Tag: Stephen Krashen
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How this Learner Fulfilled her Ambition of Becoming a Chinese Teacher (Podcast)
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(This podcast is available on Apple and Spotify) Welcome back to another episode of the I’m Learning Mandarin Podcast. It’s been a while since I recorded the last one but we’re back and planning regular episodes over the coming weeks and months. Today we speak to Pamela Rose, an educator and Mandarin teacher with a…
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Opinion: No, Professor Krashen, the Perfect Accent Is NOT Already Within You
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Just over a year ago, I attended an online networking conference for Mandarin enthusiasts. The event was run by the Confucius Institute and provided an opportunity for students and teachers to meet each other and discuss Chinese learning. I entered one of the breakout rooms and raised a topic which had been on my mind:…
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Does Stephen Krashen’s Input Hypothesis & Comprehensible Input Work for Learning Mandarin Chinese?
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Professor Stephen Krashen has arguably had more of an impact in the field of modern language education than any other academic linguist. His Input Hypothesis – a group of five hypotheses developed in the 1970s and 80s, argues that comprehensible input is the key component required for successful second language acquisition. Language education in schools…
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Matt Vs Japan on Input, Stephen Krashen, Why Accents Matter & Much More (Podcast)
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*This podcast is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. On today’s podcast we have a very special guest, the YouTube superstar and fluent Japanese speaker Matt Vs Japan. Matt is a well known face in the language learning community who has risen to prominence thanks to his insightful YouTube videos which explain how he…
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