SLA Quiz

How many hypotheses does Krashen´s Second Language Acquisition have?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Definition of Acquisition according to Krashen

• Is the result of formal learning.

• Is the subconscious process through which the acquirer does not know that he or she possesses any new language.

• Is a process through which a person studies a new language.

• Is the conscious process through which a person learns a new language; it usually involves studying with books and going to classes.

Low motivation, low self-confidence & high anxiety are elements of which hypothesis...

• The Acquisition/ learning hypothesis.

• The input hypothesis.

• The natural order hypothesis.

• The monitor hypothesis.

• The affective filter hypothesis.

What does the Natural Order Hypothesis says:

• Is the utterance initiator.

• We acquire language only when we understand it perfectly.

• In order to learn a language you need to see it in use.

• Acquisition of grammatical structures follows a predictable order

"We acquire a language only when we understand language that contains a structure that´s a little beyond where we are" is a statement from ...

• The monitor hypothesis.

• The natural order hypothesis.

• The acquisition/ learning hypothesis.

• The affective filter hypothesis.

• The input hypothesis.