Input Hypothesis - Applications in Language Teaching

Applications in Language Teaching

Beginning level

• Class time is filled with comprehensible oral input
• Teachers must modify their speech so that it is comprehensible
• Demands for speaking (output) are low; students are not forced to speak until ready
• Grammar instruction is only included for students high school age and older

Intermediate level'

• Sheltered subject-matter teaching that uses modified academic texts to provide comprehensible input.
• Sheltered subject matter teaching is not for beginners or native speakers of the target language.
• In sheltered instruction classes, the focus is on the meaning, and not the form.