KRASHEN´S HYPOTHESISKAREN PAYARES CARDOZO

ADQUISITION VS LEARNING HYPOTESIS

In order for students to acquire a second language, teachers must focus on comunication rather than on the rote memorization of rules.

THE NATURAL ORDER HYPOTHESIS

Preproduction, comprehension, or silent stage or period- no words.

Early production –one –to-two word sentences.

Speech emergence-three.to four word sentences.

Intermediate fluency.

THE MONITOR HYPOTHESIS

When the learners know the rules of the language, they can employ them to correct what they are thinking about saying(self-correct) or to correct what they have said (self-repair).

THE INPUT HYPOTHESIS

Comprehensible input,plus 1- slighly beyond the students current level of proficiency.

theachers must present materials in ways that are no tied to language.

AFFECTIVE FILTER HYPOTHESIS

Most important affective variable favoring second language acquisition are a low –anxiety learning environment.

motivation,self-confidence,and self-esteem are important.