Who is Stephen Krashen? What is he famous for?
3 interesting things about Stephen Krashen:
1.
professor emeritus at the University of Southern
California;
2.
Much of his recent
research has involved the study of non-English and bilingual language
acquisition;
3.
During the past 20 years,
he has published over 100 books and articles and delivered over 300 lectures at
universities in the USA and Canada
2 things to
share about his work:
1. “Language
acquisition does not require extensive use of conscious grammatical rules, and
does not require tedious drill.” Stephen Krashen
2. “Acquisition
requires meaningful interaction in the target language – natural communication –
in which speakers are concerned not with the form of their utterances but with
the messages they are conveying and understanding.” Stephen Krashen
1 thing to know
more:
Is about his awards. He got 6 awards, and I would like
to know why he was awarded them.
Olga - Your welcome words are a terrific introduction! I'm finding Kashen's name on many pieces of research about Applied Linguistics. He must be very knowledgeable.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. I agree with you about Stephen Krashen. Is it possible to introduce some more researchers in our field to us?
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