7 Awesome Dr. Stephen Krashen Quotes - The Language Dojo

7 Awesome Dr. Stephen Krashen Quotes - The Language Dojo

7 Stephen Krashen quotes, here they are:

INPUT + 1

“We acquire language when we understand what we hear and read, when we understand what people are saying to us, not how they say it.”

STUDYING GRAMMAR SUCKS

“Consciously learned rules have very limited functions: We use them to edit what we say and write, but this is hard to do, and sometimes they can help make input comprehensible, but this is rare.”

INPUT BEFORE OUTPUT

“We do not acquire language by producing it; only by understanding it.”

YOU SEE, OUTPUT COMES AFTER INPUT

“The ability to produce is the result of language acquisition, not the cause.”

IMMERSION STARTS AT HOME

“Even if you live in the country where the language is spoken, it is hard to get comprehensible input from the “outside world”, especially if you are an adult.”

LANGUAGE LEARNING HAS TO BE FUN

“Language acquisition proceeds best when the input is not just comprehensible, but really interesting, even compelling; so interesting that you forget you are listening to or reading another language.”

DON’T WORRY!

“Language acquisition proceeds best when the acquirer is “open” to the input, not “on the defensive”; not anxious about performance.”