plan which would be relevant to the population (Árva & Medgyes, 2000). In a society which consists of several different groups of individuals that have diverse socio ethnic backgrounds, a standardized educational plan cannot be constructed. In these societies the relevant educational professionals must analyze the dynamics of their students and their relevant educational needs. After this analysis has been constructed the teaching faculty would be more prepared and adept to provide the educational lessons to the students. Due to the various factors of the contemporary social environments; the teaching professionals have to develop an innovative teaching strategy for the students who have acquired second languages.

Discussion

Multicultural Factors: Second Language Trend

As in the majority of the developed countries; there is a substantial amount of non native population, hence there are several students that speak English as a non native language. In the context of the teaching strategies for these types of students, the teaching professionals have to rely on innovative and customized strategies to be able to provide effective learning initiatives for these individuals. The teachers cannot proceed to utilize the traditional and standardized procedures as these students require additional help and assistance. Due to their lack of understanding and knowledge regarding the English language they would have to exert more ...