Categories: All - hypotheses - natural - language - learning

by Lucia Berberena 6 years ago

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Natural Approach

The Natural Approach is a language teaching methodology developed by Tracy Terrell with support from Stephen Krashen. It focuses on mimicking the natural language acquisition process of humans and emphasizes a communicative approach to teaching.

Natural Approach

Natural Approach

Adheres to a communicative approach to language teaching

Rejects earlier methods such as the audiolingual method

It is a language teaching approach

Claims that language learning is a reproduction of the way humans naturally acquire their native language
Affective filter hypothesis
Input hypothesis
Natural order hypothesis
Monitor hypothesis
Acquisition-learning hypothesis

Developed by Tracy Terrell and supported by Stephen Krashen

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