CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -OPTIMAL INPUT. Krashen (1982) defined that optimal input should be comprehensible, be interesting and /or relevant, not be grammatically sequenced, be in sufficient quantity. If the leaner can be exposed to input having to these features, it is considered acquisition is more likely to occur.

Detailed explanation-2: -Practical Examples: Teacher shows a video (interview with a famous celebrity) to “intermediate” level students. It is comprehensible input because the student will understand it as a natural conversation between two people and they will acquire new vocabulary and useful expressions.

Detailed explanation-3: -The “optimal input” hypothesis says that we acquire language and develop literacy from input, from understanding what we hear and read, NOT from speaking or writing. Our ability to speak and write fluently and accurately is the RESULT of acquiring language from input.

Detailed explanation-4: -Comprehensible input in English is English language that you can understand.