WorksheetsReview of Krashen's hypotheses about SLA
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
According to Krashen there are two independent systems of second language performance: 'the acquired system' and 'the (a) system'.
Identify the characteristics associated with ‘learning’. Tick all correct answers:
Conscious process
Learning subject in analytical parts
Motivated by functional need
More fluent
Formal teaching
Identify the characteristics associated with ‘acquisition’. Tick all correct answers:
Meaningful context
Involves attaining meta-knowledge
More consciously knowledgeable
Unconscious process
Process of trial and error
This hypothesis explains the relationship between acquisition and learning and defines the influence of the latter on the former.
Monitor
Natural order
Affective filter
Input
The (a) hypothesis is based on research findings which suggest that all second language learners tend to acquire the features of the target language in the same order regardless of the order in which they are taught.
According to the natural order hypothesis, learners do not necessarily master the easiest features first.
True
False
The (a) hypothesis embodies Krashen's view that a number of 'affective variables' play a facilitative, but non-causal, role in second language acquisition.
This figure is associated with which hypothesis?
Input
Natural order
Affective filter
Monitor
The Input hypothesis suggests that learner acquisition improves when receiving ‘input’ that is ____ beyond his/her current stage of linguistic competence.
Half a step
One step
Two steps
Three steps
This ____ hypothesis is of crucial importance since it attempts to answer a question that is important both theoretically and practically: how do we acquire language?
Please select all correct answers.
Acquisition - learning
Natural order
Affective filter
Input
Monitor
