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Second Language Acquisition
Theories
- Input Hypothesis
- Stephen Krashen
- Characteristics: Everyone
acquires language through the
same way, we understand
language through one way and
that is through messages, we
acquire language through WHAT
people say, not how.
- Applications: Have
lots of
representations of
language around the
room by different
symbols and gestures.
- Stephen Krashen
- BICS: Basic interpersonal Communicative Skills
- Jim Cummins
- Characteristics: Children
acquire language in the
early years of life, They
bring their language to
school and that language
is natural for them
- Applications: have phonics lessons
and put focus on grammar and
spelling as well in the lessons
- Jim Cummins
- CALP: Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
- Jim Cummings
- Characteristics: More of
the language that is in
text books, more complex
language, the language
we don't use in everyday
conversations.
- Applications:
Provide many
different text so that
children can see the
differences of
complex language.
- Jim Cummings
- Universal Grammar
- Noam Chomsky
- Characteristics: human
language rest on the
building blocks of
expression, based on
verbs, nouns and
adjectives.
- Applications:
do lessons that
teach sentence
structure
- Noam Chomsky
- Threshold Hypothesis
- Jim Cummins
- Characteristics: before you
can be successful in your
second language, you must
reach the threshold level of
ability in your first language
- Applications: bring in different
culturesinto the classroom and
encourage parent involement
- Jim Cummins
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