Language acquisition is about using the language in real life situations. Language learning relates to knowing about the language but not necessarily being able to use it in a practical way.
The Natural Approach is based on the following tenets:
- The Acquisition/Learning Hypothesis
- The Monitor Hypothesis
- The Natural Order Hypothesis
- The Input Hypothesis
- The Affective Filter Hypothesis
What are your interpretations of each of these tenets? Share your ideas in the comments area below and check out what your self-study colleagues think. . . .
For me the outcomes of the students are essential, as a T.A I´m part of Guadalupe´s outcomes, in training I become her shadow.. there´s a very strong invisible string between us and everyday is stronger, I really enjoy when I see those outcomes from the students and myself because when I see the students so happy means that I´m doing a good job and I´m on the right path..I love to see their achievments, I feel so proud!!!
ReplyDeleteNatural approach theory explains that the way the curriculum is delivered to the children, they will either acquire the language or learn the language. Acquiring the language means competence, ability to communicate speaking, writing, listening and reading, and they will be able to use it in different contexts. As the language is being acquired the student itself will be able to correct himself in the mistakes if there are some, the correction comes naturally. The grammar structures are noticed as the language is being acquired. For this to happen, teachers need to push a little bit higher than the student level, so he is stretching out to reach more than he is comfortable to be. For this to happen is important to crate a safe learning enviroment so the children are open to receive whatever is to be acquired.
ReplyDeleteNatural approach theory explains that the way the curriculum is delivered to the children, they will either acquire the language or learn the language. Acquiring the language means competence, ability to communicate speaking, writing, listening and reading, and they will be able to use it in different contexts. As the language is being acquired the student itself will be able to correct himself in the mistakes if there are some, the correction comes naturally. The grammar structures are noticed as the language is being acquired. For this to happen, teachers need to push a little bit higher than the student level, so he is stretching out to reach more than he is comfortable to be. For this to happen is important to crate a safe learning enviroment so the children are open to receive whatever is to be acquired.
ReplyDeleteNatural approach, just like the little kids develop language skills as a result from their mother communication nexus. Based on this statement, Natural Approach Theory involves requisite tenets.
ReplyDelete- Live the language, to experiment in a meaningful way (Acquisition Hypothesis)
- Rules come out when you embody the language without jeopardizing the fluency. (Monitoring Hypothesis)
- The order and structure just come out, you don´t have to force anything. (Natural order Hypothesis)
- To give just a little bit more of language level to pull them out in a subtle way, partly old language a few new words. (Input Hypothesis)
- Stress and anxious never help, good self esteem and self concept are very important to create knowledge. (Filter Hypothesis).
Natural approach is the method in which a person acquires a language in a Natural technique, this means that the learners absorb it in its totality and make it their own, this includes achieving a high correct production of it, the rules come in a natural way, actually the conscious part is not aware of this, it just comes naturally.
ReplyDeleteWhen a person is in a process of acquiring a new language, based in a Natural Approach methodology, the teacher delivers content in a higher level than the student’s to provide him a space to flow, and this is possible for the student to reach when the context is set on a positive emotional state, that invites him to be available to receive the information and then to produce.
In an everyday setting, people acquire language by living and using it. The Natural Approach by Dr. Stephen Krashen, is a theory which originated to teach second languages and to parallel the day to day learning activities any given person may have.Dr Krashen developed 5 Hypothesis regarding this learning process.
ReplyDeleteThe first, named the Acquisition or Learning Hypothesis states that by creating an artificial context that mimics those day to day activities,learning takes place when what students hear or read is comprehensible but just a bit above their abilities. The focus is on basic, everyday, interpersonal situations like going to the movies, shopping, ordering with a menu, using a phone, paying a bill, etc...
When in a positive and safe natural setting, the second theory states that students will learn the language on an everyday basis, ultimately producing when they’re ready to speak it on their own, just as it would happen with a child learning to speak her first language.
The third hypothesis indicates that language is acquired to be used for communication rather than just "learned" to be reproduced when needed.
The natural order theory of says that acquisition of a language will ensure the appropriate use of it without a monitor filter that deters the fluency by frequently halting the language user in an attempt to modify or correct the mistakes he may be making.
In addition, the correct use of grammar, from simple to complex,is also acquired versus learned and will come in a natural systematic and predictable order when not interferred with.
The input hypothesis when acquiring a second language, refers to the fact that people learn more when pushed beyond their comfort zone or current level of proficiency in a safe, low stress, high energy environment.
Krashen also indicates that stress generates anxiety, creating an affective filter and leading the student to a fight or flee mode which will block out all meaningful positive learning until the risk factor is eliminated and self confidence is restored. Self esteem is not increased but set in a state of doubt.
Krashen´s 5 hypothesis offer us a convincing array of ideas that undoubtedly will help achieve much more when applied in the classroom.