Stephen Krashen's theories on language acquisition - THE NATURAL ORDER HYPOTHESIS

As a prelude to Professor Krashen joining us to discuss his theories we
are reviewing some of the key ideas. - Dave

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There are five key hypotheses about second language acquisition:

2. THE NATURAL ORDER HYPOTHESIS

The natural order hypothesis states that "the acquisition of grammatical
structures proceeds in a predictable order." For a given language, some
grammatical structures tend to be acquired early, others late,
regardless of the first language of a speaker. However, as will be
discussed ... in the book, this does not mean that grammar should be
taught in this natural order of acquisition.


Part Three coming tomorrow...






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