Acquisition and learning are two different processes. The former helps the development of language ability while the latter contributes to the development of knowledge of language
Acquisition and learning a r e t w o d i f f e r e n t processes. The former helps the development of language ability while the latter contributes to the deve lopme nt of knowledge of language
2. THE INPUT HYPOTHESIS How do we move from stage i where t represents current competence, to i+1. the next level in second language acquisition?
2. THE INPUT HYPOTHESIS How do we move from stage i, where i represents current competence, to i + 1, the next level in second language acquisition?
The input hypothesis makes the ollowing claim: a necessary(but not sufficient) condition to move from stage i to stage i +l is that the acquirer understand input that contains i +1. where understand" means that the acquirer is focussed on the meaning and not the form of the message
The input hypothesis makes the following claim: a necessary (but not sufficient) condition to move from stage i to stage i + 1 is that the acquirer understand input that contains i + 1, where "understand" means that the acquirer is focussed on the meaning and not the form of the message
We acquire, in other words only when we understand language that contains structure that is a little beyond" where we are now
We acquire, in other words, only when we understand language that contains structure that is "a little beyond" where we are now
How can we understand language that contains structures that we have not yet acquired?
How can we understand language that contains structures that we have not y e t a c q u i r e d ?