Krashen Five Hypotheses

Question 1

What did Krashen mean by comprehensible input?

Answer 1

The student should be able to understand the essence of what is being said or presented to them

Question 2

Mary speaks German, and she is trying to understand a reading of 100 words in English, but she only understands 50% of the reading. In order to understand better and learn new words, she should be able to understand about 95% of the reading. This is an example of what hypothesis?

Answer 2

Input Hypothesis

Question 3

Rocio is having a hard time with her language development because of the stress and embarrassment she feels when she is put on the spot in her class. This would support which of Krashen’s Hypotheses?

Answer 3

Affective Filter Hypothesis

Question 4

In this hypothesis, it states that simply being around the language will not help develop it, instead the learner must understand the topic and context of the conversation.

Answer 4

Input Hypothesis

Question 5

Should errors be corrected according to Krashen?

A) No, correcting errors may have a negative effect: raising the Affective Filter
B) Yes, to avoid fossilization
C) Krashen has no opinion about error correction
D) Yes, to help students become aware

Answer 5

A) No, correcting errors may have a negative effect: raising the Affective Filter

Question 6

True or False: Krashen’s input hypothesis states that language acquisition is best facilitated by comprehensible input.

Answer 6

True