Stephen Krashen's "Input Hypothesis"

Who was the developer of the Second Language Learning Theory?

• B. F. Skinner

• Sigmund Freud

• Stephen Krashen

• Joe Krashen

Which of these is NOT one of Krashen's Theories?

• Behaviorist hypothesis theory

• Natural order hypothesis theory

• Monitor hypothesis theory

• Affective filter hypothesis theory

What is Monitor Hypothesis?

• How we feel about ourselves

• Comprehensible input

• Predictable order is required

• Editor of language rules

What is meant by i + 1?

• Reinforce classwork with independent homework.

• Students do better when paired with others above their level.

• Material should be just slightly above the learner's current level of abilities.

• Students need to identify their learning strengths and weaknesses to set goals.

A high affective filter can hinder the development of language acquisition, as well as have an all around the negative impact on the learner. Choose a factor that could contribute to heightened affective filter.

• Confidence-building Tasks

• High Success

• Highly Engaging and Varied Teaching Materials and Styles

• Negative Tone and Body Language

According to Krashen, ______________ is a subconscious process while learning is conscious.

• communication

• acquisition

• learning

• produc­tion

According to Stephen Krashen, language acquisition requires extensive use of conscious grammatical rules, and tedious drill.

• True

• False

Which is the correct statement about Natural Order Hypothesis?

• Acquisition of grammatical structures occurs in a predictable sequence.

• Applies to the second language only.

• The order of acquisition is the same between first and second languages.

• Can be a considerable influence of the first language on the acquisition of a second language.

Which sentence is false?

• The input level should be just beyond the learner’s current level. Thus, both comprehension and acquisition will occur.

• Acquisition is subconscious while learning is conscious.

• When acquiring a language, our affective filters should be high.

• Monitor Hypothesis explains the relation between learning and acquisition.

This hypothesis explains the relationship between acquisition and learning and defines the influence of the later to the former.

• acquisition learning hypothesis

• monitor hypothesis

• input hypothesis

• affective filter hypothesis