#74 Stephen Krashen on the Comprehensible Input Method

Language Hacking

English - November 01, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 83.7 MB
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Linguist and professional researcher joins Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy to discuss comprehensible input, compelling input, and language acquisition.

Stephen Krashen is a professor emeritus who is well-known for his work and research into comprehensible input. He has hundreds of publications to his name and has greatly contributed to the field of language acquisition.

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Stephen Krashen

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Stephen Krashen’s Website Stephen Krashen on Twitter Steve Kaufmann Noam Chomsky Tracy Terrell Biological Foundations of Language TPRS Beniko Mason Bill VanPatten Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

How a trip to Ethiopia led to Stephen Krashen’s career in linguisticsHow adults go through a predictable language acquisition patternWhy we know grammar but struggle to use it correctly, and how to bridge this gapWhat comprehensible input is and why it worksHow comprehensible input differs from compelling inputWhy graded readers are effective resources for language learnersThe power of reading fictionHow the speaking approach is still a mostly input approachMaking the shift from input to outputAccents, and how we’re better at them than we thinkManaging your time with multiple languagesRomanization and its role in language acquisition

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

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