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.

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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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