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Language Faculty & Language Organ | TESL Issues

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The role of imitation in language acquisition written and narrated by Dr. Mohammad Hossein Hariri Asl

Language Faculty Language Faculty We may assume that the linguistic theory of the language faculty is a theory of the cognitive architecture for language knowledge and acquisition. Chomsky postulated that there is a language organ, which is part of a human’s biological endowment and which houses the universal principles and parameters without which a child…

Input Hypothesis Specifications | TESL Lessons

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Using body language in teaching English as a second language for more productivity

Input Hypothesis Input Hypothesis Krashen’s Input Hypothesis explicitly rejects a role for consciousness, claiming that “acquisition” is a subconscious process. Krashen assumed a ‘language acquisition device’, that is, an innate mental structure capable of handling both first and second language acquisition. The input activates this innate structure. But only input of a very specific kind…