Dear Mariana,

Hope the attached articles are helpful.

Best Wishes

Article Current Trends in SLA Rresearch and Directions for Future Development

Conference Paper SLA Implications to Language Learning Strategies and Pedagogy

Chapter Sanz, C. (2005). Adult SLA: The interaction between internal...

Dear Malini,

Thank you very much, indeed. These articles are very useful!

Mariana

Dear Mariana,

Rod Ellis deals with those factors in his book "The Study of Second Language Acquisition", 2nd Ed. (2007). Oxford.

Olga Ulloa

Dear Olga,

Thanks a lot. Yes, I've read it and I've referred to it. Agree with you.

Mariana

Dear Harshvardhan,

Thank you very much! I've quickly gone through the resources and they seem to be very informative. Thank you!

Mariana

Hello Mariana,

You may find this paper  by Paradis, et. al. (2016) also useful.

http://journals.cambridge.org/article_S0305000915000562

Hello Mariana,

If you are focusing on LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, you may look at the issues such as identity and what they formerly called "extrinsic" motivation. However, if you are dealing with LANGUAGE LEARNING, in a context outside English speaking countries like mine, you may look at curricular policies, ideological factors, teacher training (both pre-service & in-service) etc. 

I have looked at some of these factors at a recent work I published about teaching writing.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1060374316300121

Thanks a lot!

Dear Mariana,

A very valid question. Infact many of the English language mentors trace out easily the External factors which influence second language acquisition.

In my opinion the living ambience, peer group discussions, necessity and the importance of  language in official places play vital role which influence  the acquisition of 2nd language.

Dear Mariana,

Elli's book cited above by Olga Ulloa will give you a very good start. You can also take a look at Catherine Doughty and Michael Long's "The handbook of second language acquisition" 2003, Blackwell. Also, feel free to PM me in either language.

Dear colleague,

   Yes, there are certain 'external factors influencing second language acquisition', for instance, students' involvement in certain projects considering studying via translating. The following paper discusses these processes:

   https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303543422_RECENT_REDAGOGICAL_STRATEGIES_DIRECTED_TOWARDS_THE_MAINTENANCE_OF_NATIONAL_IDENTITY

Conference Paper RECENT REDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES DIRECTED TOWARDS THE MAINTENAN...

Dear Irina, thanks a lot!

You are welcome!

internal factors include variables such as age, motivation, anxiety, learning styles, learning strategies, self-esteem ...etc.  External factors refer to variables related to classroom environment, teaching styles, targeted as well as native culture, peers participating in classroom activities, and so on.

I recommend to read academic writings of: Douglas Brown, Rod Ellis, McDonough, Gass, Stephen Krashen, Jack Richards, Rebecca Oxford

Good Luck

Thank you.

Discussed in the following:

Ervin-Tripp, S.M. (2014). Conversational input to bilingual children. In Arnon, Inbal, Casillas, Marisa, Kurumada, Chigusa, and Estigarribia, Bruno (Eds.) Language in Interaction; Studies in honor of Eve Clark. [Trends in Language Acquisition Research 12] (pp. 13-27). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

 Here the idea is that input within family and school has different outcomes.

Thanks a lot! It sounds very interesting. Apart from the book, have you got any article on the same topic, which I could access on line?