Krahen's 5 hypothesis

“Learning a language” refers to all of the following EXCEPT______.

• explicit knowledge of rules

• subconscious process

• aware of language rules

• formal knowledge of language

Which statement is NOT true?

• There are two different ways of developing linguistic competence: learning and acquisition.

• Acquisition plays a central role and is responsible for initiating utterance and for language fluency.

• Learning plays a supporting role and helps monitoring of errors.

• Learning a language is a process in which learners pick up language in an implicit way.

According to the learning-acquisition hypothesis, ______.

• Acquisition and learning are two names for the same process

• Children learn language while adults acquire it

• Children mainly acquire language; adults use both learning and acquisition

• Adults can acquire the second language (L2) just as well as children can

Formal “language learning” of rules is ______.

• more effective than “acquisition” in L2 development

• important for developing communication skills in L2

• probably only useful to edit/ “monitor” L2 production

• essential for initiating sentences in L2

Language “learning” is central ______.*

• for acquisition of a second language

• in grammar-based language teaching

• in communicative language classes

• to communicating real ideas

“Acquisition” is ______

• central to grammar- based teaching

• more important than “learning” for communication for L2

• the result of grammar-based teaching

• less important than “learning” for communication in L2

Acquisition is seen as a process ______.

• Of learning about the target language

• Of focusing on how something is said

• that results from frequent practice of L2 forms

• resulting from understanding messages in the target language

Krashen asserts that learning can turn into acquisition. *

• True

• False

Monitoring our production in L2 is _______.*

• a basic skill for successful conversation

• not useful in test situation

• limited by our knowledge, concern and time

• the way to develop a complete understanding of L2 grammar

Thinking about rules will affect communication in rapid conversation

• True

• False