Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
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i.e.
i. language level
ii. context of language use
iii. personal goals
The Natural Order Hypothesis
• Aware that certain structures are easier to acquire than others
• Language structures should be taught in order-conducive
• Start by introducing language concepts that is easy to acquire
• Use scaffolding for more difficult concepts
Acquisition Implicit,
subconscious
A
Depends on attitude
Informal situations
Stable order of
aquisition
Uses grammatical
‘feel’
Depends on
aptitude
Simple to complex
order of learning
Explicit, conscious
Formal situations
Uses grammatical
L
rules Learning
The Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis
• Optimal way to learn- natural communication
• Create a situation to fulfill authentic purposes.
• Will help to "acquire“ instead of "learn"
• Explicit teaching and learning is unnecessary for second
language acquisition
• Krashen (1994) summarises: “In everyday terms, acquisition is
picking up a language. Ordinary equivalents for learning
include grammar and rules”
The Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis
• According to Krashen (1994): "When you learn, you know
about a language. When you acquire, you know a language."
• Formal studying has limited impact
• The burden of picking up a language is on the student's brain
• Acquisition of a language is via comprehensible input