A language learning adventure of a person succeeded the language training

Abstract

Language learning is a process that probably starts even while in the womb and lasts lifelong. This process begins with the acquisitions of the mother tongue, diversifies with academic needs in the following years and continues with foreign language learning besides the mother tongue. Language learning; can be defined as the communication process acquired or learned by physical, psychological and mental maturation, with the stimuli surrounding it.While native tonque acquisition is a spontaneous process in its natural environment; foreign language learning is a conscious and planned process that arises with the desire or need of the person. Foreign language education in Turkey covers 9 years training that includes the first year of undergraduate education and starts at primary school, however the level of success in learning a foreign language is very low.In the study, the contribution of the foreign langauge training experiences of a person who has succeeded in learning a foreign language, to the teaching of a foreign language or a mother tongue has been evaluated. Data; was collected and interpreted by narrative research design from qualitative research methods. As a result of the study, it was concluded that language learning occurseffectively in the early ages, in the classrooms with a small number of learners, with the support of the family, training of each language skills separately and by adding a new knowledge on a previously learned one.