The Everyday Language Learner Interview Series: Stephen Krashen

[@englishacquisitionwitharaf5200]

Great work

[@invisiblegraveyard4742]

I'm late to the party, but this is the best Krashen interview I've heard and I've heard them all. By the way, I'm learning mandarin using your journal idea. I write a daily journal and at the end of the week, I hire an Italki teacher to transcribe them and I paste it into Google translate and record the audio. I thought I had come up with this idea, but you beat me to it.

[@a.borovinskih]

Stephen should have his own youtube channel. He has so much to say.

[@mostrolopo]

Thanks for the video!! Krashen makes so much sense, it's amazing. As for getting comprehensible input for beginners, I think one could use various things: 1. simple comics, fables, and children's stories all have basic verbs-nouns are one can look up their meaning in the dictionary. After a couple of weeks it becomes comprehensible input. 2. Music. Especially ones with good lyrics and slow pace, yet fun to listen to. 3. Sit-coms, basic messages, short, and no background noise. two cents.

[@Room5MisterB]

He's a hero. All English teachers should read him.

[@glyakk]

I just found out about this series of interview videos had have been binge watching many of them.. awesome resource

[@HolyTrinityArmy]

I had several books by Krashen, He's a great thinker.

[@iNBungs]

Great. I love seeing this guy in interviews. Watched Steve Kaufmans last week, this week you. At this rate I imagine next week will be David Mansaray Thanks Aaron this was fantastic

[@mitriburiqueza]

awesome, I really need to get comprehensible input for my beginners.

[@joshuddin897]

Such as???

[@The11thSoul]

from Ecuador thanks so much for this interview, great for esl and efl teachers

[@iNBungs]

awesome. I'm excited.

[@cylt5113]

Now, this is very interesting. Wlpan courses are (supposedly) based on the Ulpan method of learning Hebrew. Wlpan courses are based on skill building and involve lots of verbalising and Stephen Krashen isn't so popular in Wales. This puzzled me for a long time but now I understand why. This is a great video.

[@dottorb7054]

Outstanding!

[@jwkelley]

I think it is better to frame the issues in terms of explicit and implicit grammar. Many grammar instruction courses basically teach you more about describing the grammar than building a functional use. I know lots of people that can explain the "should of vs should have" a lot less that can catch themselves making the mistake at every turn.

[@camiloferrer1476]

Do you have the "Exploration in Language Acquisition and Use" book in PDF? I am not in the states, I am from Colombia and I'd like to get access to this information; I do really care about it; but I have no ways to obtain the books from here ! Same for the "Foreign Language Education the Easy Way book. Thanks, I loved the interview !

[@112ddd211]

great interview!

[@jackbrady9738]

This man is a fucking genius

[@cylt5113]

Thank you for this interview. I think Stephen Kraschen is great and this was really interesting.

[@BilingualFamilytv]

I'm stating a Spanish immersion school for children in OKlahoma City. I think I will take Krashen's challenge….the world will see a lot of books written by spanish language learners soon ;)

[@aarongmyers]

How is the school going? Make sure and pick up his little book "Foreign Language Education the Easy Way'.

[@amisenglish1]

Marvellous! (and I'm only 6 minutes in)

[@seanjmass]

Who is the woman Aaron mentions at 18:57?

[@aarongmyers]

Kato Lomb - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat%C3%B3_Lomb

[@paulwalther5237]

It's not really clear how much grammar Krashen feels we need to study. I get that he wants us to use reading/movies etc., as much as possible. He does say to head to a classroom to get started where I presume you learn grammar. As soon as you know enough to get the gist or to enjoy reading then you stop?

[@aarongmyers]

If you read Krashen's books and papers, he doesn't really advocate the formal study of grammar unless you just like that sort of thing. He believes that, like children, with enough comprehensible input, we will acquire all the grammar of any particular language. I think he would actually argue that heavy study of grammar can actually be a hinderance to acquisition. Every child in the world acquires a comprehensive knowledge and ability to use their language's grammar by the age of five or six without study. Comprehensible Input is key though.

[@javieruriel]

I wonder if this person really knew the Dr. Stephen Krashen before the interview!

[@davidhunter6766]

I agree with a lot of what Krashen says but I am a bit confused when he is asked where to start and he answers by saying take a language class which is exactly the type of teaching that he says does not work? I learnt Italian and French using the Michel Thomas method which is largely based on small bite size comprehensive packages. Thomas does not teach grammar as such but more structure - this worked for me after taking conventional classes for 18 months and learning nothing.

[@jwkelley]

Given the fact he is trying to promote open source information I kind of wish he would use a free program vs some guys business.

[@christopheclugston]

Missing the first Academic Standard: DEFINE TERMS, Com Input is used differently from Krashen & Terrel than what Kauffman et al use it. Again there are large gaps in the individual learning paradigm: IT IS NOT NATURAL nor FUNCTIONAL (which u never try in ESL or TESOL). Examine ur operating paradigms.

[@davidmansaray]

hahaha you're right! ;)

[@trinashappyplace2773]

duolingo.com is very entertaining. It has helped me immensely in my quest for Spanish fluency.

[@MrApplewine]

It concerns me that he is a proponent of look-say. That seems to be bad and the academic theorists like Leonard Peikoff say it is bad that I read. When I learn a word I know how to pronounce it based on phonics. I don't memorize the whole word. I'm also against common core I think. I also think Chomsky is one of the most evil people in the world, but that is when he gets into morality, not linguistics.