InputHypothesis徐靜編輯課件BriefintroductionThetheoryoftheInputHypothesisAdvantagesanddisadvantagesImplicationoftheInputHypothesisforEnglishclassroomteachingDefinitioncharacteristics編輯課件BriefIntroduction編輯課件BriefIntroduction

StephenKrashenisanexpertinthefieldoflinguistics,specializingintheoriesoflanguageacquisitionanddevelopment.Muchofhisresearchhasinvolvedthestudyofnon-Englishandbilinguallanguageacquisition.Krashen’swell-acceptedtheoryofsecondacquisitionhashadalargeimpactonallareasoflanguageresearchandteachingsincethe1980s.Histheoryofsecondlanguageacquisitionconsistsoffivemainhypothesis:theAcquisition-learningHypothesis,theMonitorHypothesis,theNaturalOrderHypothesis,theInputHypothesis,andtheAffectiveFilterHypothesis.TheInputHypothesisisthecentralpartofthisoverallsystem.編輯課件TheInputHypothesisisthemostimportantoneofKrashen'stheoryofsecondlanguageacquisition.Theinputhypothesisattemptstoexplainhowlearnersacquireasecondlanguage.編輯課件ThetheoryoftheInputHypothesis編輯課件Waysofgettinginput???Howdowemovefromstagei,whereiresponsecurrentcompetence,toi+1,thenextlevelinsecondlanguageacquisition?TheInputHypothesis編輯課件TheInputHypothesismakesthefollowingclaim:anecessary(butnotsufficient)conditiontomovefromstageitostagei+1isthatacquirersunderstandinginputthatcontainsi+1,where“understanding〞meansthatacquirersfocusonthemeaningbutnottheformofthemessage.Accordingtothishypothesis,peoplerequirelanguagebestbyunderstandingcomprehensibleinputthatisslightlybeyondtheircurrentlevel(i+1),andwhentheyacquireenough,theygettheabilitytospeakfluentlyautomatically.假設目前語言學習者的能力用i表示，那么語言輸入(input)的水平既不能遠遠超過學習者現有的水平，即i+2或i+3(toodifficult),也不可低于或接近學習者的現有水平，即i+0(toosimple,nochallenge)。最正確的語言輸入只有稍高于i，即i+1(mostappropriate)，才會被學習者所接受，也才會收到理想的效果。只有當習得者接觸到“可理解的語言輸入〞〔comprehensiveinput〕，即略高于他現有語言技能水平的第二語言輸入，而他又能把注意力集中于對意義或對信息的理解而不是對形式的理解時，就會自動產生習得。Thebestmethodsarethereforethosethatsupply“comprehensibleinput〞inlowanxietysituations,containingmessagesthatstudentsreallywanttohear.Thesemethodsdonotforceearlyproductioninthesecondlanguage,butallowstudentstoproducewhentheyare“ready〞,reconizingthatimprovementcomesfromsupplyingcommunicativeandcomprehensibleinput,andnotfromforcingandcorrectingproduction.Krashen,1985編輯課件IIIWhentheinputisunderstoodandthereisenoughofit,i+1willbeprovidedautomatically.IIWeacquirelanguagebyunderstandinglanguagethatcontainsstructuresabitbeyondourcurrentlevelofcompetence(i+1).IVProductionabilityemerges,itisnottaughtdirectly.ITheInputHypothesisrelatestoacquisition,notlearning.Fourpoints編輯課件Comprehensible可理解性Interestingandrelevant趣味與關聯Notgrammaticallysequenced非語法程序Sufficient“i+1〞足夠的攝入量Characteristics編輯課件Advantagesanddisadvantages編輯課件ABAdvantagesemphasizetheimportanceofinput,andprovideoneoftheeffectivewayoflanguagelearning.payattentiontothelearner'scognitiveability.編輯課件1234Itishardtomakesurethelearner'scurrentlevel.Andthereisnolingusticcriteriatojudgewhetherthe“i+1〞inputisjustfarenoughbeyondthelearner'scurrentlevel.Krashendidn'tofferacleardefinitionofcomprehensibleinput.Hisinputhypothesislackaindependentlingusticdefinitiontoexplanationwhatiscomprehensibleinput.Itoverstresstheinputbutignoretheinportanceofoutput.Itisnotbenifitialforthecultivationoflearner'scommunicativeability,italsoignorethefunctionoftheindividual's.Krashen'sinputhypothesisreceivedcriticismlaterforhemistook〞input〞as“intake〞(theactualshareofinputthathasbeeninternalizedbythelearner).Disdvantages編輯課件ImplicationoftheInputHypothesisforEnglishclassroomteaching編輯課件ModificationoftheteachertalkEstablishmentofthestudent-centeredteacheringmodeIntroductionoftherevelantbackgruondknowledgeApplicationofthemultimediathchnology編輯課件TeachershavetoexplaineitherinnativelanguageorsimpleEnglish,andbilingualteachingorpureEnglishcanbeusedforexplanationappropriately.Therateofteachertalkisanotherveryimportantfactor,whichcaninfluencestudents'comprehensiononsecondlanguageacquisition.Theappreciaterateofteachertalkcanaidstudentsounderstandthelanguageinput.Modificationoftheteachertalk編輯課件Establishmentofthestudent-centeredteacheringmodeTeachersouldarousethestudents'activitiesandmakethemtakepartinclassactvitiesonthebasisofthe“student-centered〞teachingmode.“Student-centered〞teachingmodemakesstudentshavemorechancestogainenoughcomprehensibleinputtoenhancetheirabilityofapplyingEnglish.FOREXAMPLETeacherchooseatopic—askstudentstomakedialoguesinpairsordiscussingroups—askstudentstohaveaspeechinfrontoftheblackboard.編輯課件IntroductionoftherevelantbackgruondknowledgeTomakestudentsacquiremoreinput,teachersshouldteachthelanguagefromtheperspectiveofcultureandkeepthepaceoflanguagelearningwiththecu