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.

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