It is quite common in ELT to encounter positions, which equate SLA to SCA and so is the opposite positions. However it is believed that prerequisite to resolving this basic diversity is the demystification of a set of dominant misconceptions concerning language, culture and speech community. Highlighting a number of dominant misunderstandings in this relation, the present article questions the validity of SLA/SCA parallelism. It is, accordingly, argued that the prevalent phenomenon in L2 learning condition is cultural familiarity with and understanding of the second culture not production of its manifestations.
