CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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 2 factors that could contribute to heightened affective filter.
A
Boredom
B
High Success, Confidence-building Tasks
C
Highly Engaging and Varied Teaching Materials and Styles
D
Negative Tone and Body Language
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The affective filter is a metaphor that describes a learner’s attitudes that affect the relative success of second language acquisition. Negative feelings such as lack of motivation, lack of self-confidence and learning anxiety act as filters that hinder and obstruct language learning.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ‘Affective Filter’ is a metaphor to convey how a student’s internal negative attitudes and emotions can impede their ability to acquire a second language. This ‘Affective Filter’ in a student is increased or decreased depending on their internal feelings or emotions about language learning.

Detailed explanation-3: -The affective filter hypothesis basically explains that language cannot be learned if a learner is blocking the learning process. In other words, a learner can be mentally prepared to learn, or they might be hindering this process in some way.

Detailed explanation-4: -The affective filter is an invisible psychological filter that can either facilitate or hinder language production in a second language. When the filter is high: Students experience stress. Students feel anxious and self-conscious. The lack of self-confidence might inhibit success in acquiring the second language.

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