Learning a second language is different than any other subject,
because our minds need to think and match what we are getting, with concrete
things around it to get the right knowledge, and our brains will work in
processing the input data to have more output for the language.
Krashen believed that we can give the child the input of a
language, and leave him to be ready to use it by himself, while Dornyei
disagreed in the Explicit versus Implicit knowledge debate and said that
students need a push to use the language.
Dornyei argued that implicit (indirect) learning through natural
acquisition is not enough to gain the correct knowledge of a language, and a
student needs to get the language explicitly through direct formal education
too.
Under this debate Swan says that language teaching doesn’t mean
only teaching language, but also exposing the learner to the opportunity to use
the language fluently and appropriately, since using the language is our target
from learning it.
For Schmidt, ‘’noticing’’ is the process that transmits ‘’input’’
language to ‘’intake’’ through learning from the teacher and acquiring by the
learner practicing, it is the process that makes from quantity of gained
knowledge an infinite knowledge to be used.
I like this topic! one year ago, i started learning new language, I have memorized a lot of vocab, verbs, sentences but tell know I found it hard converse orally, it's true that exposing learners to the opportunity to use the language fluently.
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