(Tarone & Liu, 1996)
Out of three different contexts, Bob produced the most output when he was talking to the researcher who is a friend of the family, where he felt ‘free’ around. Bob pushed the limits of his competence in interaction.
What is it about the context which makes Bob so productive?
One possible reason is that Bob was provided with the better and more complex input which is most suited the Bob’s developmental needs. Another explanation is Bob’s attempts to produce comprehensible output. He pushed the limits of that interlangauge system to make it handle that output, thus keeping the system ‘permeable’ (Adjemian,1976). In the process of producing output, Bob got to recognize the structure in the input.
More specifically, what kind of input is suitable for developing learner’s knowledge?
What is it about the context which makes Bob so productive?
One possible reason is that Bob was provided with the better and more complex input which is most suited the Bob’s developmental needs. Another explanation is Bob’s attempts to produce comprehensible output. He pushed the limits of that interlangauge system to make it handle that output, thus keeping the system ‘permeable’ (Adjemian,1976). In the process of producing output, Bob got to recognize the structure in the input.
More specifically, what kind of input is suitable for developing learner’s knowledge?
The appropriate level of difficulty, according to Krashen, is what he calls level i + 1, that is, just a bit beyond the learner’s current ability (i), but not so difficult nor so easy that no new language challenges are encountered. This way, learners are able to infer the meaning and the structures of the input provided by the situation.
Last week, I met my friends and one of them brought her nephew who is 5 years old. My friends laughed when I talked to him because I treated him just like a grown-up. I talked in the very same way with the same speed, vocabulary, structure and tone that I use with adults. Personally I don’t like ‘baby talk’. I am not familiar with simplifying and ‘cutifying’ the talk. Just listening to the baby talk makes me itchy!!!!! Now I have one more reason that I don’t have to baby talk to little people: They need challenge to push themselves beyond their competence!
Last week, I met my friends and one of them brought her nephew who is 5 years old. My friends laughed when I talked to him because I treated him just like a grown-up. I talked in the very same way with the same speed, vocabulary, structure and tone that I use with adults. Personally I don’t like ‘baby talk’. I am not familiar with simplifying and ‘cutifying’ the talk. Just listening to the baby talk makes me itchy!!!!! Now I have one more reason that I don’t have to baby talk to little people: They need challenge to push themselves beyond their competence!
Wow, that was fast : )
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