Krashen's Monitor Model Theory

A news item appearing in a Sunday weekend paper has alleged that an arms shipment could not be apprehended as a result of the information reaching the Sri Lanka Navy being leaked out to the LTTE by the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM).

The news item refers to instructions given by the Secretary of Defence a few months back that resulted in engaging SLMM Monitors on board Navy ships while on operations at sea. The Ministry wishes to explain that the above instructions were given after the incident at sea causing the engagement of a ship in June this year, where the SLMM alleged that such incident could have been averted if the Navy used the services of the SLMM in interdicting the LTTE vessels.

The Navy asserts that there was a shortage of Monitors and had and impact on the operati...