#74 Stephen Krashen on the Comprehensible Input Method

Linguist and professional researcher joins Benny Lewis and
Shannon Kennedy to discuss comprehensible input, compelling
input, and language acquisition.


Stephen Krashen is a professor emeritus who is well-known for his
work and research into comprehensible input. He has hundreds of
publications to his name and has greatly contributed to the field
of language acquisition.


Featured Resources


Stephen Krashen



Mentioned in this Episode


Stephen Krashen’s Website

Stephen Krashen on Twitter

Steve Kaufmann

Noam Chomsky

Tracy Terrell

Biological Foundations of Language

TPRS

Beniko Mason

Bill VanPatten

Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi



Episode Overview


Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:


How a trip to Ethiopia led to Stephen Krashen’s career in
linguistics

How adults go through a predictable language acquisition
pattern

Why we know grammar but struggle to use it correctly, and how
to bridge this gap

What comprehensible input is and why it works

How comprehensible input differs from compelling input

Why graded readers are effective resources for language
learners

The power of reading fiction

How the speaking approach is still a mostly input approach

Making the shift from input to output

Accents, and how we’re better at them than we think

Managing your time with multiple languages

Romanization and its role in language acquisition



Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy


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