KRASHEN’S FIVE HYPOTHESIS

 NATURAL ORDER HYPOTHESIS

-The acquisition of grammatical structures occurs in a predictable sequence.
The natural order hypothesis applies to both first language acquisition and
second language acquisition, although it similar, the order of acquisition
often differs between first and second languages. In other words, the order
of acquisition of a first language is different from the order of acquisition of
that same language as a second language. The second critique of the Monitor
Model surrounds the evidence in support of the natural order hypothesis.
According to Krashen, that children acquiring English as a second language
acquire the morphemes of the language in a predictable sequence similar but
not identical to the sequence followed by children acquiring English as a first
language confirms the validity of the natural order hypothesis. Furthermore,
other morpheme studies on adults acquiring English as a second language
show similar results. The natural order hypothesis fails to account for the
considerable influence of the first language on the acquisition of a second
language. In fact, the results of other studies indicate that second language
learners acquire a second language in different orders depending on their
native language.