Analyzing Krashen’s Monitor Model on Second Language Acquisition: Ideas, Critiques, and Pedagogical Implication

Abstrak

This paper aims to elaborate on Krashen’s Monitor Model theory, to analyze concepts insight the Model, to discuss critiques against the concepts, and to explain pedagogical implications of the Model to second language acquisition, in order to look at its both positive and negative points. The discussion throughout the paper was based on library research of related sources. Through the elaboration of both the strengths and the weaknesses, readers may gain useful information for the sake of improving knowledge of language acquisition.