Krashen´s monitor model

Krashen´s monitor model

Today we talked about Krashen´s monitor model in class. So this is an example in which a teacher uses the five hypothesis of this autor: 

The teacher brings English native pupils to the class and asks them to work with her own ones. The task consists of making a meal together separated in couples in which there are one native and one non native pupil. They non native pupils will have to use the already known grammar so they will be using the natural order hypothesis. Moreover, as it is done in a natural learning environment they will acquire the language, it will be related to the acquisition learning hypothesis. Furthermore, we consider that as they will work with pupils of the same age and also in small groups they will feel more confident to talk each other, and this is an example of the affective filter hypothesis. The most complicated hypothesis to carry out in this situation is the input one as it is very difficult to make sure that all the children are competent enough to overcome this situation. The following day the teacher does an assessment in order to check what her pupils have learnt; these ones will ask doubts about vocabulary and all together will look for it in the dictionary. In this way they will be working on the monitor hypothesis.

By Ana and Paula

If you want to go into this topic this is an interesting webpage where you will find more information:http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vivian.c/SLA/Krashen.htm