“Some Obstacles That A Leaner Has To Deal To Achie

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Introduction Competence is defined as “The implicit, internalized knowledge of a language that a speaker possesses and that enables the speaker to produce and understand the language”. In other words, competence is the ability, skill, talent, capacity, proficiency to use a language. Learners of a second language have to deal with different obstacles in order to achieve competence in a second language. In this work I want to share my personal views about some reasons why a second learner should not achieve native language competence. First of all, If a teacher doesn’t motivate her-his learners, they’ll fail in his goal to achieve competence in a second language, for this reason, I agree with Krashen when he claims that learners with low motivation, low self-esteem, and debilitating anxiety can combine to 'raise' the affective filter and form a 'mental block' that prevents comprehensible input from being used for acquisition (Krashen, 1985). In other words, the facilator has to help the learner be confident since the motivation that a teacher can impart is an important aspect in the teaching and learning process in the classroom. Similarly, according to my experience as a teacher I can affirm that Affect plays a very important role in second language acquisition. If a teacher doesn’t build an environment where the students feel confident or free to use the language, they easily shall not be competent in the second language because learners acquire the second language when they feel free to use the target language which occurs if the filter is low and motivation is high. Also, teachers should remember that a second language learner will talk when s-he is good and ready. Furthermore, according to different theories or points of view of some researchers, an individual can failure on his-her road to gain native-like competence in a second language, when the
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