Krashen's 5 Hypothesis

Which of these two concepts is related to LEARNING?

• Subconscious acquisition

• Deliberate acquisition

When we acquire a language, which of the following types of acquisition do we use?

• Subconscious acquisition

• Deliberate acquisition

• Both

According to Krashen, can adults acquire a language?

• Yes, because they can access the same LAD as children

• No, because they are past their critical period

Error correction is useful for deliberate acquisition

• True

• False

Parents correct every mistake their children make

• True

• False

According to the natural order hypothesis, is English as a second language acquired in stages?

• Yes, it’s similar to acquiring English as a first language

• No, because Spanish interferes with our acquisition

What are transitional forms?

• These are the mistakes we make when we learn a language

• They are the intermediate stages we go through as we progress

According to the monitor hypothesis, which process is responsible for fluency?

• Learning

• Acquisition

According to the Input Hypothesis, what does “i” represent?

• Our current competence in a language

• The next level of competence in a language

What is the affective filter?

• It’s the input we are exposed to

• It’s our emotional state that can block (or not) the input we receive