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The Second Language Acquisition 棗An introduction of the discipline Abstract This paper aims to introduce mainly about the methods in second language acquisition, which involves some factors, and talk about some elements in second language acquisition, and their relations with the language learning. Besides, the outline of examining individual factors is established in the paper. Due to individual factors play a crucial role in the success of second language acquisition, they become an indispensable part of second language acquisition model despite of the differences of research methods as well as disparity of the research results obtained in the field. Keywords:SLA; Methods of Research 1. Introduction Foreign language research usually focuses on the different approaches of teaching. Language is a communication tool, but it is also the basic of cultures and development. Theory research on language acquisition has also been continuously carried out. Second Language Acquisition refers to the systematic study of how one person acquires a second language subsequent to his native language. Neverthless, there are really som elements we have to face. Second Language Acquisition mainly studies second language acquisition process, and various factors in the process such as learning motivation, learning strategies, learning style, learner’s personality and learner’s age, and the impact of second language acquisition. 2.Literature review There are investigations about the comparative studies of Second Language Acquisition home and abroad.According to the theory of pedagogic approaches and general theory of second laguage learning This section will examine a number of general approaches to the teaching of second/ foreign languages and the theories of language learning that support them. e.g. various humanistic approaches(Moskowitz, 1978), content-based language teaching (Brinton, Snow, Wesche, 1989) and the lexical approach (Lewis, 1993), which figure in