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A Single Step for A Thousand Miles: A Phenomenological

Study on Natural Order Hypothesis
Overview
We cannot move forward unless we look back on our past. Language learning is
a chained-process, thus there is a need for us to consider the things we undertake
before and use it as a tool in the new concepts. This idea explains that there is a
need to apply natural order hypothesis in acquisition of second language.
Research gap, urgency, prblems global, national and local setting. Personal
experiences
Inventory RRL
Research question
Participants
Theoritical lens
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this phenomenological study is _______________ the
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Research Question
What are your difficulties in learning the English Language when you were a child?
How these difficulties mold your proficiency in English Language?
How did you overcome those challenges/obstacles?
What step-by-step process did you encounter in surpassing those difficulties?
What are the contributions of that process in your current status in terms of Second
Language proficiency?
Theoritical Lens
3 theories
Krashens
Chomsky
Spiral Progression
Significance of the Study
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The following sections offer a description of the second hypothesis of the Monitor Model, the
natural order hypothesis, as well as the major criticism by other linguistics and educators
surrounding the hypothesis.
Definition of the Natural Order Hypothesis
The second hypothesis, the natural order hypothesis, argues that the acquisition of grammatical
structures occurs in a predictable sequence. The natural order hypothesis applies to both first
language acquisition and second language acquisition, but, although similar, the order of
acquisition often differs between first and second languages. In other words, the order of
acquisition of a first language is different from the order of acquisition of that same language as a
second language.
However, regardless of native language, all language learners of any single second language
appear to follow the same predictable order; for example, learners of English as a second language
generally acquire the grammatical structure of yes-no questions before the grammatical structure
of wh- questions. Furthermore, according to the hypothesis, the order of acquisition remains the
same regardless of explicit instruction; in other words, explicit teaching and learning cannot
change the natural order of acquisition.
Criticism of the Natural Order Hypothesis
The second critique of the Monitor Model surrounds the evidence in support of the natural order
hypothesis. According to Krashen, that children acquiring English as a second language acquire
the morphemes of the language in a predictable sequence similar but not identical to the sequence
followed by children acquiring English as a first language confirms the validity of the natural
order hypothesis. Furthermore, other morpheme studies on adults acquiring English as a second
language show similar results.
However, as Kevin R. Gregg argues, to generalize the results of a study on the acquisition of a
limited set of English morphemes to second language acquisition as a whole is fallible. Morpheme
studies offer no indication that second language learners similarly acquire other linguistic features
(phonology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics) in any predictable sequence let alone in any sequence
at all.
Secondly, the natural order hypothesis fails to account for the considerable influence of the first
language on the acquisition of a second language; in fact, the results of other studies indicate that
second language learners acquire a second language in different orders depending on their native

language. Therefore, although posited by the natural order hypothesis, second language learners
do not necessarily acquire grammatical structures in a predictable sequence.
Although the Monitor Model has been influential in the field of second language acquisition, the
second hypothesis, the natural order hypothesis, has not been without criticism as evidenced by
the critiques offered by other linguists and educators in the field.

There were several books published which tackles Homosexuality. Stories,

anecdotes, and other printed materials have commemorated the regard on the said
topic. However, specific references that features gay lingo is still of limited number.
Due to being divided geographically, gay lingos in the country have different linguistic
features. The Gay lingo used in many provinces in Luzon would not necessarily
dictate the same nature in the provinces of the Visayas. Thus, emphasizes that Gay
Lingo is area specific and therefore should be studied in a specific area or group.
The shift is already apparent in the 20th Century studies entirely devoted to
gay language, Gayspeak, published in 1981. Although the introduction to Gayspeak
observes that homosexuals permeate all dimensions of society as males and
females, blacks and whites, rich and poor, rural and urban (Chesebro, 1981), none
of the books contributions actually examines racial, class or geographical difference.

What are your difficulties in learning the English Language when you were a child?
How these difficulties mold your proficiency in English Language?
How did you overcome those challenges/obstacles?
What step-by-step process did you encounter in surpassing those difficulties?
What are the contributions of that process in your current status in terms of Second
Language proficiency?
Participants: UMTC Second year College students taking up BSED - English

Evolution of Family Values: A Journey through different English Literary Eras

English Please: A Phenomenological Inquiry on the Impact of English Speaking
Policy in the Classroom Context

L2 aquisition

Introduction: Language has become a main

Research Question:

Theoretical Lens: 3 theories

Purpose of the Study: The purpose of the study is to trace how family values differ
across English literary eras. This study
Participants: