Krashen
Krashen, cont.
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Language: Where do we begin?
More About Language
100
Krashen assers that all people learn language using this method.
What is comprehensible input?
100
this is the first identified hypothesis in Krashen's language model.
What is the Acquisition/Learning Hypothesis?
100
The use of this input sometimes results in unnatural language.
What is simplified input?
100
This is what we call the innate ability of all humans that explains their propensity to acquire language.
What is Universal Grammar?
100
This is part of our brain that is designated as the center of language acquisition.
What is the LAD (language acquisition device)?
200
When input is beyond the ability of the learner but can be understood from context and other cues Krashen describes it in this way.
What is input + 1?
200
This hypothesis explains the consistency of operations in language acquisition.
What is natural order?
200
This may be lacking even when a student may spend time studying, learning and earning good grades for a language class in school.
What is acquisition?
200
"Is there a critical period for language acquisition?" is an example of what this professional might consider.
What is Neurologist?
200
Schumann's theory leaves out this distinction and only focuses on the social and cultural aspects that influence language acquisition.
What is cognition?
300
This hypothesis describes the internal editing that our brain does before we speak or write.
What is the Monitor Hypothesis?
300
"I am bored," says an ELL student. His affective filter is operating on this level.
What is high?
300
He expands Krashen's theory of acquisition and explains that it is a process that happens in natural settings and without formal teaching.
Who is Gee?
300
"Does a learner's interlanguage change over time?", is a question this professional might consider.
What is Sociolinguist?
300
This approach teaches grammar explicitly and students practice is made up of intellectualized exercises.
What is language as a structure?
400
When the use of monitor is too high sometimes we sacrifice this for higher accuracy.
What is meaning?
400
"I loved our book yesterday! I can't wait to see what happens at the end of the story!" demonstrates this level of filter.
What is low?
400
This is how we describe a person who has successfully learned to navigate within a new culture but has not lost the identity of their first.
What is acculturated?
400
"What are processes involved in the development of a second language?", is an example of what this professional might consider.
What is Psycholinguist?
400
This approach teaches a few grammar rules that help students monitor their output.
What is language as a mental faculty?
500
Because we can read faster than we speak.
Why is reading a better source of language acquisition than other methods?
500
Natural order applies to this kind of language. It explains why students can perform will on tests but cannot use the same items in a natural setting.
What is acquired language?
500
This theorist's acculturation model of language acquisition complements Krashen's. It's a combination of comprehensible input and low affective filter.
Who is Schumann?
500
This is the term used when first and second languages are learned simultaneously from birth.
What is simultaneous childhood bilingualism?
500
This approach teaches grammar with consideration to curriculum and teaches forms and functions through modeling, joint constructions, and individual practice.
What is language as a functional resource?