Socio-cultural acquisition of English language through games to the primary level learners of tribal community in Maruthamalai region

Language acquisition is the most successful part in second language learning. Though there are various methods and theories for language learning, most of them does not emphasize on collaborative learning with the society. Primary language (L1) is acquired by the learners with this collaborative method of learning. A child acquires the language by observing the society and interacting with the members of the society day by day. This is not happening in a second language classroom (L2) where learning is happening with a set of rules and formula. Theoretical aspects of the second Language are acquired but practical implication of the rules in their speaking is not acquired. Socio-cultural theory of language acquisition emphasizes the importance of social and collaborative aspects of learning where the cultural and social setup of the language classroom is modified with relevance to the second language that helps in making the language learning naturally. This paper is an experimental study on implementing Socio-cultural theory of language acquisition to the primary learners of tribal community in Maruthamalai region using games that helps in catalysing the Second language acquisition