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Krashen on Standards

This article that Jim sent today needs to be a separate blog post: The National Standards Discussion: A Weapon of Mass Distraction Stephen Krashen We are again invited to give our opinions about the content of national standards

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August 21, 2011 No Comments

Butterfly Nets

If we agree with Krashen that comprehensible input is all about teaching so that we allow our students to learn the language we teach them unconsciously, that is, without any conscious control of what sticks in their

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August 21, 2011 No Comments

What School is All About

Dr. Krashen wrote this: What School is All About Sent to the Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2011 In addition to influencing the medical literature (LA Times, July 16), J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter has a

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August 21, 2011 No Comments