SLA Theories
Vygotsky came up with this theory.
What is ZPD or Zone of Proximal Development?
The (mostly) implicit process of building a linguistic system by making form-meaning connections from input
What is acquisition?
Activities assigned by educators to students that aim to increase SLA in different areas.
What are tasks?
This term refers to the ability to use language effectively and appropriately in various social and cultural situations, beyond just grammatical accuracy.
What is communicative competence?
This is the innatist characteristic that everyone uses.
What is universal grammar?
_______ helps learners get better at accessing their growing linguistic system
What is output?
This type of feedback involves directly telling a student that the form of their output was incorrect and providing them with the correct alternative.
What is Explicit Corrective Feedback?
This principle promotes the equal treatment of all languages and their speakers, challenging linguistic discrimination in education and society.
What is linguistic justice?
Inatist, cognitive, behaviorist and sociocultural are the four ________ ?
What are the perspectives of learners?
This term describes learners’ attention to the gap between what they know and what is produced by speakers of the L2
What is noticing?
This is when a teacher or conversation partner reformulates a learner’s incorrect output into the correct form without explicit criticism or derailing the conversation.
What is a Recast?
Unlike code-switching, this approach encourages fluid use of a learner’s entire linguistic repertoire to deepen understanding and expression.
What is translanguaging?
Interpersonal vs Interpretive vs Presentational
What are the Three Modes of Communication?
How a student's emotions and attitudes can affect their ability to learn
What is the affective filter?
This practice emphasizes the importance of communication and the exchange of information between participants; comprehension and a knowledge gap are necessary.
What is Interpersonal Interaction?
These practices in language education prioritize conformity to a dominant language and culture, often at the expense of learners' identities.
What are assimilationist practices?
These are the five central areas of research in SLA.
Knowledge & cognition
Interlanguage
L1
Linguistic environment
Instruction
This philosophy for SLA teaching focuses lessons and units around tasks, as opposed to grammar structures or texts
What is Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)?
This is a type of input that is slightly above the learners ZPD, meant to aid acquisition through context and understanding.
What is Comprehensible Input?
This concept describes the hybrid cultural and linguistic identity that emerges when individuals navigate multiple languages and cultural contexts.
What is third space?