Krashen Hypothesis

According to Stephen Krashen, acquisition is...

• A classroom-based approach to learning a third language.

• An organic method in which the learner develops language skills from immersion.

• A model for learning a second language that revolves around first acquiring grammar skills.

• A style of learning a second language that emphasizes writing while ignoring actual speaking practice.

In the Monitor Hypothesis, what are the three specific conditions to use 'monitor' successfully?

• Time, focus on form, know the rules

• Grammar, method, learning ability

• Signs, lexical knowledge, production

• Topic, function, situation

Which of the two information depict the differences between learning and acquisition?

• Artificial versus natural

• Self-monitor versus self-correction

• Implicit instruction versus explicit instruction

• Activities about the language versus activities in the language

Which is the correct statement about Natural Order Hypotesis?

• Acquisition of grammatical structures occurs in a predictable sequence.

• Applies to the second language only.

• The order of acquisition is the same between first and second languages.

• Can be a considerable influence of the first language on the acquisition of a second language.

"Many advance English learners forget to add an -s to third person singular verbs when speaking fluently in a conversation".

Based on the example above, which hypothesis it refers to?

• Acquisition-learning hypothesis

• Monitor hypothesis

• Natural order hypothesis

• Input hypothesis