Stephen Krashen's Theory of Acquisition

I watched a few of his videos on language acquisition as well as reading the article.  In one of the videos he discusses how we acquire language without really knowing that we are acquiring our new language.  We listen to someone read a book, watch a video presentation, etc. but we do not know that we are acquiring the new language.  It is done subconsciously and without us really know that we are learning this new language.  Even after we have acquired some of the new language we really don't know that we have learned anything new.  It was interesting when he said that L1 and L2 can be acquired subconsciously and that it never shuts off not matter what age you are learning a new language. 

Learning is knowing about language and that is what is done in school.  This is done more consciously and that we learn about language from our teachers in school.  Students learn that a noun is a person, place, or thing.  A subject and a verb have to agree in a sentence.

It was very interesting when he said that of the two acquisition and learning the most important is acquisition.  It is more important to allow our students acquisition when learning their L2 because it gives us fluency and accuracy.  This is so important in our classrooms because our ELs need to be socializing with other students, working in groups, pairs, or with the teacher one-on-one because this will allow them to gain the language at a quicker rate.