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Stephen Krashen's "Input Hypothesis"

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the developer of the Second Language Learning Theory?

a)

B. F. Skinner

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Stephen Krashen

d)

Joe Krashen

2.

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

a)

Behaviorist hypothesis theory

b)

Natural order hypothesis theory

c)

Monitor hypothesis theory

d)

Affective filter hypothesis theory

3.

What is Monitor Hypothesis?

a)

How we feel about ourselves

b)

Comprehensible input

c)

Predictable order is required

d)

Editor of language rules

4.

What is meant by i + 1?

a)

Reinforce classwork with independent homework.

b)

Students do better when paired with others above their level.

c)

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

d)

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

5.

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.

a)

Confidence-building Tasks

b)

High Success

c)

Highly Engaging and Varied Teaching Materials and Styles

d)

Negative Tone and Body Language

6.

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

a)

communication

b)

acquisition

c)

learning

d)

produc­tion

7.

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

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which is the correct statement about Natural Order Hypothesis?

a)

Acquisition of grammatical structures occurs in a predictable sequence.

b)

Applies to the second language only.

c)

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

d)

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

9.

Which sentence is false?

a)

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

b)

Acquisition is subconscious while learning is conscious.

c)

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

d)

Monitor Hypothesis explains the relation between learning and acquisition.

10.

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

a)

acquisition learning hypothesis

b)

monitor hypothesis

c)

input hypothesis

d)

affective filter hypothesis

11.

Comprehensible input is a language that's slightly more _____ than the student's current language level.

a)

simplified

b)

advanced

c)

poetic

d)

all of the above