CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Paying attention to a language stimulus (e.g. a ‘new’ L2 word or structure), registering that is has occurred in input.
A
Input hypothesis
B
Output hypothesis
C
Noticing hypothesis
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -L2 Learning: Behaviorist, Innatist and Interactionist Theory Behaviorism gave birth to stimulus–response (S–R) theory which strives to explain L2 learning as the acquisition of a set of structures through the process of habit formation (Powell, Honey, & Symbaluk, 2016).

Detailed explanation-2: -The noticing hypothesis is a theory within second-language acquisition that a learner cannot continue advancing their language abilities or grasp linguistic features unless they consciously notice the input. The theory was proposed by Richard Schmidt in 1990.

Detailed explanation-3: -The input hypothesis. This states that learners progress in their knowledge of the language when they comprehend language input that is slightly more advanced than their current level. Krashen called this level of input “i+1", where “i” is the learner’s interlanguage and “+1” is the next stage of language acquisition.

Detailed explanation-4: -Second language learners develop an internal linguistic system called “interlanguage.” This term was firstly coined by Larry Selinker and refers to a unique system which is neither the first language (L1) nor the second language (L2), but something in between.

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