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…
IELTS – TOEFL Preparation Course – Session 1 Writing Practice From 9:40 to 10:00 pm In each session, one student writes an essay or some part of an essay on specified topics and leaves it as a comment in the blue comment form at the bottom of this post before the next class. In the…
What is IELTS and what does it stand for? Let’s get more familiar with IELTS, its formats and modules. IELTS Exam IELTS stands for International English Language Testing System. It is mainly administered by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL), British Council and IDP: IELTS Australia. IELTS corresponds to the highest international standards…
Learning-centered method in second language learning, which is one of the three dimensions of ‘language teaching methods’. Learning-centered method Learning-centered methods are those that are principally concerned with cognitive processes of language learning. These methods such as the Natural Approach seek to provide opportunities for learners to participate in open-ended meaningful interaction through problem-solving tasks in…
Discourse analysis and pragmatics in second language acquisition Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics Discourse analysis serves as a device for systematically describing the kinds of interactions that occur in language classrooms. Drawing on initial work on content classrooms by Bellack (1966) and by the Birmingham School of linguistics (Sinclair & Coulthard (1975) discourse analysts give attention…
Topic: Computers can translate all kinds of languages well. Do our children need to learn more languages in the future? Essayist: Taraneh Computers can translate all the languages well, but it can just translate text word by word, not a whole text perfectly. Therefore, it means that our children should learn foreign languages in order…