The Affective Filter Hypothesis
Excerpt from Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition , (pgs. 20-22) by Stephen D Krashen; retrieved September 3, 2015 from http://www.sdkrashen.com/content/books/principles_and_practice.pdf The Affective Filter hypothesis states how affective factors relate to the second language acquisition process. The concept of an Affective Filter was proposed by Dulay and Burt (1977), and is consistent with the theoretical work done in the area of affective variables and second language acquisition, as well as the hypotheses previously covered in this chapter. Reasearch over the last decade has confirmed that a variety of affective variables relate to success in second language acquisition (reviewed in Krashen, 1981). Most of those studied can be placed into one of these three categories: (1) Motivation . Performers with high motivation generally do better in second language acquisition (usually, but not always, "integrative" (2) Self-confidence . Pe...
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