FACTORS of SECOND LANGUAGE
Second Language acquisition is often a daunting task for even the best among us. So tedious can this endeavor be, that few of us are able to master the goal with any true fluency, and fewer yet are those individuals who are able to speak three or more languages. However, the skill or ability of speaking two languages, or ‘bilingualism’, has existed since man created language for himself. However, it has only been in modern times that it has been studied and analyzed to see how this ability is acquired. This analysis has shown that there are various factors that can influence or impede the acquisition of a second language, some of which to be discuss here in this paper is the impact of modern technology, age, the political environment, and the learners self-esteem. These factors are but a few of the many that can influence the path of a learner but they are important in the understanding of how a learner navigates this complex task known as second language acquisition. Technology can often be overwhelming to both student and teacher alike and where computers are concerned, it can be an imposing instrument. The complexity of the computer, not to mention the vast choice of possibilities, can put students and teache
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