I learned about Dr. Krashen in my SLA course and I feel that I connected to the comprehension hypothesis model more than any other model, since it made me reflect on my experiences of learning the English language as an emergent bilingual student. As a future teacher, I want to be able to give my future students the best platform for them to grow and succeed. So, learning about SLA and Dr. Krashen is a big part in growing my professional learning environment to continue my quest into creating an inclusive and culturally responsive teaching philosophy . Keep up the great work Dr. Krashen and anyone who works so hard to give us this vital information!
Someone should do a survey with two questions: "Do you think Krashen is basically right?" and "Have you learned an L2 to C1 or higher?" I reckon at least 90% would respond no-no or yes-yes.
This would be incredibly interesting. It would be even better if they asked yes or no and then asked for the highest level of second language achievement. Seeing the yesses get more and more common and you go from A1 to C2 would be hilarious @@jantelakoman
I’m 100% certain that you can fix your accent later. It takes effort though, in the same way that it takes effort to learn to sing and perform as a voice actor
Thank you for your reply. I'm wondering becasue I've come across situation whether It was english or french that I'd read smth and then I apply audiobook the same text and I understood far more. I realized that I knew this word but I pronounced it badly.
Yes! I'm doing listening a lot, and I'm focusing on the general meaning of the story not on the single words. It helps to follow the story and it kinda giving the sens what sound right. It takes time but it's worth it, when you finally start to speak and you feel what sounds good.
My first language is French, and I speak it with the right accent because I heard it a lot in the first years of my life. No reading, of course, just hearing. I also speak English and Turkish fluently. Sometimes, when I read a word in English for the first time, I am not sure how to pronounce it. But when I read a new word in Turkish, I have no doubt. That's because there's only one way to pronounce each letter in Turkish. You don't need to speak French or English with a perfect accent. By the way, there's no such thing as the perfect French or English accent. The official French is the French spoken in Paris, but everyone in Paris speaks with a different accent. And what would be the perfect English accent? The English spoken in Cambridge, in London, or in New York? But you do need to speak French or English in a way that you can be understood. To be sure you pronounce the words well enough, it is vital that you hear the language. Listen to audio files, audiobooks, podcasts, music, watch UA-cam videos, watch TV. Whatever you are interested in, but in French or English.
Krashen's arguments are embarrassingly lopsided. No serious researcher can so unwaveringly believe in their own theories. He denigrates anyone who dares question him As Michael Swan said, Krashen has set language acquisition back more than anybody else in the last 40 years.
We should just stop calling Krashen's comprehensive input theory a theory. Firstly, it is common sense: "We learn a language when we understand a message". Everyone, everywhere in the world, learns their first language by listening and understanding messages. Secondly, Krashen's "theory" is backed by research and by the experience of the teachers who have been implementing the natural approach in their classes. But: "There are none so blind as those who will not see". (I'm a polyglot and a language tutor.)
Yet another lopsided comment from yet another member of what I would call 'the sect'. Why be so narrow-minded as to state that nothing else helps when acquiring a language? Do you understand the meaning of the word 'lopsided'?
@@TheHaining Why don't you read Stephen Krashen's books before criticizing his theories? Your ignorance about the subject is so obvious that you're just embarrassing yourself with your comments.
I learned about Dr. Krashen in my SLA course and I feel that I connected to the comprehension hypothesis model more than any other model, since it made me reflect on my experiences of learning the English language as an emergent bilingual student. As a future teacher, I want to be able to give my future students the best platform for them to grow and succeed. So, learning about SLA and Dr. Krashen is a big part in growing my professional learning environment to continue my quest into creating an inclusive and culturally responsive teaching philosophy . Keep up the great work Dr. Krashen and anyone who works so hard to give us this vital information!
Someone should do a survey with two questions: "Do you think Krashen is basically right?" and "Have you learned an L2 to C1 or higher?" I reckon at least 90% would respond no-no or yes-yes.
This would be incredibly interesting. It would be even better if they asked yes or no and then asked for the highest level of second language achievement. Seeing the yesses get more and more common and you go from A1 to C2 would be hilarious @@jantelakoman
I am on the same page with you, an immigrant in the US, majoring in Linguistics, SLA.
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Hello, I'd like to ask if reading to early affects on accent later on? I might not know how to read certain words in english.
I’m 100% certain that you can fix your accent later. It takes effort though, in the same way that it takes effort to learn to sing and perform as a voice actor
Thank you for your reply. I'm wondering becasue I've come across situation whether It was english or french that I'd read smth and then I apply audiobook the same text and I understood far more. I realized that I knew this word but I pronounced it badly.
@@przemysawpatek7426 For sure! And be sure to get in lots of listening immersion as well.
Yes! I'm doing listening a lot, and I'm focusing on the general meaning of the story not on the single words. It helps to follow the story and it kinda giving the sens what sound right. It takes time but it's worth it, when you finally start to speak and you feel what sounds good.
My first language is French, and I speak it with the right accent because I heard it a lot in the first years of my life. No reading, of course, just hearing.
I also speak English and Turkish fluently. Sometimes, when I read a word in English for the first time, I am not sure how to pronounce it. But when I read a new word in Turkish, I have no doubt. That's because there's only one way to pronounce each letter in Turkish.
You don't need to speak French or English with a perfect accent. By the way, there's no such thing as the perfect French or English accent. The official French is the French spoken in Paris, but everyone in Paris speaks with a different accent. And what would be the perfect English accent? The English spoken in Cambridge, in London, or in New York?
But you do need to speak French or English in a way that you can be understood. To be sure you pronounce the words well enough, it is vital that you hear the language. Listen to audio files, audiobooks, podcasts, music, watch UA-cam videos, watch TV. Whatever you are interested in, but in French or English.
Krashen's arguments are embarrassingly lopsided. No serious researcher can so unwaveringly believe in their own theories. He denigrates anyone who dares question him As Michael Swan said, Krashen has set language acquisition back more than anybody else in the last 40 years.
Your comment is just ridiculous
We should just stop calling Krashen's comprehensive input theory a theory.
Firstly, it is common sense: "We learn a language when we understand a message". Everyone, everywhere in the world, learns their first language by listening and understanding messages.
Secondly, Krashen's "theory" is backed by research and by the experience of the teachers who have been implementing the natural approach in their classes.
But: "There are none so blind as those who will not see".
(I'm a polyglot and a language tutor.)
Yet another lopsided comment from yet another member of what I would call 'the sect'. Why be so narrow-minded as to state that nothing else helps when acquiring a language? Do you understand the meaning of the word 'lopsided'?
could you elaborate more? I'm a CI believer, but not a zealot.
@@TheHaining Why don't you read Stephen Krashen's books before criticizing his theories? Your ignorance about the subject is so obvious that you're just embarrassing yourself with your comments.
where can we find the guide self select books list?