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Input hypothesis

The input hypothesis, also known as the monitor model, is a group of five hypotheses of second-language acquisition developed by the linguist Stephen Krashen in the 1970s and 1980s. Krashen originally formulated the input hypothesis as just one of the five hypotheses, but over time the term has come to refer to the five hypotheses as a group. The…

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Acquisition-learning hypothesis

LinguisticsLanguageIntuitiveSubconsciousWritten
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Reception and influence

Wolfgang ButzkammTerrellComprehension-basedMethodologyNatural approach
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Applications in language teaching

TPR StorytellingStudy guide
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Affective filter hypothesis

LearningEmotionalAffectiveHypothesisEducational psychology
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Input hypothesis

Acquisition-learning hypothesis

Natural order hypothesis

Affective filter hypothesis

Reception and influence

Applications in language teaching

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related to Critiques of the Comprehensible Input Hypothesis · 11
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