Research and Working EQ

1.  What is your working EQ?

What is the most important factor in language acquisition?

2.  What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format.  
-Being in an environment where one gets continual exposure to the language. Continuous exposure allows one to build vocabulary as well as acquire grammar naturally.

3.  What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ? 
I believe the most important source that has helped me come up with answers to my EQ is a book called How Langauges are Learned by Nina Spada

4.  Who is your mentor, or where are you volunteering, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?

My mentor is Karen Russikoff a professor at Cal-Poly Pomona. I am volunteering at Mt. Sac and Cal-Poly in ESL (English as a Second Language) classes. By observing the classes I am able to see which individuals acquire a language fast. I am also able to see the best ways to acquire a second language.

Blog 8

"Man has an instinctive tendency to speak as we see in the babble of our young children, while no child had the distinctive tendency to bake, brew, or write." -Charles Darwin
I have ended my fifth week in my Acquisition of Language class. I am taking this class for my Independent Component 1. I have learned many things such as the IPA, the language acquisition theories, and the MLU.
I am really intrested in the class and am eager to lea