SLA Class 8: Noticing Hypothesis / Cooperative L.

Noticing Hypothesis Oral Presentation

Questions & Comments Sheet

Elaborations and Examples of the Noticing H. Cooperative Language Learning Oral Presentation
Questions anc Comments Sheet

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The Noticing Hypothesis

Lots of input + opportunities to produce output = Successful SLA? Research Study Alberto? 6 Spanish Speakers of ESL (age 5-33) Acquisition of negation (10 month period) Wes? I no can see They no have water Input + Output + Focus on Form = Faster and more successful SLA

Fossilization (Stabilization)
The relatively permanent incorporation of incorrect linguistic forms into a person s second language competence (Brown, 2007, p. 382).

Why? Lack of noticing/focus on form Sufficient to meet their needs IDs - Learning styles Apt - Age Integrative Motivation
Give to me fish and chips.

Wes
I know I m speaking funny English because I m never learning, I m only just listen, then talk . Overuse of ing verbs Absence of past ed Minimal development in plural usage and articles

Schmidt and the Noticing Hypothesis

Definition:
Input does not become intake for language acquisition until it is noticed, that is, consciously learned.

Schmidt s own experiences

Mind the gap Would you mind I don t mind

What Helps Noticing?

Frequency in the input Motivating/interesting input and activities Focus on form/consciousness-raising activities
Input Flood Concordance Lines Dictogloss

THREE WAY DISTINCTION

Focus on Meaning:
occurs when learners are concerned with communication and with producing and understanding messages

Focus on Form:
occurs when learners are initially or have initially focused on meaning and are now thinking about or talking about form

Form on Forms:
traditional grammar approach based on a syllabus of graded structures (forms) and these are pre-taught in advance of activities designed to practice them (-> PPP)

i + 1: How does i turn into +1?

Krashen: subconscious process Schmidt: conscious process through noticing Whose right? Or which process is stronger? Implicit learning vs. explicit learning

Declarative vs. Procedural Knowledge

declarative knowledge: knowing about something procedural knowledge: knowing how to do it

Declarative vs. Procedural Knowledge: Language Teaching Approaches

DEC approach: Grammar Translation PRO approach: Krashen / Strong version of CLT

DECPRO approach: Form before Meaning adding some acquisition to learning -> ALM / PPP PRODEC approach: Meaning before Form adding some learning to acquisition -> TBLT

Noticing Vs. Acquisition: Review Exercises

Complete exercises 1 and 2 on page 166 of the student booklet And then complete exercises 3d and 4 on page 168 of the student booklet

Contextual Differences in Language Acquisition

FLA vs SLA Child vs Adult L2 Learners - Modified Input Affective Filter Silent Period NM Error Correction

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