CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Krashen, ____ is a subsconscious process while learning is conscious.
A
learning
B
communication
C
acquisition
D
production Activity
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Krashen, acquisition is a subconscious process ‘While learn-ing is conscious. Although both play a role in developing second-language competence, acquisition is far more important, since the competence developed through it, is responsible for generating language and thus ac-counts for language fluency.

Detailed explanation-2: -Today we’ll take a look at some of the hypotheses behind this theory. His Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis suggests that language learning is a conscious, active process that teaches the rules of a language, whereas acquisition is a subconscious process more akin to how children learn languages.

Detailed explanation-3: -Krashen is most widely known for his “comprehensible input” hypothesis, which suggests that learners acquire language by taking in and understanding language that is “just beyond” their current level of competence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Language acquisition is a “subconscious process identical to the process children utilize in acquiring their first language.” On the other hand, learning a language is “a conscious process that results in ‘knowing about’ [the rules of the] language."

Detailed explanation-5: -The Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis states that there is a distinction between language acquisition and language learning. In language acquisition, the student acquires language unconsciously. This is similar to when a child picks up their first language.

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