Endless, rambling discourse made up of innumerable anecdotes, each more fascinating than the last.... Krashen has amazing stamina. You sense a real generosity with his time and experience in giving to others which is a joy to witess.
Reading is great for understanding the written word but what i have trouble with is hearing a native speaker and always understanding the concepts. Would it not make sense to listen? Children learn by listening and speaking since they can't read yet. Maybe reading is for the expansion of vocabulary but not initial acquisition for communication?
I studied classics (Latin and Greek) at a university and got nowhere with those languages in terms of being able to read them proficiently in spite of getting straight As. All they did was drill and test grammar and translation. A decade later I can read Aristotle in the original comfortably. What it took was ditching the grammar books and just reading extensively in the language and focusing only on comprehension. Language and its acquisition is a biological system. You have to just let it do its work. You cannot force it.
I don't know how old this video is. You state that you've been preaching "comprehensible input" for 30 years. But circa 1982 at SFSU you were a major component of the TEFL/TEST Masters program that I did. Whereas 20 years ago when I came back to the US, I thought my whole MA had become meaningless. It takes something like UA-cam to enable us to get back in touch with what we have tested in our actual careers as teachers. Just in the last few days I have watched UA-cam videos wherein younger linguistic academics repeat and repeat the importance of Comprehensible Input.
Sophia's case doesn't make any sense, more explanation is needed. I think i know what you had failed to mention. In Los Angeles they used to have so called Bilingual school education for Hispanic Students. They took English as ESL class BUT all the other classes were in Spanish. It was a TERRIBLE FAILURE, all those Hispanic students geaduated without learning any English. Some were US born and raised (in Hispanic families) and they didn't speak any English after graduating a Los Angeles high school.
Endless, rambling discourse made up of innumerable anecdotes, each more fascinating than the last.... Krashen has amazing stamina. You sense a real generosity with his time and experience in giving to others which is a joy to witess.
Reading is great for understanding the written word but what i have trouble with is hearing a native speaker and always understanding the concepts. Would it not make sense to listen? Children learn by listening and speaking since they can't read yet. Maybe reading is for the expansion of vocabulary but not initial acquisition for communication?
I studied classics (Latin and Greek) at a university and got nowhere with those languages in terms of being able to read them proficiently in spite of getting straight As. All they did was drill and test grammar and translation. A decade later I can read Aristotle in the original comfortably. What it took was ditching the grammar books and just reading extensively in the language and focusing only on comprehension. Language and its acquisition is a biological system. You have to just let it do its work. You cannot force it.
I don't know how old this video is. You state that you've been preaching "comprehensible input" for 30 years. But circa 1982 at SFSU you were a major component of the TEFL/TEST Masters program that I did. Whereas 20 years ago when I came back to the US, I thought my whole MA had become meaningless. It takes something like UA-cam to enable us to get back in touch with what we have tested in our actual careers as teachers. Just in the last few days I have watched UA-cam videos wherein younger linguistic academics repeat and repeat the importance of Comprehensible Input.
I am in Los Angeles as a tourist
It has been my dream to meet Mr Krashen for years
I don’t know how to reach him out
Go to his website and try to send him an e-mail.
try the local comic shop
😂😂@@EnglishwithJoe
Sophia's case doesn't make any sense, more explanation is needed.
I think i know what you had failed to mention.
In Los Angeles they used to have so called Bilingual school education for Hispanic Students.
They took English as ESL class BUT all the other classes were in Spanish.
It was a TERRIBLE FAILURE, all those Hispanic students geaduated without learning any English.
Some were US born and raised (in Hispanic families) and they didn't speak any English after graduating a Los Angeles high school.
Hello sir you say slowly