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What are the four issues related to the input hypothesis of Krashen's monitor model of L2 learning theory?

According to Krashen, what are the functions of learning and acquisition respectively?

What are the disadvantages of the Natural Approach

What are the guidelines for classroom practice set up by advocates of the Natural Approach?

What are the roles of the teacher and student in the Natural Approach? What is Krashen’s definition of acquisition

In the Natural Approach, what should a teacher do when the learner is ready to start talking in the target language?

What are the five hypotheses of the monitor theory?

The authors of the book The Natural Approach: Language Acquisition in the Classroom are _______.

A. Chomsky and Terrell

B. Krashen and Halliday

C. Krashen and Terrell

D. Chomsky and Krashen

10. The formula i+1 put forward by Krashen means input that contains structures _______ the learner's present level.

A. greatly above

B. greatly below

C. somewhat above

D. somewhat below

11. According to the affective filter hypothesis, which of the following is NOT an affective variable related to second language acquisition?

A. Motivation.

B. Self-confidence.

C. Anxiety.

D. Vocabulary.

12. Which one of the following activities is NOT included in the acquisition activities in the Natural Approach?

A. Affective-humanistic activities.

B. Problem-solving activities.

C. Skill-getting activities.

D. Content activities. Stephen Krashen holds that acquisition and learning have different _functions______ in the communication activities.

According to some functional linguist, some utterance has no meaning at

all if it is out of the context of _situation______.

According to the Natural Approach, ______ is not absolutely essential for language acquisition.

A. writing

B. reading

C. speaking

D. listening

13. The Natural Approach believes that the teaching of ______ should be delayed until comprehension skills are established.

A. listening

B. speaking

C. reading

D. writing

______ refers to the interpretation of individual message elements in terms of their interconnectedness and of how meaning is represented in relationship to the text.

A. Grammatical competence

B. Sociolinguistic competence

C. Discourse论述，交谈competence

D. Strategic competence

The ______ i + 1, put forward by Krashen, means input that contains structures slightly above the learner's present level.

20. ______ is particularly interested in the relationship between sentences and the contexts and situations in which they are used.

Krashen maintains that acquisition comes about through meaningful ______ in a natural communication setting.

37.

A: the main feature/view of the Natural Approach

① Language is best taught when it is being used to transmit

message.

② The Natural Approach claims to be able to incorporate any

of the techniques of other methods.

③ People acquire a language from what they hear and

understand.

④ Students' errors are not corrected unless meaning is

affected.

⑤ Class time is devoted primarily to providing input for

acquisition.

B: the advantage or disadvantage associated with the feature

a. The techniques are often borrowed from other methods.

b. It emphasizes comprehensible and meaningful input.