Explorations in Language Acquisition and Use,9780325005546

Explorations in Language Acquisition and Use

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ISBN13: 9780325005546
ISBN10: 0325005540
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-01-21
Publisher(s): Heinemann
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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."

Author Biography

STEPHEN KRASHEN is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Southern California. He is best known for his work in establishing a general theory of second language acquisition, as the cofounder of the Natural Approach, and as the inventor of sheltered subject matter teaching. He is the author of numerous books, including Three Arguments Against Whole Language and Why They Are Wrong (1999), Every Person a Reader: An Alternative to the California Task Force Report on Reading (1997), and Under Attack: The Case Against Bilingual Education (1997), all available from Heinemann.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
Principles of Language Acquisition
1(14)
Theory
1(5)
Applications
6(8)
Notes
14(1)
Free Voluntary Reading: Still a Very Good Idea
15(15)
Research on Free Reading
15(7)
Light Reading As a Bridge
22(1)
Other Advantages of Reading
22(2)
Motivating Students to Read
24(1)
Some Innovations
25(1)
Conclusion
26(1)
Notes
26(4)
Current Issues and Controversies: Does Grammar Teaching Work? What About ``Comprehensible Output''?
30(38)
The Role of Grammar
30(29)
Comprehensible Output?
59(6)
Notes
65(3)
How Reading and Writing Make You Smarter, or, How Smart People Read and Write
68(1)
How We Get Smart
68(1)
Some Notes on Incubation
69(1)
The Research on Learning by Problem Solving
70(2)
Reading and Cognitive Development
72(1)
Writing and Cognitive Development
73(4)
Oral Language
77(1)
Conclusion
78(1)
Obstacles
79(1)
Notes
80

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