Big Names
This person proposed the five-point hypothesis including the acquisition-learning hypothesis, the monitor hypothesis, the natural order hypothesis, the comprehensible input hypothesis, and the affective filter hypothesis.
Who is Stephen Krashen
A word in one language that comes from the same origin as a word in another language
What is a cognate
The ability to use language in a variety of settings, taking into account relationships between speakers and differences in situations.
What is communicative competence
This theory explains learning in terms of imitation, practice, reinforcement, and habit formation.
What is the behaviorist perspective
This setting attempts to explain why it often seems that some things can be taught successfully whereas other things seem to remain unacquired.
What is teach what is teachable
This person is one of the most influential figures in linguistics and who proposed the notion of Universal Grammar (UG).
Who is Noam Chomsky
A collection of oral or written samples of language that can be accessed and explored on a computer.
What is corpus
A way of supporting learners so that they can build their skills and achieve success.
What is scaffolding
This is the theoretical perspective based on the hypothesis that humans are born with mental structures that are designed specifically for the acquisition of learning.
What is the Innatist Perspective
This setting includes such approaches as the grammar-translation and audio-lingual approaches
What is 'Get it Right from the Beginning'
This person's research and contributions have focused on studies of motivation and willingness to learn.
Who is Zoltán Dörnyei
This term is used to describe a persistent lack of change in interlanguage patterns; where errors are not easily changed
What is fossilization
Words that are used mainly as linking or supporting words for nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
What are function words
This perspective is concerned with “mental” functions such as memory, perception, attention, etc. It views people as being similar to computers in the way we process information.
What is the cognitive perspective
This setting combines both content and language learning into one.
What is Get Two for One
This person advocated that language develops primarily from social interaction, and within a supportive interactive environment that aims to work within the zone of proximal development.
Who is Lev Vygotsky
Aspects of language that go beyond vocabulary and grammar to include rules of how to use language in different contexts and with different speakers.
What is pragmatics
A question to which the asker already knows the answer. The idea is to get the learner to display his or her knowledge of the language.
What is a display question.
This perspective is used to describe awareness of circumstances surrounding individuals and how their behaviors are affected specifically by their surroundings (Learn by talking)
What is the socio-cultural perspective
This setting is based on the hypothesis that language acquisition takes place when learners are exposed to comprehensible input through listening and/or reading
What is Just listen ... and Read
This person's hypothesis explains the change from linguistic input into intake and is considered a form of conscious processing.
Who is Richard Schmidt
To repeat a learner's incorrect utterance, making changes that convert it to a correct phrase or sentence.
What is a recast
A term used to refer to the language that a learner can understand
What is comprehensible input
This is the Winning square - no question but points awarded
This setting emphasizes the importance of access to both comprehensible input and conversational interactions with teachers and other students.
What is Let's talk