Stephen Krashen Quick Facts

Stephen Krashen (b. 1941) is an American Linguist, educational researcher, political activist, and professor emeritus at the University of Southern California.

Profile

• Birth Name: Stephen Krashen
• Date of Birth: 1941
• Placf Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Nationality: American
• Alma Mater: University of California, Los Angeles
• Stephen Krashen is known for: work in establishing a general theory of second language acquisition, as the cofounder of the Natural Approach, and as the inventor of sheltered subject matter teaching.
• Stephen Krashen is widely criticized because: his theories lack substantial empirical content and have limited explanatory power.
• Krashen is influenced by: Professor Jim Cummins

Quotes

“Language is best taught when it is being used to transmit messages, not when it is explicitly taught for conscious learning.” ―  Stephen Krashen, The Natural Approach: Language Acquisition in the Classroom (1983)

Major Works

• Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning (1981)
• Language Two (1982)
• Child-adult Differences in Second Language Acquisition (1982)
• Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition (1982)
• Language Two (1982)
• The Natural Approach: Language Acquisition in the Classroom (1983)
• Writing--research, theory, and applications (1984)
• The input hypothesis (1985)
• Inquiries & Insights: Second Language Teaching: Immersion & Bilingual Education, Literacy (1985)
• Language Acquisition and Language Education (1989)
• Fundamentals of language education (1992)
• The Power of Reading: Insights from the Research( 1993)
• Under Attack: The Case against Bilingual Education 1996)
• Every Person a Reader: An Alternative to the California Task Force Report on Reading (1996)
• The Case for Late Intervention: Once a Good Reader, Always a Good Reader (1996)
• Sheltered English/ ESL Manual (1997)
• Foreign language education the easy way (1997)
• Three Arguments Against Whole Language & why They are Wrong (1999)
• Condemned without a Trial: Bogus Arguments against Bilingual Education (1999)
• Explorations in Language Acquisition and Use (2003)
• Power of Reading: Insights from the Research 2nd Edition (2004)
• Summer Reading: Program and Evidence (2008)
• Free Voluntary Reading (2011)
• Fourth Estate, Fall 2016: Developing Esol Language Proficiency (2016)
• Comprehensible and Compelling: The Causes and Effects of Free Voluntary Reading (2017)

Did You Know?

• Stephen Krashen received his doctorate degree from the University of California in the year 1972.
• Krashen is chiefly noted for postulating a number of SLA theories such as the Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis, the Input Hypothesis, the Monitor Hypothesis, the Affective Filter Hypothesis, and the Natural Order Hypothesis.
• Krashen based many of his ideas on the theories of Professor Jim Cummins of the University of Toronto.
• He founded the Natural Approach (1983) in association with Terrell.
• His Bilingual Education is widely used in ESL classrooms in California, USA.
• Krashen's Bilingual Education earned him a lot of money.
• Despite its influence across the country, the bilingual education is heavily criticized for its lack of scientific evidence and de-emphasis on English phonics, grammar, spelling, reading, or writing.
• Before proposing bilingual education, Krashen was an advocate of "structured immersion" English-language training for children.
• He spends hours on the Internet to respond numerous queries regarding his theories.
• Krashen has authored numerous books and articles contributing to the fields of second language acquisition, bilingual education, and literacy.

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