INPUT VERSUS INTERACTION HYPOTHESIS

Theoretical considerations have examined in an extended view the definition of second language acquisition. Krashen’s Monitor Model, is one of them. Stephen Krashen claimed that people acquire languages by the exposure to Comprehensible Input. In other words, significant input is the source of acquisition. Also he classified learners in two different categories: High Input Generators, who are often generating input with their teacher’s help and Low Input Generators, who are rarely generating input (passive learners). But if there is not the proper environment to achieve a comprehensible input because nobody uses the target language. It makes difficult the communication between students provoking low levels of proficiency and a null output (production).