The article "working with input" discusses how input is one of the key components to acquisition. Some of the keys to input are comprehension and meaning bearing. Comprehension is very important for the learner to understand what a writer/speaker is saying in order for acquisition to happen. (Acquisition means to gain something, or to acquire something.) The example in the text speaks about using the word "chien" with a person who is trying to learn French. With continued conditioning, the learner will learn that the word "chien" (pronounced "chee-en") means "dog". Another key to input is "meaning-bearing". This means that what ever message that the learner is listening to has to have some sort of message that the learner is supposed to attend to. With 1st and 2nd language acquisition it is important to modify speech to help the learner to fully comprehend and gain lasting knowledge of what it is that they're learning. Vocabulary is also very important with input. Even when learning different languages. Total physical response, or TPR is a great way to teach vocabulary, you HEAR the word and SEE the object, hence the total PHYSICAL response.
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What I thought was interesting about this article was the similarities between giving input to children and giving input to adults learning the English language. Native speakers would give many of the same prompts, such as reinforcing what the other person was saying. Is this a bad thing? What does that say about our
ability to distinguish between the two types of learners?
I think comprehension, meaning, and vocabulary goes a long way. All three reading elements are interconnected to produce great efficiency. Language learning, or imput, is probably one of the most valuable tools in education.
I thought the article was interesting but also common knowledge. I can completely understand how input is one of the key components to acquisition. Without input, people would not understand how to speak or how to learn anything.
I agree with Lindsay. Without input there is not output, so it would be obvious the when people learn languages that have to have words, sounds, and meanings coming in to produce a knowledge of a language. I believe this would be helpful in understanding why some people have difficulties learning languages, because maybe they are not receiving good input.
This article was interesting. It wasn't my favorite, but it still had some useful information. It also gave several good examples that helped understand the concept of input more. Input is the the main ingredient in language acquisition. Input and output going hand in hand, so without one you can't have the ohter. It was interesting to see the differences as well as the similarities between input for children, adults, classrooms, and for those who speak a second language. Input is very important to everyone. If you don't have the correct input then whatever comes out will not be correct. We would never gain knowledge of language if we didn't have the correct input. Words, sounds, meaning, and comprehension are key components of input. If you are inputing lanuguage into a person and you leave out one of these components then what the give in return in the form of output will be wrong.
I do not understand the purpose of the article. I understand the summary response. Comprehension and meaning bearing are important in language acquisition. However, I don't understand how this is particularly significant because it almost seems like this information would be grasped immediately. If a person who is learning another language is not understanding what is being said, then he/she is not fully grasping the language. I guess I am lost as to how this article remains cohesive with everything else we have learned.
The "meaning-based" learning is so true when it comes to learning language. Not only for small children, but for learning new languages as well. It is much easier to learn something if we know its meanings. It becomes more difficult with words whose meanings are vague and hard to pin point, such as the word "of".
I agree with Lindsay. Input is a known key component to acquisition. I think that Rosetta Stone (a computer program to learn a second language) uses the image reinforcement to engage the learner.
This article was great and very important. Some of the things it talked about I already knew but it was very good to refresh my memory. Input to me now seems to be even more important than what I expected.
I also think that this article was common sense. It is very obvious that the quality of input (raw material that the learner uses to learn) effects the quality of the final product (the knowledge gained). If a learner is never exposed to input, or only exposed to bad input, the learner will never gain the knowledge desired. Seems pretty simple.
This article made a lot of sense to me. the type of input you receive is the type of output you will produce. Also it was interesting hoe learning a language is the same for adults as well as children. When we learn a new language we have to go back to being children. Except children are better at it than we are. Learning a new language is difficult but it is not beyond us. It takes time, patience, and a good teacher.
Bryan Norbut
It was a good article.
I will agree that a lot of this is common knowledge. Of course input is is a key component to learning language. How else are you supposed to learn? By figuring it out on your own? I don't think so.
--bonnie
I agree with everyone who said this article was common knowledge.
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