Focusing on Input

The main feature which highlights this theory in that the language acquisition occurs when the acquirer understands (via hearing or reading) input language that contains structures which go a little bit beyond his/her current level of competence.

Krashen explains it like this:

i +1 this means that the language exposure should go from the current stage the students is in, to other which is a bit challenging (the student understands most of the things, but not everything), without going too far (i + 2)
and neither should go so close to their current level (i +0).

Other important feature in this theory is the affective filter. Krashen claims that the best acquisition will occur when the student is relax and without any kind of anxiety or stress, and when the defensiveness is absent, in other words, the affective filter is low, and the person is relax and ready to get the language easier.

Another aspect when talking about Input is the intake which are the actual things learner save in their long term memories, and a prove of the intake in when the learner becomes a High Input Generator in i.e people who are good initiating interaction and making the teacher to generate input, such interaction is close related with the Output Hypothesis that gives credit to the production.

Posted by: Jessica B. Liberato