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The Input Hypothesis: Issues and Implications QUOTES

1 " The child's reluctance to speak for the first few months of his residence in a new country is not pathological, but normal. "

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2 " Older acquirers progress more quickly in early stages because they obtain more comprehensible input, while younger acquirers do better in the long run because of their lower affective filters. "

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3 " What immersion has taught us is that comprehensible subject-matter teaching is language teaching — the subject matter class is a language class if it is made comprehensible. In fact, the subject-matter class may even be better than the language class for language acquisition. "

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