ecial ways ii) People speak to children acquiring their first language in special ways i) Contrasts simple plex order of learning stable order of acquisition depends on aptitude depends on attitude uses grammatical rules uses grammatical “ feel ” formal situations informal situations explicit, conscious implicit, subconscious Learning Acquisition According to Krashen(1982), our conscious learning processes and our subconscious acquisition processes are mutually exclusive: learning cannot “ e ” acquisition. This claim of “ no interface ” between acquisition and learning is used to strengthen the argument for mending large doses of acquisition activity in the classroom, with only a very minor role assigned to the Monitor. Combined Model of Acquisition and Production