Theory or practice; internal or external; making change... creating lifelong learners accepts classroom learning as a piece in a broken process. 2LA occurs from participating in a circular process that takes place between an individual's internal thoughts and the external settings where the target language is used. Although the focus is on authentic sociocultural settings, in an EFL context those settings may seldom exist, and students must seek opportunities to use the L2. Who is willing to seek those opportunities?
In an academic setting students are required to engage the L2 socially and academically, but in order to participate academically students must already have social language skills, but few do.
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