Which term is associated with the concept of Monitor in language learning, often linked to an aversive feeling?

Which term is associated with the concept of Monitor in language learning, often linked to an aversive feeling?

• A. Monitor
• B. L1
• C. L2
• D. Natural Order

Answer: (A)

In Krashen’s Monitor Model, the Monitor is the conscious editor you use to check form before or after you speak. This monitoring is tied to explicit knowledge of grammar and only comes into play when you have time, attention to form, and enough rule knowledge. Because it involves self-checking and worry about mistakes, it’s often linked to aversive feelings like anxiety or self-consciousness. Those feelings can make you hesitate, interrupt fluency, or produce stilted language, even though the Monitor can improve accuracy in ideal conditions. So the term described here is the Monitor itself, the conscious editor. The other terms refer to different ideas in language learning—L1 and L2 denote first and second languages, and Natural Order is about the predicted sequence of acquisition—not the aversive, self-monitoring process.

In Krashen’s Monitor Model, the Monitor is the conscious editor you use to check form before or after you speak. This monitoring is tied to explicit knowledge of grammar and only comes into play when you have time, attention to form, and enough rule knowledge. Because it involves self-checking and worry about mistakes, it’s often linked to aversive feelings like anxiety or self-consciousness. Those feelings can make you hesitate, interrupt fluency, or produce stilted language, even though the Monitor can improve accuracy in ideal conditions.

So the term described here is the Monitor itself, the conscious editor. The other terms refer to different ideas in language learning—L1 and L2 denote first and second languages, and Natural Order is about the predicted sequence of acquisition—not the aversive, self-monitoring process.