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Monitor Model: Stephen Krashen
Monitor Model: Stephen Krashen
STEPHEN KRASHEN
MONITOR MODEL
Key role in explaining second language learning since
1970
Attempts to cover most of the factors in L2
acquisition
( age, personality traits, classroom instruction, innate
mechanisms of language acquisition, input and
environmental influences
Five central hypotheses
1. Acquisition-learning hypothesis
ACQUISITION LEARNING
4. Input Hypothesis
Explains how the learners acquires language
The learner improves when he/she receives L2 input
Five central hypotheses
5. Affective Filter