The evolution of the theories of SLA: Implementing interaction through teaching

Abstract

Throughout the years, a process that has captivated many human beings is that of first language acquisition. Researchers find interesting how our brain evolves to acquire a first language without previous knowledge. However, as life moves forward individuals need to adapt to new lifestyles, and this globalised society implies learning more than one language. This is the reason why investigators developed the theories of second language acquisition in order to help students to improve their knowledge of a target language. These theories have been adapted over the years and they influence each other creating always a better theory than the previous one. Therefore, this process of theory creation influences the appearance of the Interactionist Hypothesis and Output Hypothesis, on which the present project is based. Considering this theoretical background, a teaching proposal is designed which includes activities that make students interact and produce comprehensible output. Thus, the aim of the present project is to observe how the acquisition of a target language can benefit and influence our society