Second Language Acquisition Theories

Second Language Acquisition Theories

1. Input Hypothesis Theory

   • Created by Stephen Krashen
   • Learning is dependent on the mood of the learner,
   • Create a comfortable environment so the students want to be there and want to learn

2. BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills)

   • Created by Jim Cummins
   • Language skills needed in social interactions
   • have the students work in different sized groups to make sure they build social skills

3. CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency

   • Created by Jim Cummins
   • language we dont use in everyday conversations, more complex language
   • provide different levels of texts to introduce harder langauge

4. Universal Grammar

   • Created by Noam Chomsky
   • All human language rests on building blocks of expression, based on the interactions between verbs, nouns and adjectives
   • Make sure the students understand the fundamentals of sentence structures

5. Threshold Hypothosis

   • Created by Jim Cummins
   • One needs to be successful to a certain point in their ownlanguage before they can be successful in another language
   • make sure to have the other children learn about other cultures through either other students or parents teaching them

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