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Stephen Krashen

    May 14, 1941

    Stephen Krashen is a linguist and educational researcher renowned for his influential contributions to second-language acquisition and literacy. He is best known for introducing key hypotheses such as the acquisition-learning distinction and the input hypothesis, which fundamentally shaped how we understand language learning. Krashen strongly advocates for free voluntary reading, identifying it as the most powerful tool available in language education. His work emphasizes accessible and natural methods for language development.

    Principles and practice in second language acquisition
    Second language acquisition and second language learning
    The natural approach
    Writing
    Explorations in Language Acquisition and Use
    The power of reading
    • The power of reading

      • 199 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
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      Continuing the case for free voluntary reading set out in the book's 1993 first edition, this new, updated, and much-looked-for second edition explores new research done on the topic in the last ten years as well as looking anew at some of the original research reviewed. Krashen also explores research surrounding the role of school and public libraries and the research indicating the necessity of a print-rich environment that provides light reading (comics, teen romances, magazines) as well as the best in literature to assist in educating children to read with understanding and in second language acquisition. He looks at the research surrounding reading incentive/rewards programs and specifically at the research on AR (Accelerated Reader) and other electronic reading products.

      The power of reading
    • To those familiar with the field of linguistics and second-language acquisition, Stephen Krashen needs no introduction. He has published well over 300 books and articles and has been invited to deliver more than 300 lectures at universities throughout the United States and abroad. His widely known theory of second-language acquisition has had a huge impact on all areas of second-language research and teaching since the 1970s. This book amounts to a summary and assessment by Krashen of much of his work thus far, as well as a compilation of his thoughts about the future. Here, readers can follow Krashen as he

      Explorations in Language Acquisition and Use