Overview of Second Language Acquisition Theory | By Request...May 2003 - The Diigo Meta page

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  • An understanding of second language acquisition can improve the ability of mainstream teachers to serve the culturally and linguistically diverse students in their classrooms
  • continuum of learning—that is, predictable and sequential stages of language development, in which the learner progresses from no knowledge of the new language to a level of competency closely resembling that of a native speaker.
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  • • A concept endorsed by most language acquisition theorists is Stephen Krashen’s "comprehensible input" hypothesis, which suggests that learners acquire language by "intaking" and understanding language that is a "little beyond" their current level of competence (Krashen, 1981, p. 103).
    • Context-embedded communication provides several communicative supports
    • Cognitively undemanding communication requires a minimal amount of abstract or critical thinking
    • Cognitively demanding communication, which requires a learner to analyze and synthesize information quickly and contains abstract or specialized concepts. Examples are academic content lessons, such as a social studies lecture, a math lesson, or a multiple-choice test.
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