Implicit and explicit learning are common ways for human beings to acquire knowledge and they play an important role in SLA acquisition area.It is necessary to make clear the differences between these two mechanisms.Recently,the questions around them were focused on whether grammar should be taught explicitly,and if adults can acquire second language like children,or if implicit knowledge is important to the reading comprehension and so on.However,it is really hard to draw lines between implicit and explicit learning.This paper will give a detailed clarification about the nature of the implicit and explicit learning.Author will do a analysis on the distinction between the implicit and explicit learning and then to find the research gap for future researchers to read.
implicit learningexplicit learningsecond language acquisition
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