The Natural ApproachThe Natural ApproachPresenter: Zulbely MirandaPresenter: Zulbely Miranda

IntroductionIntroduction The Natural approachThe Natural approach PrinciplesPrinciples TenetsTenets Conclussion.Conclussion.

Theory developed by Stephen Theory developed by Stephen Krashen and Tracy Terrell in1983 Krashen and Tracy Terrell in1983 that shows Krashen´s views on that shows Krashen´s views on second language acquisition and second language acquisition and sections on implementation and sections on implementation and classroom procedures, prepared classroom procedures, prepared largely by Terrell.largely by Terrell.

L2 Acquisition theory Curriculum

The Natural ApproachCombines

Learning Process

Spoken Production

During

Focussed on

Learner must Learner must be as relaxed be as relaxed as possible as possible during the during the learning learning process process

Spoken production "emerges" Spoken production "emerges" of its own accord,of its own accord,

Language “Acquisition" as Language “Acquisition" as opposed to Language opposed to Language

“Processing"“Processing"

Language Acquisition

Language Processing

Teachers should provide Teachers should provide "comprehensible input“ (I+1)"comprehensible input“ (I+1)

Focussed on Meaning and Focussed on Meaning and VocabularyVocabulary

Meaning Vocabulary

It´s designed to depend on It´s designed to depend on learner needs.learner needs.

Language acquisition is the only Language acquisition is the only way competence in a second way competence in a second language occurs. Conscious language occurs. Conscious learning operates only as a monitor learning operates only as a monitor or editor that checks or repairs the or editor that checks or repairs the output of what has been acquired.output of what has been acquired.

Grammatical Grammatical structures are structures are acquired in a acquired in a predictable order predictable order and it does little and it does little good to try to good to try to learn them in learn them in another order.another order.

Natural Order

Input HypothesesInput Hypotheses

An An acquirer acquirer can can "move" "move" from a from a stage I to stage I to a stage I + a stage I + 1.1.

Monitor HypothesesMonitor Hypotheses

Conscious Conscious learning can learning can function only function only as a monitor as a monitor or editor that or editor that checks and checks and repairs the repairs the output of the output of the acquired acquired system.system.

Affective filterAffective filter

The learner's The learner's emotional emotional state can act state can act as a filter that as a filter that impedes or impedes or blocks input blocks input necessary to necessary to acquisition.acquisition.

Curriculum

TeacherMotivation

ClassroomLearning

Environment

InstructionalStrategies

Acquisition

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