GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES
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Detailed explanation-1: -The threshold hypothesis is a hypothesis concerning second language acquisition set forth in a study by Cummins (1976), which stated that a minimum threshold in language proficiency must be passed before a second-language speaker can reap any benefits from language.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ‘Threshold’ Theory It suggested that the development of two or more languages in a balanced bilingual person moves upward through three identifiable levels, crossing two distinct thresholds in between levels.
Detailed explanation-3: -In learning a second language, a certain minimum ‘threshold’ level of proficiency must be reached in that language before the learner can benefit from the use of the language as a medium of instruction in school. This situation is one that many language minority students find themselves in when they enter school.