Overview of the Role of Input in Language Learning

An enormous research that has been conducted about input clearly highlights the importance of input which has been a widely recognized concept in the field of second language acquisition. Although it is clear that a learner needs input, how input is related to learning is an area of contention. Given the types of the input, current paper provides an overview with regard to the importance of language input from different theories of SLA. In the same line, it gauges Karashen’ input hypothesis and its opponents as well as the supporters

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Language input ، Second Language Acquisition ، Krashen’s input hypothesis