Principles and practice in second language acquisition
by Stephen D. Krashen · first published 1982
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…(Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling -- not connected with TPR) in the classroom quite effectively. If you are interested in modern theories of language acquisition, I recommend reading "Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition" which is available for free download from Krashen's web site: http://www.sdkrashen.com/ Although it may have escaped your notice, I've tried to point out that this is not the only competing theory in…
on “I Was Wrong About Speed Reading: Here Are the Facts” ↗…and Bilingualism, John Benjamins Publishing, 2013. * Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool, Peak, secrets from the new science of Expertise, 2016. (interesting but not strictly scholarly) * Stephen D. Krashen, Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition, University of Southern California, 1982. [1] https://www.youtube.com/user/lingosteve
on “Ask HN: To those who became fluent in a second language, what did you do?” ↗