Languages are learnt mainly through imitation.
Parents usually correct young children when they make grammatical errors.
People with high IQs are good language learners.
The most important factor in second language acquisition success is motivation.
The earlier a second language is introduced in school programs, the greater the likelihood of success in learning.
Most of the mistakes which second language learners make are due to interference from their first language.
Teachers should present grammatical rules one at a time, and learners should practice examples of each one before going on to another.
Teachers should teach simple language structures before complex ones.
Learners’ errors should be corrected as soon as they are made in order to prevent the formation of bad habits.
Teachers should use materials that expose students to only those language structures which they have already been taught.
When learners are allowed to interact freely (for example in group or pair activities), they learn each other’s mistakes.
Students learn what they are taught.
Any normal child can learn any language with equal ease.
The only reason that some people cannot learn a second or foreign language is that they are insufficiently motivated.
All children can learn a second language accent free.
All human beings have an innate capacity to learn language.
Vocabulary is the most important part of learning a second language.
Vocabulary is the most difficult part of learning a second language.
Language instruction is a waste of time.
Learning a second language takes no more time than learning a first.