LangFest17: Stephen Krashen Polyglots and the Comprehension Hypothesis

[majdoulineenahibi]

Dr. Krashen is right. My twelve years old daugter speaks amercan english fluently only by listening and watching programs of interest on youtube. Though she lives in Morocco and never visited USA or any english speaking country.

[gina]

This gives me such freedom because now I can enjoy reading books and simply watch fun videos while forgetting about memorizing vocabularies and worrying about better way to improve my language skills because nothing ever worked for me to stay long enough with traditional method on learning

[alessandrofacciani]

What a speech!!Love him..not so often you can listen to a beautiful lecture like this..and I think no one couldn’t agree with him more...Comprehensible input is key..Every polyglot has some personal strategy to achieve fluency in a given language..but none of them does it without relying on comprehensible input.

[beatrizpalacios]

Simply Beautiful and smart. Thanks dr. krashen

[signmeupruss]

Dr. Krashen is always engaging and motivating. Wonderful, and comprehensible, presentation.

[vadimsmirnov]

It's a really useful video. Thanks for uploading!

[brandonvestra]

Krashen: I expect people around me to applaud.
Audience: 👏
Krashen: No, no, that's not what I meant!
Audience: 👏 *INTENSIFIES*

[derryjs]

I really like this! Omg! I feel sooo inspired to continue learning German and Afrikaans without fear! And ALSO, to hear him say he like the Cartoon "Sponge Bob"...I almost cried because it's one of my favourite movies!

[SophyaAgain]

Professor Krashen, everything you say is not new for me. I am self taught so I learned English that way,
I wish every English teachers watched this.

[alfred]

19:42 Krashen says "luddite". It roughly means someone who opposes change and technology. Typically used in a negative connotation. It's really satisfying to see words in the wild that are almost never used.

[MrPrivatemike]

I know Krashen personally and he has inspired my work greatly. In fact, he is a character in my Bart book.

Krashen pokes fun at himself when the challengers absolutely BASHED him in the 80's and 90's.

This man kept millions in the profession and should have a statue in Washington D.C. 🇺🇸

[danielgarciacdz]

Great video. Definitely life-changing. Just read a book without caring about how many words you already don't know.

[artiesolomon]

He is both funny and helpful in learning languages.

[paulwalther]

I love listening to Krashen. I don't think anyone will disagree that compelling comprehensible input is the best way to go. But I still use apps like Anki etc., to help me learn too. Without studying, how will you be able to read even a comic book? And where do you draw the line between just studying or engaging with comprehensible input? If I use Anki to review example sentences in Japanese for a few years and eventually get a good intermediate level of Japanese, is that thanks to focused studying is it because I was engaging in comprehensible (if not the most interesting) input?

[ЮрийИванцив]

Good video! Thanks to the author for his good work! I'd like to recommend Yuri Ivantsiv's practice book Polyglot's Notes: Practical Tips for Learning a Foreign Language. This book has many useful methods for learning a foreign language, how to develop your memory, how to memorize words, learn grammar, quickly learn to speak, read and write. All recommend this excellent book! Good luck to everyone in learning a foreign language!

[ComprehensibleRussian]

I am looking forward to seeing input-based language acquisition as the main language learning program around the globe! Stephen Krashen is a Legend. And he knows that 😉

[redmed]

Testing too early and too extensively is the problem with learning languages.

[acquiremandarin]

So nice that he has such a good sense of humour

[bluevacation]

The fact krashen watches regular show is chefs kiss

[jerrybennett]

What qualifies as comprehensible input when you do not know any vocabulary in the target language? Is there prep work that needs to be accomplished prior to engaging in CI? Or, should I begin with a translation dictionary.