Entwistle KTJ16(2)

Entwistle, T. (2021). The Monitor Model: A Critique of Its Concepts and Impact. Korea TESOL Journal, 16(2)(1), 127-136.

Abstract: When considering what makes for a good second language learning theory, Mitchell et al. (2013) wrote that valuable theories are “collaboratively produced, and evolve through a process of systematic enquiry, in which claims of the theory are assessed against some kind of evidence and data” (2013, p. 3). Assessment of second language learning and second language acquisition theories can be carried out in a multitude of ways, ranging from formal experimentation to ecological procedures, in which data can be collected for analysis as it happens in a more natural setting (Mitchell et al., 2013). This essay aims to precisely describe the main ideas and concepts of, and then go on to critically evaluate, Stephen Krashen’s (1981) Monitor Model. Finally, this paper discusses the implications that the Monitor Model brings to TESOL practice.

Keywords: affective filter, comprehensible input, monitor, natural approach, second language acquisition

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