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In the theoretical landscape of psycholinguistics and second language acquisition, Noam Chomsky's nativist paradigm diverges significantly from Stephen Krashen's monitor model. Consider the following advanced propositions regarding their respective frameworks:I. Chomsky's Language Acquisition Device (LAD) and Universal Grammar (UG) posit that human infants are biologically endowed with innate domain-specific linguistic principles, enabling rapid mastery of native tongue syntax despite the poverty of the stimulus.II. Krashen's Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis asserts that 'acquisition' is a subconscious, intuitive process identical to child L1 development, whereas 'learning' is conscious deductive instruction about the formal rules of a language.III. According to Krashen's Monitor Hypothesis, conscious learned knowledge can easily serve as an initiator of spontaneous utterances and completely replace acquired competence during fluent, real-time interpersonal communication.IV. Krashen's Affective Filter Hypothesis contends that emotional variables such as high anxiety, low self-confidence, and unmotivated mental states can raise the mental barrier, preventing comprehensible input from reaching the language acquisition faculties.Identify the option that correctly evaluates the pedagogical and psycholinguistic validity of propositions I, II, III, and IV.
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Propositions I, II, and IV are correct. Noam Chomsky's theory of Wikipedia Reference emphasizes innate cognitive structures (LAD/UG) to explain human language faculty. Stephen Krashen's Monitor Model posits a sharp dichotomy between subconscious 'acquisition' and conscious 'learning'. According to the Monitor Hypothesis, conscious learning can only function as an editor or monitor after the utterance has been generated by the acquired system, making Proposition III incorrect. Proposition IV accurately reflects Krashen's Affective Filter Hypothesis.
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