Stephen D Krashen

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Books On-Line
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Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition
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Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning (1981)
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Articles On-Line (topics)
Literacy: Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
Literacy: Free Voluntary Reading
Literacy: Writing
National Reading Panel/No Child Left Behind/Race to the Top/The Learn Act
Bilingual Education
Language Acquisition
Other
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Books In Print
The Power of Reading (Second Edition, 2004)

Explorations in Language Acquisition and Use: The Taipei Lectures. (2003)

Foreign Language Education the Easy Way (1998)

Heritage Language Development (1998)

The Case for Late Intervention: Once A Good Reader Always A Good Reader (1996)

Every Person A Reader An Alternative to the California Task Force Report on Reading (1996)

Under Attack: The Case Against Bilingual Education (1996)

Handouts
88 Generalizations about Free Voluntary Reading
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Literacy: Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
Phonemic Awareness Training: Both Boring and Ineffective? (2003; Talking Points)
Stephen Krashen
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Basic Phonics (2004; TexTESOL III Newsletter, November 2004, 2-4)
Stephen Krashen
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The Phonics Debate: 2004 (2004; Language Magazine)
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Defending Whole Language: The Limits of Phonics Instruction and the Efficacy of Whole Language Instruction (2004; Reading Improvement 39 (1): 32-42)
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Literacy: Free Voluntary Reading
new Is Self-Selected Pleasure Reading the Cure for the Long-Term ELL Syndrome? A Case History (Stephen Krashen and Connie Williams NABE Perspectives September-December 2012, p.26 )
 IsSelfSelectedReadingTheCure.pdf
Reading and Vocabulary Acquisition: Supporting Evidence and Some Objections. (Stephen Krashen, Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 1 (1): 27-43, 2013.)
 ReadingAndVocabAcq.pdf
Late Intervention (Stephen Krashen Jeff McQuillan Educational Leadership October 2007 vol 65 (2))
 Late_Intervention.pdf
The Goodman/Smith Hypothesis, the Input Hypothesis, the Comprehension Hypothesis, and the (Even Stronger) Case for Free Voluntary Reading
 (Stephen Krashen In: Defying Convention, Inventing the Future in Literacy Research and Practice: Essays in Tribute to Ken and Yetta Goodman. P. Anders (Ed.) New York: Routledge. 2010. pp. 46-60.)
 ManyHypothesis.pdf
Non-Engagement in Sustained Silent Reading: How extensive is it? What can it teach us? (Stephen Krashen Colorado Reading Council Journal 2011, vol 22: 5-10)
 Non-Engagement_In_SSR.pdf
Direct Instruction of Academic Vocabulary: What About Real Reading? (Stephen Krashen Reading Research Quarterly, 47(3): 233. 2012)
 Response_to_Nagy_2012_RRQ.pdf
The Comprehension Hypothesis Extended (Stephen Krashen, In T. Piske and M. Young-Scholten (Eds.) Input Matters in SLA. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. pp. 81-94.)
 Comprehension_Hypothesis_Extended.pdf
The Spectacular Role of Libraries in Protecting Students from the Effects of Poverty (Published in: iLeader: Journal of School Library Association of New South Wales 1(4): 3-6, 2012)
 the_spectacular_role_of_libraries.pdf
Is The Library Important? Multivariate Studies at the National and International Level (Stephen Krashen, Syying Lee, and Jeff McQuillan)
 Multivariate_Studies.pdf
Need children read "proficiently" by grade 3? (Krashen, S. 2011.)
 http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=2905
Why We Should Stop Scolding Teenagers and Their Schools
 krashen_stop_scolding.pdf
A moral dilemma and a solution (2005)
 a_moral_dilemma_and_a_solution.pdf
Kindelizaton: Are Books Obsolete?
 kindelization.pdf
Protecting Students
 protecting_students.pdf
Keeping Your Brain Young (Language Magazine, October, 2010)
 Keeping_Your_Brain_Young.pdf
The Case For Libraries and Librarians (Invited Paper, Submitted to the Obama-Biden Education Policy Working Group, December, 2008)
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Literacy Campaigns: Access to Books is the First Step (Literacy Network News, Spring, 2007, page 7 (Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles))
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Read-Alouds are Good for Literacy Development: A Comment on Freakonomics (Reading Today, vol 23 (2) Dec 2005/Jan 2006, p. 19)
Stephen Krashen
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The Case for Narrow Reading (1981; TESOL Newsletter 15:23)
Stephen Krashen
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Comic Book Reading, Reading Enjoyment, and Pleasure Reading Among Middle Class and Chapter I Middle School Students (1996) (1996; Reading Improvement 33,1: 51-54)
Stephen Krashen
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The Home Run Book: Can One Positive Reading Experience Create a Reader? (2000; California School Library Journal 23 (2): 8-9)
Debra Von Sprecken, Jiyoung Kim and Stephen Krashen
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Another Home Run (2000; California English 6(2): 25 Knowledge Quest 31(1): 36-37)
Jiyoung Kim and Stephen Krashen
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More Smoke and Mirrors: A Critique of the National Reading Panel (NRP) Report on "Fluency" (2001; Phi Delta Kappan 83: 119-123, October)
Stephen Krashen
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Is In-School Free Reading Good for Children? Why the National Reading Panel Report is (Still) Wrong (2001; Phi Delta Kappan, 86(6): 444-447)
Stephen Krashen
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The Lexile Framework: Unnecessary and Potentially Harmful (2001) (2001; CSLA (California School Library Association) Journal 24(2): 25-26)
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The Lexile Framework: The Controversy Continues (2002) (2002; CSLA Journal (California School Library Association) 25(2): 29-31)
Stephen Krashen
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Home Run Books and Reading Enjoyment (2002) (2002; Knowledge Quest 31(1): 36-37)
Joanne Ujiie and Stephen Krashen
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The Impact of Reading the Bible and Studying the Bible on Biblical Knowledge. (2002) (2002; Knowledge Quest, 31(2): 50-51)
Robert Filback and Stephen Krashen
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Does Accelerated Reader Work? (2003; Journal of Children's Literature, 29 (2): 9,16-30)
Stephen Krashen
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Children’s Literature: Very Good News and Very Bad News (2004; The Sampler (Children’s Literature Council of Southern California). Fall, 2004: pp. 2-3)
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The "Decline" of Reading, poverty and access to books, and the use of comics in encouraging reading (2005; Teachers College Record, Date Published: February 14, 2005; http://www.tcrecord.org)
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Free Voluntary reading: New Research, Applications, and Controversies
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Free Voluntary reading: New Research, Applications, and Controversies (2005; In G. Poedjosoedarmo, (Ed.) Innovative Approaches to Reading & Writing Instruction. Republic of Singapore: SEAMEO Regional Language Centre, Anthology Series 46, pp. 1-9)
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Literacy: Writing
Teaching Grammar ... Why Bother? (1988)
 teaching_grammar_why_bother.pdf
Incubation: A Neglected Aspect of the Composing Process? (2001; ESL Journal 4(2): 10-11)
S. Krashen
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Optimal Levels of Writing Management: A Re-Analysis of Boice 1983 (2002; Education 122(3): 605-608)
Stephen Krashen
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Competence in Foreign Language Writing: Progress and Lacunae (2004; Literacy across Cultures 12(2): 10-14)
Stephen Krashen and Sy-Ying Lee
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National Reading Panel/No Child Left Behind/Race to the Top/The Learn Act
new The US Department of Education reassures the public about funding: The new tests will survive, even if school doesnt. (Language Magazine 12 (3): 19, 2012.)
 The_Tests_Will_Survive.pdf
How much testing? (Stephen Krashen, July 25, 2012. Posted on Diane Ravitch’s blog: http://dianeravitch.net/2012/07/25/stephen-­‐ krashen-­‐how-­‐much-­‐testing/ Posted on The Answer Sheet, Valerie Strauss’ Washington Post blog: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet)
 How_Much_Testing.pdf
PISA 2009 Reading Test Results: The US does quite well, controlling for SES. And maybe American scores are “just right.” (Stephen Krashen)
 PISA_2009-US_Scores_Just_Right.pdf
Our Schools Are Not Broken (Commencement Speech, Graduate School of Education and Counseling, Lewis and Clark College, June 5, 2011)
 Our_schools_are_not_broken.pdf
Protecting Students
 protecting_students.pdf
NUT No Unnecessary Testing
 NUT_No_Unnecessary_Testing.pdf
Comments_on_the_LEARN_Act (January, 2010)
 Comments_on_the_LEARN_Act.pdf
Does Intensive Decoding Instruction Contribute to Reading Comprehension? (Knowledge Quest (in press))
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False Claims about phonemic awareness, phonics, skills vs. whole language, and recreational reading. (2003)
 http://www.nochildleft.com/2003/may03reading.html
Did Reading First Work? (2006)
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Bilingual Education
new Krashen, S. 2005. The acquisition of English by children in two-way programs: What does the research say? In V. Gonzales and J. Tinajero (Eds.) Review of Research and Practice, National Association for Bilingual Education, vol 3: 1-19.
 Acquisition-of-Academic-English-by-Children-in-Two-Way-Programs.pdf
new Is Self-Selected Pleasure Reading the Cure for the Long-Term ELL Syndrome? A Case History (Stephen Krashen and Connie Williams NABE Perspectives September-December 2012, p.26 )
 IsSelfSelectedReadingTheCure.pdf
Keeping Your Brain Young (Language Magazine, October, 2010)
 Keeping_Your_Brain_Young.pdf
"Comments on a recent critique" (From Krashen, S. 1996. Under Attack: The Case Against Bilingual Education, Culver City: Language Education Associates)
 articles/Comments_On_A_Recent_Critque.pdf
Remarks on C. Rossell, ‘Does bilingual education work? The case of Texas’
 articles/Krashen_on_Rossell_2009.pdf
Comments on Johanna Haver, Structured English Immersion (2003)
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PROPOSITION 227 AND SKYROCKETING TEST SCORES: AN URBAN LEGEND FROM CALIFORNIA (2004; Educational Leadership 62(4): 37-39)
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Did Immersion Triumph in Arizona? (2004; The ELL Outlook (Course Crafters)
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What Do We Know about Heritage Languages? What Do We Need to Learn About Them? (2004; Multicultural Education, 11(4): 23-26)
Cho, G., Shin, F. and Krashen, S.
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When Evidence Supporting Bilingual Education is Interpreted as Evidence for Dropping Bilingual Education: The Case of Bali (2001)
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The Acquisition of Academic English by Children in Two-Way Programs: What does the Research Say? (2005: In V. Gonzales and J. Tinajero (Eds.) Review of Research and Practice, National Association for Bilingual Education, vol 3: 1-19)
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Let´s Tell the Public the Truth about Bilingual Education (2005; In V. Gonzales and J. Tinajero (Eds.) Review of Research and Practice, National Association for Bilingual Education, vol 3: 165-173)
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How much do parents know about bilingual education and immersion? Reasons for optimism (Multilingual Education)
Augustine Garcia and Stephen Krashen
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There Was No "Oceanside Miracle" (2006)
 krashen_oceanside.pdf
Bilingual Education Accelerates English Language Development (2006)
 krashen_intro.pdf
The Impact of English Immersion for English Learners in California, Arizona, and Massachusetts (2006)
 krashen_immersion.pdf
Improvement in California? What CELDT Scores Really Tell Us (2006)
 krashen_celdt.pdf
Omissions and Distortions from The Lexington Institute: Comments on Torrance (2006)
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Language Acquisition
new The Case for Narrow Listening (S. Krashen, 1996, System 24 (1): 97-100)
 The_Case_for_Narrow_Listening.pdf
How much comprehensible input did Heinrich Schliemann get? (S. Krashen, 1991, System, vol. 19 (3): 189-190.)
 How_Much_CI_Did_Heinrich_Schliemann_Get.pdf
Rosetta Stone: Does not provide compelling input, research reports at best suggestive, conflicting reports on users’ attitudes. (Stephen Krashen; International Journal of Foreign Language Education, 2013, vol. 8,1)
 Rosetta_Stone_Review_Krashen.pdf
Seeking a Justification for Skill-Building (S. Krashen. In: Proceedings of the 19th Annual KOTESOL International Conference, Seoul, Korea, 2011)
 SeekingAJustificationForSkill-Building.pdf
The Comprehension Hypothesis Extended (Stephen Krashen, In T. Piske and M. Young-Scholten (Eds.) Input Matters in SLA. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. pp. 81-94.)
 Comprehension_Hypothesis_Extended.pdf
How is Cosmo Acquiring English? (Stephen Krashen Language Magazine, July 2012)
 Cosmo.pdf
The Compelling Input Hypothesis
 The_Compelling_Input_Hypothesis.pdf
The Din in the Head hypothesis: Comments on de Bot (2008)
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What is Academic Language Proficiency? ((In press, STETS Language and Communication Review) (Singapore Tertiary English Teachers' Society))
 http://www.sdkrashen.com/articles/Krashen_Brown_ALP.pdf
Comprehensible Output (1998; System 26: 175-182)
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What Does it Take to Acquire Language? (2000; ESL Magazine 3(3): 22-23)
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Dealing with English Fever (2003) (2003; In Selected Papers from the Twelfth International Symposium on English Teaching. English Teachers’ Association/ROC, a. Taipei: Crane Publishing Company. pp. 100-108)
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Why support a delayed-gratification approach to language education? (2004; The Language Teacher, 28(7), 3-7)
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Applying the Comprehension Hypothesis: Some Suggestions (2004; International Journal of Language Teaching. 1: 21-29)
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Second Language "Standards For Success": Out Of Touch With Language Acquisition Research (2005; International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching 1(2): 12-16)
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Other
Academic Jibberish (Stephen Krashen RELC Journal. 43 (2): 283-285)
 Academic_Jibberish.pdf
A Short Paper Proposing That We Need to Write Shorter Papers (Stephen Krashen Language and Language Teaching (Azim Premji University) 1,2: 38-39. 2012)
 A_Short_Paper.pdf
Remarks on Race to the Top (RTTT) (Expanded version of comments submitted to regulations.gov on Race to the Top)
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The Failure of Reading First (Reading Today (August/September, 2008))
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The Testing Movement and Delayed Gratification (2001; Educators for Urban Minorities 2(1): 48-50)
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Don't trust Ed Trust (2002; Substance 27 (6): 3)
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The Hard Work Hypothesis: Is Doing Your Homework Enough to Overcome the Effects of Poverty? (2005; Multicultural Education 12(4): 16-19)
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Advocacy in Language Education (2006; In R. Freeman and E. Hamayan (Eds.) Educating English Language Learners: A Guide for Administrators. Philadelphia: Caslon. pp. 227-229)
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