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SLA Process and Theories
- The Natural Order Hypothesis
- Dulay and Burt
- This hypothesis suggests that students acquire
language rules in a predictable order. Like for
example learning the present or future tense
for SLA students was acquired a lot earlier
than those learning the past tense.
- Pre-Production
- Robertson and Ford
- "silent period" is where the student
takes in the new language but doesn't
speak it. Lasts about 6 weeks
- The Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis
- Krashen and Terrell
- Defining acquisition as developing language in a natural
habitat, whereas the learning part is having a conscious
knowledge about what is going on. Acquisition is like a SLA
student playing catch with his friends and knowing to catch
the ball, whereas learning is the comprehension of what
they are saying to the boy.
- BICS and CALP Theory
- Jim Cummins
- This is the idea that language is divided into social and academic.
Where a student can have social language, and this would be his
interaction between peers. This is commonly seen by teachers. But
as far as Academic language, that would be the comprehensiveness,
and this step takes a lot longer to appear.
- Early Production
- Robertson and Ford
- The 2nd step in the SLA process. Individual begins
using some vocabulary and makes short
sentences, but the emphasis is still on absorbing
the new language.