Influence of the L1 in the acquisition of an L2 (Reflection)

Gabriela Quezada Cabezas

As futures teachers to be, it is important that we have in mind some strength and

weaknesses about the influence of the L1 at the moment of teaching a second or

foreign language; moreover, this will help us to develop some strategies inside the

classroom in order to improve the process of acquiring a second language. One of the

most important strategies that we as futures language teacher to be need to be

aware of is about students’ needs in the classroom, the present that students are

living, rather than in the students’ needs in the future. Another important strategy to

have in mind is about the type of input that we give to our students because if we as

teachers give them an input that is below their level, they will have nothing new to

acquire. We need to challenge them in order to have an improvement of the

acquisition of the second language. These strategies will help us to succeed in

teaching English Language inside the classrooms and improve the currently situation

of the lack of knowledge in the schools nowadays.