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Key Characteristics Language is viewed as a vehicle for communicating meanings and messages. Acquisition can only take place when people understand messages in the target language. Say NO to rote learning (word stress- hotel & video different word stress) Brought up by Stephen Krashen and Tracy Terell Designed to help beginners become intermediates Comprehensible input is presented in the target language, using techniques such as TPR, mime and gesture Based on Krashens five hypotheses; acquisition vs learning, natural order, monitor process, input and affective filter hypotheses

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Students use the language when they are ready Error correction should be minimized; harmful to students speech development if teacher rectifies errors during the phases of language acquisition (fluency over accuracy)

Three phases- Preproduction (developing listening skills), Early production (students struggle with the language and make many errors which are corrected based on content and not structure), Extending production (promoting fluency through a variety of more challenging activities)

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Teacher should choose and mix a wide variety of classroom activities to create lower affective filter

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Using holophrastic utterance- Begin with asking questions that require single word answer