Practice question
After introducing 'tense forms' to grade 5 students, a teacher organizes a pair activity: Student A modifies a present-tense text into past tense and conveys it to Student B. Student B tries to reconstruct the original present tense text. Student A continuously refines the output based on Student B's feedback until successful. Which theory or hypothesis of second language acquisition does this activity MOST closely represent?
- 1Stephen Krashen's Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis
- 2Jerome Bruner's Cognitive Development Theory
- 3Merrill Swain's Output Hypothesis✓
- 4Stephen Krashen's Input Hypothesis
Correct answer
Merrill Swain's Output Hypothesis
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