Psychological barriers in the acquisition of second language : a non-native perspective

Acquisition of second language (L2) learners especially non-native learners face several affective barriers. Affective barriers popularly known as psychological barriers pose a great obstacle potentially in the acquisition of second language. Anxiety, lack of confidence and limitation of adjustment...

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Main Author: Ahmed, Md. Kawser
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20063/
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description Acquisition of second language (L2) learners especially non-native learners face several affective barriers. Affective barriers popularly known as psychological barriers pose a great obstacle potentially in the acquisition of second language. Anxiety, lack of confidence and limitation of adjustment to the changed environment make second language learners unnerving and ambivalent. Non-native learners feel shaky, overlapping and ambiguous in the perception and the production of second language. Likewise, teachers’ disinterest to promote learners rather positively enhances the scope of psychological crisis. Practically, learners do have a potential weakness on linguistic knowledge like four skills of English language and understanding the needs of students. The focus of this paper will be upon the identification of valid factors which in human psychology create obstruction to achieve mastery over language. In addition, realistic presentation of non-native learning context, affective conflict and constraints of motivation often lead to maximizing psychological barriers. In fact this paper will specifically deal with cross cultural viewpoints-native or non-native with analytic discussion.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:200632022-10-07T08:48:31Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20063/ Psychological barriers in the acquisition of second language : a non-native perspective Ahmed, Md. Kawser Acquisition of second language (L2) learners especially non-native learners face several affective barriers. Affective barriers popularly known as psychological barriers pose a great obstacle potentially in the acquisition of second language. Anxiety, lack of confidence and limitation of adjustment to the changed environment make second language learners unnerving and ambivalent. Non-native learners feel shaky, overlapping and ambiguous in the perception and the production of second language. Likewise, teachers’ disinterest to promote learners rather positively enhances the scope of psychological crisis. Practically, learners do have a potential weakness on linguistic knowledge like four skills of English language and understanding the needs of students. The focus of this paper will be upon the identification of valid factors which in human psychology create obstruction to achieve mastery over language. In addition, realistic presentation of non-native learning context, affective conflict and constraints of motivation often lead to maximizing psychological barriers. In fact this paper will specifically deal with cross cultural viewpoints-native or non-native with analytic discussion. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20063/1/34389-107246-1-SM.pdf Ahmed, Md. Kawser (2019) Psychological barriers in the acquisition of second language : a non-native perspective. e-BANGI: Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, 16 (7). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1823-884x https://ejournal.ukm.my/ebangi/issue/view/1208
spellingShingle Ahmed, Md. Kawser
Psychological barriers in the acquisition of second language : a non-native perspective
title Psychological barriers in the acquisition of second language : a non-native perspective
title_full Psychological barriers in the acquisition of second language : a non-native perspective
title_fullStr Psychological barriers in the acquisition of second language : a non-native perspective
title_full_unstemmed Psychological barriers in the acquisition of second language : a non-native perspective
title_short Psychological barriers in the acquisition of second language : a non-native perspective
title_sort psychological barriers in the acquisition of second language : a non-native perspective
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