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What is "i+1" in language acquisition theory?

The i+1 principle is a concept introduced by linguist Dr. Stephen Krashen as part of his Input Hypothesis in language acquisition theory. Here’s a detailed breakdown: What is i+1? "i" refers to the learner's current language level, or what they already know. "+1" represents a new, slightly more advanced language input that the learner has not yet fully mastered but can understand with some context or support. In essence, i+1 is the idea that learners acquire a new language best when they are exposed to material that is just one step beyond their current level of proficiency. This material should be comprehensible overall but contain some elements that stretch the learner’s understanding and challenge them to grow. Why is i+1 Important? Balance between Challenge and Comprehensibility: If the input is too easy (just "i"), learners won’t be challenged enough to make progress. If the input is too hard (much more than +1), learners may become overwhelmed an...

How many words can we learn a day

Let’s think about this first How badly do you really want to learn the words? Is it enough to read the book or do you want to use the words in your real life? You could read more than 10,000words per hour if you are a competent reader. So, it means you could encounter many unknown words during the reading and learn a lot of words per day. If you look up the unknown words, you would say that you could learn more than hundreds of words a day. On the contrary, if you really focus on learning the new words to be able to achieve mastery level so that you use them in your real life, you should read articles to see how those words are applied in a real sentence and connect the meaning to your previous knowledge and experiences or image in your mind including finding the definition of the words. The development of language is a byproduct produced by the process of understanding the usage in a real life. If you try to do this, that could be 5 ~ 10 words with contextualized pra...

Cuales materiales son buenos?

¿Qué es lo más importante para aprender un idioma extranjero? ¿Memorizar palabras? ¿Gramática? Vamos a señalar lo más esencial. Para aprender un idioma extranjero, si te adhieres a los siguientes tres principios; cualquiera puede hablar al menos un idioma extranjero con fluidez: Ser divertido Ser significativo Ser comprensible Este concepto se aplica diferente según el nivel de idioma extranjero que tenga el aprendiz. Tomemos un ejemplo concreto. (A) Películas Las películas son divertidas tanto para principiantes como para niveles avanzados. Entonces, si te diviertes, puedes encontrar una película que te dé un 40% de diversión. Pero, el significado aplicado a principiantes y avanzados difiere en términos de significado. Para los principiantes, es poco probable que aprendan expresiones que sean muy relevantes para ellos, pero para los de nivel avanzado, hay muchas expresiones en la película que tienen que aprender. Y las expresiones en la película son un medio difícil de entender para l...

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