AN INTERVIEW ON THE ROLE OF INPUT IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING

Abstract

The purpose of the interview was to examine the role of input in the second language learning process of an individual through the lens of the Input Hypothesis, popularized by Stephen Krashen during the late 70s and early 80s. (Brown, 2014, p. 288) In this theory he made five claims about the learning process. The study shows that affective factors are a driving force of learning rather than Krashen’s passive condition that is required for a subconscious input process to happen and  input is only  one of the conditions required for learning.

Key Words : Input Hypothesis , Second language learning , output