Introduction: A pleasant afternoon everyone, I hope you are still energized and are willing to listen to us,

well you are required to since this would be a part of your final exams. Anyways on behalf of my
groupmates, I would like to introduce our topic which is natural approach to language learning created
by Tracy Terrell and Stephen Krashen. Natural meaning innate or it is present to us the moment that we
are born. To understand more what is Natural Approach to Language Learning, here will be the
objectives that you will expect to encounter during the discussion.

(Read the Objectives)

Proceed to the Energizer if required

Play Dora Video

So before starting the game. Let me explain to you first why did we play dora on the screen. Plenty of us
watched Dora growing up. She could be a little annoying at times as she tends to repeat every question
that she was asking. Nevertheless, learning the Spanish language was her secondary priority since
problem solving has always been her goal. Naturally, the program couldn’t be all in Spanish or majority
of its language be in Spanish as its viewers were majority of English speakers. If we put it in simpler
terms, the show serves as an introduction upon learning Spanish. Anybody who wants to learn another
language should start from a beginner level as it can be complicated when you instantly dive into
intermediate when you don’t exactly know the language

Start Energizer

Proceed to Overview (JB)

History

The story of how the approach was created was when Tracy Terrell, a Spanish teacher in California,
formulated an outlined named Natural Approach. He proposed that second language can be learned in a
more natural way just like how we acquired our first language. Later, he teamed up with Stephen
Krashen, in which he added a theoretical framework to the approach. Then the book was published.

Theory of Language

The focus of this approach is to reject the idea of grammar accuracy as the goal is to prove that language
learning doesn’t need to be flawless.

Theory of Learning

As mentioned earlier that Krashen created the framework for the approach for the approach. He
grounded his research on the five hypotheses that he made. I’ll just give a little recap on these five since
we’ve already tackled it weeks ago.

1. Acquisition/Learning Hypotheses – there are two distinct ways we can learn a language which is
through acquisition and learning. Acquisition in which learning the language naturally and we
are learning it unconsciously through having meaningful conversations. Learning on the other
hand, generating rules or a structure on developing the language. Formal teaching is necessary
for "learning" to occur, and correction of errors helps with the development of learned rules.
Learning, according to the theory, cannot lead to acquisition.
 2. Monitor Hypotheses – Throughout the process of learning the language naturally, Monitor
Hypothesis claims that we may call upon learned knowledge to correct ourselves when we
communicate. The monitor hypotheses can be applied when there is already a mastery on the
language since it involves grammar. There are three conditions that can contribute to the
successful use of monitor.

1. Time. There must be enough time for a learner to choose and apply a learned rule.

2. Focus on form. The language user must be focused on correctness or on the form of
the output.

3. Knowledge of rules. The performer must know the rules. The monitor does best with rules
that are simple in two ways. They must be simple to describe and they must not require complex
movements and rearrangements.

3. Natural Order Hypotheses- it is the idea that we can learn grammar in a natural order. all
language learners of any single second language appear to follow the same predictable order;
for example, learners of English as a second language generally acquire the grammatical
structure of yes-no questions before the grammatical structure of wh- questions. Furthermore,
according to the hypothesis, the order of acquisition remains the same regardless of explicit
instruction; in other words, explicit teaching and learning cannot change the natural order of
acquisition.
4. Input Hypotheses- This states that learners progress in their knowledge of the language when
they comprehend language input that is slightly more advanced than their current level. This
type of input is known as comprehensible input or "i + 1," where "i" refers to the learner's
interlanguage. According to Krashen, comprehensible input is most likely to be gained from
interacting with another speaker of the language. In some respects, the input hypothesis is
intuitive. Someone who understands only a few basic phrases of Chinese will not derive much
benefit from listening to a scientific discourse in Chinese since it will be incomprehensible.
Likewise, someone who is nearly fluent in Italian will not gain much grammatical knowledge
from a child's picture book, because it will not introduce any new grammatical features.
5. Affective Filter Hypotheses- We cannot learn if there are hindrances or something blocking our
learning. In other words, a learner can be mentally prepared to learn, or they might be hindering
this process in some way.
Gilbert Part
JB Part
Explain the quote – You will feel more comfortable learning the language when you weren’t pressured.
There isn’t a fear of making mistakes. We are learning through our own pace.

Learner Roles- The role of learner on natural approach is not to learn on the usual way of learning
wherein they can lose themselves on learning it. They would just end up digesting the information for
the sake to prove that they’ve learned something that in fact they didn’t even understand what they are
learning. Their role is to learn language on their own pace so that they can get comfortable and acquire
it naturally so that in the long run they can challenged themselves with slightly beyond their current
level to improve their language learning more. This can now result to them developing meaningful
conversations with other persons who speaks the language they are learning and use context and
information actively.
Teacher Roles – the teachers and instructors are the primary source of learning. They should be
responsible for setting the mood and the environment of the classroom atmosphere for it to result on
low affective filter. They should also be aware of the level of competence of learners so that they can
give out classroom activities depending on their level.

Instructional Materials - Visual aids and other learning materials can contribute on the comprehension
and communication between teacher and learner. They take away some of the monotony in the class &
offer content that makes students sit up and take notice. They arouse curiosity and make the child want
to know and learn more. The purpose and importance of teaching and learning materials is to make
lessons interesting, learning easy and enable teachers to easily express concepts. Learning materials can
significantly increase learners' achievement by supporting learning.

Here is a simple guide or procedure that we have gathered for you to have an introduction on learning
language naturally. This is created by Dr James Asher so that children can learn with their mother
tongue. It is an approach to teaching language based on the idea that if you must do something physical
in response to language, then language is more meaningful and you learn faster. The TPR technique is
very beneficial for students because it allows them to learn English through physical activity. This
technique also helps students learn the meaning of new words and phrases by associating them with
gestures and movements.
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Conclusions and Takeaways