SLA Puzzle

3. learners must be relaxed and calm for input to get through
6. referring to the curve of learning starting with getting things correct because they were heard, then learning the rule and over-generalizing, then learning the exception
7. target language
10. the ability to function in communicative situations
13. language acquisition device that is innate in humans and allows us to learn language
14. wen't can't monitor too much but must monitor some in order to learn
15. input that stretches a little above what the learner knows
16. learners make input comprehensible through interaction
18. affective factors
19. input needs to be comprehensible i +1
21. first language or mother tongue
22. zone of proximal development which is the distance between the actual development and potential that can be achieved with guidance
23. acquiring another language within one of the countries where the language is spoken
24. the ability to produce language

1. views language learning as a social process that occurs through social interaction
2. learners acquire rules in a predictable sequence
4. when the language learned is not the dominant language spoken
5. learners need opportunities to produce output
8. Developed by Terrell, this term refers to the linking of meaning to form.
9. simplifying, repeating, modifying, modeling, anything that can be done to promote learning
10. input students can understand
11. negotiation of meaning using tools such as language, textbook, interation, visuals, teacher assistance
12. SLA is driven by what students pay attention to. We can make students notice things before we teach them explicitly.
17. the language of the learner is a system in development
20. thinking and practicing the language aloud