Aprendizaje del inglés y del español en preescolar en dos contextos culturales diferentes.

Abstract

This presentation is a report on the documentary review regarding the learning of the second language (hereinafter L2) in preschool age, motivated by previous experiences in relationship with boys and girls studying English in Colombia and Spanish in the United States. Conceptually, learning L2 is recognized as a competence linguistics that are most easily acquired in childhood. The main objective is related with the recognition of the didactic elements of learning of L2 in contexts different cultures. It is a documentary, descriptive, qualitative study that consulted texts collected in several databases and that were analyzed according to categories elaborated in a theoretical context. American children were found to learn through needs Colombian children study the second language as a school requirement. These two contexts are fed by the cultural attitude towards L2, didactics, and communication needs and motivations. It was found that the L2 learning pathway should be similar to that of L1, because it is linked to communication needs and not to grammar analysis.