Open AccessThe L2 Passionate Interactional Imperative (for short “The L2 Pie”): It’s Hot or It’s Not!
Author(s) -
Tim Murphey
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
sisal journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.178
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2185-3762
DOI - 10.37237/020205
Subject(s) - instinct , psychology , association (psychology) , second language , linguistics , developmental psychology , philosophy , evolutionary biology , psychotherapist , biology
At the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2011 conference, John Schumann described how Lee, Dina, Joaquin, Mates & Schumann’s (2010) interactional instinct unfolds between infants and caregivers such that learning an L1 is assured in normal development through emotional bonding between infants and caregivers which is substantiated by motivation, proficiency, and opportunities (all co-constructing concepts). In subsequent second language learning at an older age, these three characteristics are not environmentally and contextually assured, and this seems to account for a great part of the shortcomings of much of the late-L2 instruction in the world (Lee, Dina, Joaquin, Mates & Schumann, 2010).