A Primary Study On Phonological Acquisition Of An L2

This paper is to study the phonological acquisition of a second language by adult learners, that is, one's taking-in and internalization of phonological knowledge, including the phonemic, phonotactic, and phonological rules' knowledge, of an L2. As a branch of studies on Second Language Acquisition, it is conducted upon the hypothesis that an innate capacity, Language Acquisition Device, helps human beings to acquire languages.The paper focuses on the possible processes and patterns of L2 phonological acquisition, especially of the phonemic acquisition. It consists of five chapters.Chapter One introduces some basic concepts, hypotheses and theories. It also gives a general description of the symbols, the subject and languages involved. Chapter Two focuses on phonemic acquisition study. By discussing her own experience in second language acquisition in previous years, the author tries to figure out some of the regularities in the perception and internalization of phonemic knowledge by L2 learners. Chapter Three studies in brief the acquisition of phonotactic and phonological rules in an L2. To reinforce practical sense of this paper, the author uses Chapter Four to discuss about phonological instruction in College English course. Chapter Five is the conclusive part.Besides theoretical induction and examples' analyses, the pedagogic study is expected to supply first-hand data to readers with an interest in second language learning or teaching.