Sent to The Scientific American
March 29, 2017
I was very excited to read Veronique Greenwood's "Learn a new lingo while doing something else," describing research showing that listening makes a profound contribution to the learning of speech sounds.
Scientific American readers might be interested in knowing that we have been publishing evidence for the last 40 years showing that first and second language acquisition, as well as literacy development, takes place through listening and reading (input): The ability to speak and write is a result of language acquisition. In agreement with the studies described by Ms. Greenwood, we have found that that language acquisition happens subconsciously.
Those of us involved in research probably spend too much time scolding others for not paying attention to our results. Professor Melissa Baese-Berk and her colleagues, who did the accent studies, have every reason now to scold me and my associates for not discovering and citing their work.
Stephen Krashen
Professor Emeritus
University of Southern California
Website, with publications (free download): www.sdkrashen.com.
Original article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/learn-a-new-lingo-while-doing-something-else/
March 29, 2017
I was very excited to read Veronique Greenwood's "Learn a new lingo while doing something else," describing research showing that listening makes a profound contribution to the learning of speech sounds.
Scientific American readers might be interested in knowing that we have been publishing evidence for the last 40 years showing that first and second language acquisition, as well as literacy development, takes place through listening and reading (input): The ability to speak and write is a result of language acquisition. In agreement with the studies described by Ms. Greenwood, we have found that that language acquisition happens subconsciously.
Those of us involved in research probably spend too much time scolding others for not paying attention to our results. Professor Melissa Baese-Berk and her colleagues, who did the accent studies, have every reason now to scold me and my associates for not discovering and citing their work.
Stephen Krashen
Professor Emeritus
University of Southern California
Website, with publications (free download): www.sdkrashen.com.
Original article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/learn-a-new-lingo-while-doing-something-else/
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