TAUGHT

LEARNED / ACQUIRED

vs

How did we learn our first language?

Copied it speaking it hearing it all the time

hearing it repitition

DOING IT being

shown it Watching it

listening to it

songs, television, books, practicing writing

Environment is focused on: Kinesthetic

CommunicativePositive

Immersion

**simulating How we actually ACQUIRED a language

THE COMPREHENSION HYPOTHESIS:The centerpiece of the theory

We acquire a language when we understand messages.

TWO AMAZING FACTS about language acquisition:

Effortless: no energy, no workInvoluntary: given comprehensible input you

must acquire, you have no choice.

Making meaning

S -> E -> M

S -> M

Errors = Progress

Output hypothesis Merrill Swain

What is The Output Hypothesis?

• The output hypothesis claims that the act of producing language (speaking or writing) constitutes……part of the process of second language learning.

M

At beginning levels

Making the environment safe and fun!!!

Allowing students to have the forum to make mistakes

Learning from their mistakes

Leading topics of discussion

Novice

The Parrot

Novice

Speech limited to memorized material

-Lists -Short phrases -Some memorized sentences

Intermediate

The Survivor

Intermediate

Can create with the languageCan ask and answer simple questions on familiar

topicsCan handle a simple situation or transaction

Complete sentences (Intermediate Mid – complex sentences)

Advanced

The Storyteller

Advanced

Can narrate and describe in past, present and future time/aspect

Can handle a complicated situation or transaction

Paragraph length discourse

Superior

The Thinker

Superior

Can support opinion, hypothesize, discuss abstract topics

Can handle a linguistically unfamiliar situation

Highly educated speaker

Spanish I-2– NM

Spanish 3-4 – NH

Spanish 5-6 – ILSpanish 9-10 –

IM

Success is dependent on 2 factors:

FULL PARTICIPATION

SPANISH IMMERSION

Responsibility of learner

• BE accountable to the whole class • Be positive and helpful • Participate fully • Be prepared every day • Stay in Spanish • Be interested and passionate