1. First Language Acquisition

2. Native language L1 Mothertongue Arterial language

5. This capacityinvolves the picking up of diversecapacitiesincludingsyntax, phonetics, and an extensive vocabulary.

6. It is a keyaspect that distinguisheshumansfromotherorganisms.

10. Respond to speech more keenly than to other sounds.

14. The outcome of first language acquisition will be the same regardless of individual differences in intelligence.

16. Children acquire language best in low-anxietyenvironments.

17. Culture is closelyrelated and essential.

18. Focus on meaning rather than on grammar.

19. Involvemanysenses.

20. Meaning is stablished through visual cues.

21. Meaningful context is essential.

25. Developed by Krashen and Terrell (1983)

26. It puts into practice Krashen’sTheory of Second Language Acquisition.

27. Behind this method there is a communicative view of language:“Language as a set of messages that can be understood”

28. OBJECTIVES: * It is designed to help beginners to become intermediates. Students: * will understand the speaker of the target language. * will be able to express their requests and ideas. * Do not need to know every word in a particular semantic domain but their production need to be understood. * should be able to make the meaning clear but not necessarily accurate in all details of grammar.

29. ACCORDING TO THE NATURAL APPROACH, L2 LEARNERS NEED: VISUALS, PICTURES REALIA GESTURES, BODY LANGUAGE MANIPULATIVES LISTENING ACTIVITIES PRACTICE WITH STRUCTURES MODIFIED TEACHER TALK COMPREHENSION CHECKS

31. EARLY PRODUCTION – ABOUT A MONTH LATER.

32. SPEECH EMERGENCE – A BIT LATER

35. Curtain- Pescola. “Languages and children: making the match.”

36. Krashen, Terrell. “The Natural approach: Language acquisition in the classroom.”