LLT 361 Ch 4 Input, Interaction and Output.

Language Aquisition MSU

Input

Any oral or written language a person is exposed to.

Authentic Input

Unmodified language that may be harder for learners to process and learn from.

Modified Input

Simplified language that is easier for learners to process and learn from.

Interaction

Communication without any attention to linguistic terms

Interaction Hypothesis

Acquisition theory stating that learners develop language proficiency best through face-to-face conversation.

Noticing hypothesis

Theory that learners must notice linguistic features to learn from them.

Focus on form

Attention to linguistic terms during instruction

corrective feedback.

Instruction method where indication is made that something is wrong linguistically, even

though the message is understood.

Recast (input-providing)

Provides a reformulation of the error while maintaining the meaning of the
utterance.

Elicitation (output-prompting)

Attempts to draw out the target form from the student.

Metalinguistic feedback

Provides explicit information about the target form.

Comprehensible Output Hypothesis

Theory that learners must produce comprehensible output and process language syntactically as well as semantically.

Uptake is…

important, but not essential, component of L2 learning

Task-based Language Teaching

Learners acquire a language by completing meaningful, real-world tasks.

Language immersion Benefits

More input, interaction and successful language learning. Normalizes multilingual+culturalism.

True or False: Study abroad is an experience that allows intensive, regular, contextualized L2 use opportunities in authentic situations

True