The paper examines the role of input from a psychologicalperspective.By exploring the relation between language andthought,and the functions of memory,the paper aims to revealthat language,as a medium of thought,canno...The paper examines the role of input from a psychologicalperspective.By exploring the relation between language andthought,and the functions of memory,the paper aims to revealthat language,as a medium of thought,cannot be isolatedfrom thought in the thinking process.Therefore,input in thetarget language is to enable the learner to think in that language.Another idea borrowed from Psychology is the phenomenon offorgetting,which is resulted from interference.We argue thatproviding sufficient input for the learner is one of the effectiveways to minimize the degree of interference.The role of input isthen seen as the following:(1)fighting off mother tongueinterference;(2)internalizing L2 grammar;(3)defossilizingand maintaining interlanguage competence;(4)learningvocabulary in context.展开更多
文摘The paper examines the role of input from a psychologicalperspective.By exploring the relation between language andthought,and the functions of memory,the paper aims to revealthat language,as a medium of thought,cannot be isolatedfrom thought in the thinking process.Therefore,input in thetarget language is to enable the learner to think in that language.Another idea borrowed from Psychology is the phenomenon offorgetting,which is resulted from interference.We argue thatproviding sufficient input for the learner is one of the effectiveways to minimize the degree of interference.The role of input isthen seen as the following:(1)fighting off mother tongueinterference;(2)internalizing L2 grammar;(3)defossilizingand maintaining interlanguage competence;(4)learningvocabulary in context.
