ELA/TPRS – 3
Of course, the knock on TPRS/ELA has been that there is lack of a common language in an ELA classroom which prevents us from establishing
ELA/TPRS – 2
Why is it a concern that we have found no common ground, no common ELA/TPRS turf in our building at Lincoln High School, which is only a microcosm
ELA/TPRS – 1
There are many terms used to describe ESL/ELL and EFL instruction. For now let's just use the acronym ELA - English Language Acquisition - to
Comprehended vs. Comprehensible
We talked about the term "comprehended" a year ago here. Here is part of that discussion as a review: Mark Knowles' term of comprehended input was
Natural Order Hypothesis
Krashen's natural order hypothesis is a fairly important idea for any language educator to consider when deciding how to teach. The natural order hypothesis states that
Thematic Units – 4
I wish to clarify what is going on in this discussion, because it has gotten so big, spilling over to other lists. It is a
VanPatten Videos
Here is the link for those who want to watch some video of VanPatten: learninglanguages.celta.msu.edu/sla-vanpatten I also include a few points Eric made here as comments after
Language Acquisition without Speaking and without Study
http://skrashen.blogspot.hk/2014/10/language-acquisition-without-speaking.html Christy Lao and Stephen Krashen Journal of Research of Bilingual Educaiton Research and Instruction 16(1): 215-221. 2014.
What School is All About
Here is an article written by Stephen Krashen in 2011: What School is All About Sent to the Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2011 In addition to influencing
Krashen on Motivation
This is from Eric this morning. I would highly recommend reading the link: Hey Ben - Maybe you saw Krashen post this to moreTPRS: http://skrashen.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-end-of-motivation.html Terry Waltz has