4. • There are two forms of the
Interaction Hypothesis:
5. • The interaction hypothesis claims
that comprehensible input is
important for language learning.
(increased when learners
have to negotiate
for meaning)
6. • Interactions often
result in learners
receiving negative
evidence.
• learners receiving
more input from their
interlocutors than they
would otherwise.
7. • interactions may serve as a way of focusing
learners' attention on a difference between
their knowledge of the target language and
the reality of what they are hearing
12. Developmental psychologists and psycholinguists
have focused on the interplay between the
innate learning ability of children and the
environment in which they develop.
14. Works Cited
• Ellis, Rod (1984). Classroom Second Language
Development: A Study of Classroom Interaction
and Language Acquisition. Oxford, UK: Pergamon.
• Long, Michael (1985). "Input and Second
Language Acquisition Theory". In Gass, Susan;
Madden, Carolyn. Input in second language
acquisition. Rowley, Mass: Newbury House.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HekZlFJ-9Uc