Explorations in language acquisition and use : the Taipei lectures / Stephen Krashen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krashen, Stephen D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Language acquisition.

Physical Description:

viii, 103 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, N.H. : Heinemann, [2003]

Summary:

An invaluable resource on the results of Krashen's many years of research and application, this book covers a wide range of topics: from the role of the input/comprehension hypothesis, the still-very-good idea of free voluntary reading, and current issues and controversies about teaching grammar, to considerations of how it is we grow intellectually, or how we "get smart."

Contents:

1 Principles of Language Acquisition 1

Part 1 Theory 1

Part 2 Applications 6

2 Free Voluntary Reading: Still a Very Good Idea 15

Research on Free Reading 15

Light Reading As a Bridge 22

Other Advantages of Reading 22

Motivating Students to Read 24

3 Current Issues and Controversies: Does Grammar Teaching Work? What About "Comprehensible Output"? 30

The Role of Grammar 30

Comprehensible Output? 59

4 How Reading and Writing Make You Smarter, or, How Smart People Read and Write 68

How We Get Smart 68

Some Notes on Incubation 69

The Research on Learning by Problem Solving 70

Reading and Cognitive Development 72

Writing and Cognitive Development 73

Oral Language 77

Obstacles 79.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-96) and index.

ISBN:

0325005540

OCLC:

50511468