| Chapter
Eight in the Brown textbook |
| The
Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis
and its research |
| The
assumptions it held |
| The
conclusions of the actual
research |
| How
it differed from Error Analysis
research |
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| Error
Analysis Research |
| The
assumptions it is based on |
| How
it is typically done |
| Its shortcomings |
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| Interlanguage Theory /
Creative Constructionism |
| How it was a break from the
SLA theories before 1970 |
| How it eventually influenced
language teaching |
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| The Sources of Errors
(mentioned in both Brown and Lightbown and
Spada) |
| Be able to identify
each of the four types of errors in
examples |
| Know
how each one of the four types of errors is
caused |
| Know
which sources of errors is strongest in each
stage of learning |
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| The stages of interlanguage
development |
| Be able to identify which
stage a learner is in based on a
description |
| Know which sources of errors
are most prevalent in each stage |
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| Fossilization |
| In what stage of development
does it happen? |
| How does it happen? |
| To whom does it happen? |
| How do some learners get
unfossilized? |
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| Krashen
and Terrell's Monitor Model |
| The
Acquisition versus Learning Hypothesis |
| The
Natural Order Hypothesis |
| The
Input Hypothesis |
| The
Monitor Hypothesis |
| The
Affective Filter Hypothesis |
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| Know
how teachers provide "i+1" input |
| Know
how "roughly-tuned" input works and
why it is better |
| Be
able to identify how teachers may apply
Krashen's ides |
| Know
which methods, activities, and techniques
Krashen recommends and why he does so |
| Know
what evidence Krashen has for his theories |
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| Chapter
Six in the Brown textbook |
| Inhibition Theories |
| What causes a learner's
inhibitions? |
| How might classroom
conditions affect those
inhibitions? |
| What can a teacher do to help
learners with high inhibitions? |
| What do inhibited learners
need to do? |
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| Risk taking theories
(1) (2) |
| What are the types of risk
takers? |
| How does risk taking affect
language learning? |
| What are some of the risks
involved with language learning? |
| What
classroom activities
involve the most risk? |
| How can language teachers
teach their students to be better
risk takers? |
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| Motivation |
| What are the various types of
motivation? |
| Which
types of motivation are generally more
successful for long-term success in language
learning? |
| What can teachers do to
encourage those types of motivation? |
| How might knowing your
students' motivation help to
teach them better? |
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| Swain's
Output Hypothesis (1)
(2) |
| What
advantages does output have for the learner? |
| How
do Swain's views differ from Krashen's? |
| How
might a teacher apply Swain's ideas? |
| Noticing
the Gap |
| Hypothesis
Testing |
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