COGNITIVE MODELS

The Monit

or Model

The Acquisitio

n/ Learning Hypothesi

s

The Natural Orden

Hypothesis

The Monitor

Hypothesis The Input

Hypothesis

The Affective

Filter Hypothesi

s

The Acquisition

/ Learn

ing Hypothesis

• "Acquisition" occurs subconsciously

• "Learning" occurs conscious

The Natur

al Orde

n Hypothesis

• More or less invariant order in the acquisition.

The Monit

or Hypothesis

• Learners edit their language performance by means of an internal.

The Input Hypothesi

s

• "Acquisition" will take place only when the input the learner is exposed to is comprehensible

The Affective

Filter Hypothesi

s

• The filter control how much input the learner comes in contact.

• How much of that input is traformed into take.

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Aptitude-Attitude

First language does not

interfere with SLA.

"Acquisition" follow a nature

route.Age influence SLA in several different ways.

Mc Laughlin´s Information Processing

Model

Two different types:

They may affect the way knowlegde is represented in the mind.

They may affect

condition the strategies used by learns.

That practice is important.