Thoughts on the Krashen Article
Casey Kiel
He did an excellent job summing up his ideas in the video. Krashen stated, “We acquire language when we understand messages.” Students must have comprehensible input or messages they can understand. In the application section of the article the author discusses that teaching formulas and rules is not teaching language; it just teaches language appreciation. He goes on to describe a scenario where the student is motivated and the teacher is excellent at teaching grammar in a clear and meaningful way. The student is confident and their affective filter is low. Even then when language is acquired it is a result of the means and not of the subject taught. This article drives home the importance of teaching through actual communication and experience rather than just skill and drill.
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