krashen quotes

Stephen Krashen has said some very insightful things about learning and teaching language:

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."

[A big thanks to Julie!]

See also:
Jay Doubleyou: theories of language learning and teaching: input
Jay Doubleyou: theories of language learning and teaching: input part two
Jay Doubleyou: my favourite tv
Jay Doubleyou: second language acquisition
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