Dr. Stephen Krashen Plenary KOTESOL International Conference 2011

[@thedeadscientist]

In my opinion, Krashen has the best ideas of how language is acquired.

[@mahindasiriwardena7404]

This video has been gone pubic 9 years ago. However, I heard of Prof. Krashen accidentally just a month ago. The moment I listened to his speech I was mesmerized by his voice, his fluency, the subject matter he was discussing, the richness of the sentences he used etc. I am learning English as a second language and in actual fact not reached its full fluency yet. After 13 years of schooling and 4 years at the university, I had learnt hardly any English, even though it was a subject in our curriculum for nearly a decade. I have learnt some English, not because I had a good teacher, but I had a motivation to learn it from the day I left school at the age of 19 in 1987. It's the sheer pleasure I found in learning English that has brought me to some appreciable level. My reading and listening have given me the foundation knowledge. That's why I agree to Dr. Krashen's philosophy. Our country has been a British colony for more than hundred years. But unfortunately, today, there's hardly anyone who can speak correct English fluently. English has been an asset of the small elite of the society. The majority have been blaming the British colonialism and English, putting all the blame for the current ills of the country on the British rulers. Educationists, policymakers in the field of education, politicians making decisions about education from the apex level, university gurus, educated people and the students do not know the changes happened in the field of, specially, English teaching and learning. This is an unfortunate situation for us in this island country, Sri Lanka. I pray that the eyes of those who are responsible become open to sources of this type and the right policies are formulated for the younger generation to learn English the correct way! My sincerest regards to Prof. S D Krashen, whose voice I love very much ! Your voice is good to practice pronunciation. I wish you longevity, happiness and success in all your endeavors!

[@SWALAguangzhou]

i speak seven languages,and learning Chinese now, i hope my memory will be intact when i am 90 years

[@MohsenRezazadeh]

I found his speech to be incredibly impressive - it was both humorous and informative, and also academically sound. 😊

[@sheltonLE]

He is so right about the reading. I learned English as a second language in school and I got really good at it after I had read Harry Potter (original version) in 6th grade.

[@danielblanco2945]

I've been following Dr. Krashen since I decided to be more serious about academic studies on Language Acquisition! He is indeed an obligatory reference on EFL/ESL studies! I wish I had a chance to interview him!

[@abdulazi1]

Peace/blessings! What an outstanding video Dr. Krashen, thanks!

[@fuzznakano]

Good stuff. He is easy & fun to listen to &what he says makes sense. Tokyo.

[@the_neutral_container]

I was thinking that! I think there may have been some bad cuts - you can see them clapping at one point and not make a sound. Maybe the editor thought there was too little of them.

[@davidsamirmartinezortega2870]

Is that Kumaravadivelu sitting on the left at 20:15 ?

[@sultanal-beshri7536]

free voluntery reading is the key success .

[@fernandocortes1187]

15:30 comprehensible output

[@fernandocortes1187]

31:00 spelling example and text structure

[@marcosmorenobrazil]

Wonderful video...Loved it!!!! Thanks for posting.

[@olifiarachma4349]

Hi, I'm Olifia from Indonesia. Anyone can give me more information about GPRS or TPRS (honestly I can't hear clearly about that, 18:49) and papap grammar. thank you. a lots of love from Indonesia for amazing Dr. Krasen

[@ementalerlynx4727]

Do Koreans have more difficulties with learning English than me? (coming from Croatia). The beautiful lady, intro, I had really to listen carefully ..

[@НаталияГунина-к6ш]

Am I the only one who did not like the joke about being Dr.Krashen's PA made by the lady in the intro? Why are so many people speaking at conferences trying to be so artificially entertaining these days? I did enjoy Krashen's speech. He did well)

[@Williamottelucas]

Is it just me, or do most of the audience members -when we see close-ups of individuals- look as if they haven't a clue what Krashen is talking about?

[@georgiakay1209]

***** ha ha ha you're right!

[@yusufpolat228]

+William Lucas Most probably it's because they didn't record Krashen and the audience at the same time. They must have recorded the audience seperately and scattered the parts of that video into Krashen's speech totally randomly. That's the reason why it looks kinda weird.

[@Williamottelucas]

That would explain it

[@katiespence3980]

Yes they are being polite, but I bet not one of them is concentrating on what he says...what a waste.

[@ementalerlynx4727]

+William Lucas The don't have a clue. at all ... :(

[@KeePassDownload]

Great presentation.

[@sanatabane1141]

Does he have a channel on KZbin??

[@BigSirZebras]

is the same true for black or green tea?

[@fernandocortes1187]

17:50 linguistics with Chomsky

[@annikawawrzyn7629]

I wish I could talk to him. He is amazing!

[@kariefellak]

Is it by accident or all youtube's video I get are or have a relation with Korea???? hahaha Anyway this man is amaizing I respect him so much

[@dianarearden]

He is awesome!

[@banglangtim2867]

This guy is simply a genius. I use the word simply because he has taken the most obvious answer and made people smell all of the bullshit they have creative over the years. Inspire kids to read. Its simple.

[@Reforming_LL]

Yeah, his hypothesis dispels all the bs in the language learning community when it comes to the best way to learn languages. The hypothesis is simple yet needed in this type of space.

[@fernandocortes1187]

13:40 applied linguistics

[@alejandravazquez8340]

Genius.. not less than that.

[@javieruriel]

I have a question, how blind people get comprehensible input? How they learn the language?

[@javieruriel]

Alex Barboza sorry I mean blind people.

[@keegster7167]

+Frank R Pilot Audio and/or braile.

[@silverfox7208]

I love this man!!!!

[@TopSpinWilly]

Is there an easy way to find the next, following video.?

[@CyberMedic1000]

I am very confused. Dr Krashen is highly respected, yet how come I don't see his knowledge being implemented in Korea's English education system? From what I gather, the EFL industry is very textbook based. What I mean by that, is that people here seem to think that you learn English by writing in a textbook. There is no room for a teacher make use of any teaching methods. If kids didn't write in their textbook that day, then parents get angry and think you are a bad teacher.

[@끄르르]

Obviously, much more money can be made by teaching through traditional methods, just that fact is already a big motivation for academies to refuse using different ways. The whole method would eventually lead to students not needing the academies as much (Dr. Krashen's method is quite individual centered). Academies in Korea are quite a huge deal, teachers earn a lot of money and some have crowded classrooms. The reason is: students are mostly tests oriented. They are fixed on getting the highest grades. So, for that goal, grammar and text/book traditional learning methods should be enough to get good scores on the exams (work scenery is very competitive for young people, so being top students is of great importance). Please, don't be offended, it's just what I see.

[@CyberMedic1000]

@@끄르르 hi there, yes you are right. Everything is centered around getting high scores, but not necessarily being able to use English effectively. I'm not sure about the earning money thing. The average salary for an EFL teacher in Korea isn't that great. When I worked in China I made nearly double of what I make in Korea. Maybe the Korean teachers make more money. I reckon the best thing is just to accept how things are in Korea. Koreans have their own thing going on and it's not up to me to change their system. I will probably quit teaching in a few years and start a new career.

[@끄르르]

@@CyberMedic1000 about the money thing, I was thinking more about the teachers of big academies where students spend a lot of time there having big classes to pass highly competitive civil servant exams (but that does apply to all subjects, not only english). You're right, koreans have made up their minds on what teaching methods they want for their kids. It's hard enough in the west to convince someone to drop grammar as a primary source of learning... so we can imagine how much harder it must be in a much more conservative society where they want to SEE the progress in their face (i.e. workbooks, tests and grades as proof of "learning"). Obviously, it does not work very well, realistically, as you said yourself, but it suits their style and its comfortable, so why change it? (that's the mindset). May I ask why do you think about changing careers? you dont think a teacher can autonomously integrate dr. Krashen's method in the classroom? I've been wondering about that, how it works.

[@CyberMedic1000]

@@끄르르 The problem is that there is rarely time to do anything else in class. You go in, take attendance, and then supervise the students while they complete the textbook quota for the day. You also have to make sure that you leave the HOLY CIRCLE on each page immediately, or else you incur the wrath of the tiger mom and be accused of not caring about the children. So between marking books in class and helping kids complete their work before the bell rings there isn't much time for anything else. And that is why I want to quit teaching. I am not a teacher but rather a supervisor.

[@끄르르]

@@CyberMedic1000 Enough said ... sounds harsh indeed, I get it. Well, thank you for the kind replies, I hope you find a good path moving forward.

[@fernandocortes1187]

42:00 gramática

[@fernandocortes1187]

34:18 #palabras skill building hypothesis

[@scarletovergods]

seeing anything strange at 38:25?

[@xochortizmartinez2433]

LOVELY!!!

[@chubashijin]

good information

[@mostrolopo]

Krashen rules. nuff said. Krashen es lo maximo! Krashen est le meilleur!

[@epsilon910]

Skip to 3:15 to get to Krashen

[@pelcenglishcourses1841]

Great speech summarising most of Krashen's leanings. Audience members half asleep but they're probably fixed in their grammar-drill ways.

[@TopSpinWilly]

Studied /spanish grammar 6 yrs.2hrs 1 day/week/3 yrs/community center & still have pronoun difficulty I understand grammatically.but when reading often run into trouble, I read mostly only text book I am going to try reading/listening a lot more I would like to read stuff that is heavy on pronouns. Am I still too stuck on grammar or maybe a bit anal? Thanks for the great ideas and methodology I will search tprs'

[@Visual_Insight]

i wish i could sit infront of you and listen to you.

[@AquiHeme]

He had very great ideas, but I don´t think they are the best.

[@hl8580]

Come on Korea

[@fernandocortes1187]

12:17 empieza

[@redrickschuhart4065]

33:10

[@KimCyunHi]

How bored is the lady on the right at 10:50?

[@WML0418]

Why do the audiences look so serious? Did Dr. Krashen make them suffer so much?

[@fernandocortes1187]

18:40 TPRS

[@rodericksibelius8472]

Dr. Stephen Krashen = The Bruce Lee of Language Acquisition with Noam Chomsky as his Sparring Partner.

[@takforalt]

I was disturbed by 2 things: The clips of the audience where spliced in not in synch with Krashen's lecture. Second, felt that the audience was, for the most part, uptight. This was a fun lecture and yet the people looked so serious! Krashen, is brilliant and a funny guy and so laugh a little people. Geeish

[@deborahcomiskey5368]

The research he uses to discount phonics is done deceptively. It has been devastating to about 20% of students who need it, and it's sickening. I think you can see it in their faces.

[@jcarloslugo1279]

Spanish is a very difficult language, it takes a long time before we "crack" the language code of spanish, and even though after that the variety of spanish is huge: spain, central american, mexican, etc. English somehow is a lot easier to acquire. Be patient, get lost of exposure and practice and you´ll be on your way! good luck!

[@spoudaois]

Porque piensas eso? Espanol suena como se escribe. No es considerado dificil por linguistas.

[@fernandocortes1187]

38:00 predictores del TOEFL

[@URestURust]

Smart witty and funny.

[@horkade]

One person doesn't drink coffee.

[@michaelenns8872]

Yoooooo, why did I understand "I am clearly brown" instead of I am Clara Lee Brown XD

[@anhpham1461]

lmao he is so hilarious.

[@mohmeegaik6686]

I have been watching a few of Dr Krashen videos, and I find his presentation may be intended to be humorous but points given here are repetitive.

[@dvp8748]

like a politician, he says one important word among one thousand

[@purewater77887]

The woman in the first 3 minutes is hard to understand. Also what's up with the sunglasses?

[@keegster7167]

@Claudia Gonzalez It's not just that they refuse. Well, it could be that they refuse, but not always. If you hear something even in a slightly different way, you may not understand it if you have not heard it much before probably because your subconscious automatically picks up on near-exactly repeated utterances, and if it is slightly different you'll analyse it as something different automatically. In other words, people need a certain amount of redundancy to understand (easily). Many features of the phonology should match rather than what is logically needed. Or I could be wrong, but I also couldn't understand parts of what she said, and a lot of it was more difficult than the usual native speaker.

[@nutterr]

Krashen the party. AAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWYeeeeaaAAAAAAHHHHH

[@pels125B]

Wow subscried^^

[@slicksalmon6948]

I love Stephen Krashen...really. But, he has given the same lecture for 40 years. Same pauses; same jokes; same spots. What we need is an update on his 1982 book. Have any commercial language learning methods emerged which are out-performing traditional methods? Be specific. Name names. Why is French In Action so beloved in spite of the fact that almost no one ever finishes the course? Is DuoLingo effective? Krashen loves Steve Kaufmann, yet Kaufmann is not an example of comprehensible input. He had 10 years of traditional teaching before he took the freighter to France. Update the material.

[@pauld3327]

Kaufmann is definitely an exemple of comprehensible input. Lingq is all about input.

[@slicksalmon6948]

@@pauld3327 I meant that Kaufmann, himself, is not an example. He learned French, Mandarin and Japanese in classrooms. Those sessions certainly involved comprehensible input, but they were not based on comprehensible input. Furthermore, the most prominent military and intelligence language schools do not feature comprehensible input in low pressure environments. DLI, for example, features grammar and vocabulary in the highest stress environment possible. Professional language academies have rejected Krashen. Kaufmann’s LingQ service is very nice, but it is by no means the whole language learning meal.

[@pauld3327]

@@slicksalmon6948 You have a point with the Defense Language Institute teaching grammar and vocabulary lists. Paul Nation promotes extensive reading like Stephen Krashen but also promotes software-based flashcards.

[@TheHaining]

Yet another case of people mistaking ability to entertain for being right. It is obvious that reading is beneficial for a wide range of purposes but don't expect everyone to have hours every day to dedicate to reading to learn a language. There are more time-effective ways that Krashen (may I say 'arrogantly') dismisses.

[@davidthegoldsmith4195]

What ways would you say are more time-effective? I want to speak German, but don't have much time.

[@horizonkage]

On Paper one, I used to know a lovely lady that did all those things and died of Alzheimers. The dementia was not not discovered until a reasonably advanced age and the decline was quite rapid over a couple of years.

[@LuisRae-yt]

I don't recall him saying it was "the cure..."

[@horizonkage]

I didn't deny it didn't work. Im saying it is quite possible it helped her a lot. Thats why it didnt didn't show until she was quite advanced in age.

[@jaedth]

Skip the first 6 minutes - ti's all intro drivel.

[@EnglishOnlineLearning]

Krashen is bombarding the poor audience lol !