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ERIC Number: EJ366183
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Against Comprehensible Input: The Input Hypothesis and the Development of Second-language Competence.
White, Lydia
Applied Linguistics, v8 n2 p95-110 Sum 1987
Discusses several objections to Krashen's Input Hypothesis which states that language acquisition is the learners' understanding of a language at a stage slightly higher than their current one because of their understanding of extralinguistic cues of the language. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Child Language, Interference (Language), Interlanguage, Learning Theories, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Syntax
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Krashen (Stephen)