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  • Chapter Three - Input: Creating a Language-Rich Learning Environment

  • Rosemary Erlam, University of Auckland, Jenefer Philp, Lancaster University, Diana Feick, University of Auckland
  • Book:
    Teaching Languages to Adolescent Learners
    Published online:
    17 September 2021
    Print publication:
    30 September 2021, pp 44-63
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    Drawing on second language acquisition theory, this chapter establishes why language input is so fundamental to language learning. It explores ‘teacher talk’ as one major way for learners to get maximum exposure to input and discusses the challenge for teachers and learners of teachers using the target language in the classroom. Examples from classrooms and teachers’ comments/perspectives are included. The chapter explores, with examples, how teachers may offer ‘environmental support’ to help learners deal with challenging language input. The chapter discusses the type of input that learners need for learning and the type of input that is likely to engage adolescent language learners. It suggests ways that teachers can address the difficulty of maximising access to the target language, looking at opening up opportunities beyond the language classroom. The use of the learners’ first or other languages, in the language classroom, is discussed.