Are we too old to learn perfectly a second language?

Hello, everyone!

I want to share you a video to know and to reflect on some issues about language learning.
Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh8QlfYLUO0

I am still thinking about the statement which appears at the end of the the video. What do you think? We will never speak perfectly a second language as "natives"? Are we too old?

Have a good day.

How to approach the language?

The society evolve, so does the language, so does the way we learn to communicate, and also does the way we acquire that language we pretend to use when interacting. So, up to these days we need to get some answer about what's when we approach a language? and stepping on our own field, what approach or approaches should we use when teaching a language? These type of questions pretend to open a wide discussion in terms of how should the interaction, teacher-student-language, take place?

It would be interesting if we get to reflect on this questions and start this discussion by posting some interesting aspects of what we have read in terms of the approaches that pretend to lead a meaning process of acquiring a language; English in this case. So, is there any approach that really fullfill the needs in terms of learning another language? or are we far away from sticking to a stablished approach and look beyond?

Let us see what comes next. let's read us all!

By: Diego and the rest of the mates in the Black list.

Map by Marcela Escobar, Diego Martínez and Eliana López.

Hello, everyone.

Here, we have uploaded our map (again) because there was a problem with the previous map visualization.
Thank you.

Map by Juan Felipe Pabón, María Alejandra Ospina, Julián David Zapata y Jackeline Loaiza

Map by Natalia A., Sebastián C. , David M. , Andrés C.

Map by Eliana, Marcela and Diego

Map by : Sthepanie Arroyave, Carolina Murillo, Lorena Ospina & Maria Camila Torres

Map by Juan David Meneses, César Augusto Correa, Jaime Ignacio Bautista and Esteban Eusse

conceptual map About Anexo 14 By Miguel Vargas, Johan Henao, and Wbeimar Morales

Conceptual map about English guidelines by Paulina Alvarez, Mateo Benavides and Eliza Hurtado

SLA DISCUSSION

How can you learn a second language? That is one of the main questions that a language teacher should ask himself; in our case, we can ask about, how to learn English language? This question involved our pedagogical practice, based on the conceptions and theories that we use to teach the second language. In that way, we can use and applicate different methods that might be successful for our students.

According to the readings proposed for the course and the conceptual maps that we did in class, answer the following questions: What is the teacher role in their students SLA process? Which theory do you consider would be the most efficient to acquire a second language nowadays? 

Remember, for this exercise is necessary to upload your conceptual maps to show the evidence of our collaborative class work.

-Andrés Correa, David Morales, Natalia Arcila, Johan Henao.