Questão de Língua Inglesa

Taking the above excerpt into consideration, decide which of the statements below can correctly be internal commentaries to the theory, showing a strong understanding of the theory's assumptions: I. Omission of any reference to three of the five “hypotheses” in the “summary” shows that MT consists de facto of just one causal statement involving two variables: Comprehensible Input (CI) and a “low affective filter” which are necessary and sufficient for second language acquisition. II. Comprehensible Input is not the essential ingredient for second language acquisition. There are still some other fundamental factors thought to encourage or cause second language acquisition and which work towards contributing to CI, such as instruction and the affective filter. III. MT is really much more powerful than Krashen's statement above would suggest, since an even more “essential ingredient” in MT is actually a language-specific innate endowment: Chomsky's Universal Grammar. It is this, not CI, which should make second language acquisition possible.