GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES
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Materials should be just slightly above the learner’s current level of abilities
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Reinforce classwork with independent homework
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Students need to identify their learning strengths and weaknesses to set goals.
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Students do better when paired with others above their level.
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to Krashen’s (1982) input hypothesis, adequate exposure to comprehensible input is essential for language learners to learn the language. According to this hypothesis, the input to which learners are exposed should be a little beyond their current level of language competence, i.e., ‘i + 1.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -There are 4 predominant learning styles: Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, and Kinaesthetic. While most of us may have some general idea about how we learn best, often it comes as a surprise when we discover what our predominant learning style is.
Detailed explanation-4: -’Materials development’ refers to all the processes made use of by practitioners who produce and/or use materials for language learning, including materials evaluation, their adaptation, design, production, exploitation and research.