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There is widespread consensus among scholars that second language acquisition (SLA) emerged as a distinct field of research from the late 1950s to early 1960s. There is a high level of agreement that the following questions(1) have possessed the most attention of researchers in this area:(2) Is it possible to acquire an additional language in the same sense one acquires a first language?(3) What is the explanation for the fact adults have(4) more difficulty in acquiring additional languages than children have? What motivates people to acquire additional languages? What is the role of the language teaching in the (5) acquisition of an additional language? What socio-cultural factors, if any, are relevant in studying the learning of additional languages? From a check of the literature of the field it is clear that all(6) the approaches adopted to study the phenomena of SLA so far have one thing in common: The perspective adopted to view the acquiring of an additional language is that of an individual attempts to do (7) so. Whether one labels it “learning” or “acquiring” an additional language,it is an individual accomplishment or what is under (8) focus is the cognitive, psychological, and institutional status of an individual. That is, the spotlight is on what mental capabilities are involving, what psychological factors play a role in the learning(9) or acquisition, and whether the target language is learnt in the classroom or acquired through social touch with native speakers. (10) 2014英语专八改错参考答案（周玉亮版） There is widespread consensus among scholars that second language acquisition ( SLA) emerged as a distinct field of research from the late 1950s to early 1960s. There is a high level of agreement that the following questions ( a 前面加also) have possessed the most attention of researchers in this area: (possessed 改为attracted) l Is it possible to acquire an additional language in the same sense one acquires a first language? (one前面加as ) l What is the explanation for the fact adults have (fact后面加that) more difficulty in acquiring additional languages than children have? l What motivates people to acquire additional languages？ l What is the r