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Acquisition and Use
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Explorations in Language
Acquisition and Use
THE TAIPEI LECTURES
Stephen D. Krashen
HEINEMANN
Portsmouth, NH
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Heinemann
A division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
361 Hanover Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801–3912 www.heinemann.com Offices and agents throughout the world
C
2003 by Stephen D. Krashen
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Krashen, Stephen D.
Explorations in language acquisition and use : the Taipei lectures / Stephen Krashen.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-325-00554-0
1. Language and languages—Study and teaching. 2. Language acquisition. I. Title.
P51 .K666 2003
418 .0071—dc21
2002013703
Editor: Lois Bridges
Production: Elizabeth Valway
Cover design: Joni Doherty
Typesetter: TechBooks
Manufacturing: Steve Bernier
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper
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Contents
INTRODUCTION
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1
Principles of Language Acquisition
Part 1: Theory 1
Part 2: Applications 6
Notes 14
2
Free Voluntary Reading: Still a Very Good Idea
Research on Free Reading 15
Light Reading As a Bridge 22
Other Advantages of
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Explorations in Language
Acquisition and Use
THE TAIPEI LECTURES
Stephen D. Krashen
HEINEMANN
Portsmouth, NH
iii
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Heinemann
A division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
361 Hanover Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801–3912 www.heinemann.com Offices and agents throughout the world
C
2003 by Stephen D. Krashen
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Krashen, Stephen D.
Explorations in language acquisition and use : the Taipei lectures / Stephen Krashen.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-325-00554-0
1. Language and languages—Study and teaching. 2. Language acquisition. I. Title.
P51 .K666 2003
418 .0071—dc21
2002013703
Editor: Lois Bridges
Production: Elizabeth Valway
Cover design: Joni Doherty
Typesetter: TechBooks
Manufacturing: Steve Bernier
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper
07 06 05 04 03 VP 1 2 3 4 5
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Contents
INTRODUCTION
vii
1
Principles of Language Acquisition
Part 1: Theory 1
Part 2: Applications 6
Notes 14
2
Free Voluntary Reading: Still a Very Good Idea
Research on Free Reading 15
Light Reading As a Bridge 22
Other Advantages of
References: T1: FHB November 14, 2002 O n November 17 and 18, 2001, I presented a series of four lectures at education programs (Krashen 1996). T1: FHB November 14, 2002 plays any role at all. Parts of Chapter 3 were originally published in Foreign Language Annals (Krashen 1999b) and System (Krashen 1998).