Communication Quote by James Crawford

“SIOP is teacher-centric, a classic transmission model. Sadly, this approach is all too common in the education of low-income and minority students and of…

— James Crawford

“Yet SIOP, without advancing any explanation, puts “language objectives” on a par with “content objectives” and teaches both explicitly.”

— James Crawford

“Well, that’s comforting. A growing body of research suggests that SIOP may not be harmful to English learners and might even be helpful if…

— James Crawford

“BOTH PEARSON EDUCATION AND THE NONPROFIT Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) have promoted SIOP as an all-purpose educational product: a tool for evaluating teachers,…

— James Crawford

“skill-building” approaches, which feature explicit instruction in the formal aspects of language, have a poor record of success. Hence the dismal results of most…

— James Crawford

“we are unaware of any convincing evidence that languages are acquired through “practice.” On the other hand, studies have shown that students can reach…

— James Crawford

Remember that, however patient your study, you will never in adult life learn any language perfectly; the best you can hope for is to…

— Evelyn Waugh

You don't have to know the whole language to use it usefully, you can do baby talk, you can do grown up talk, you…

— Larry Wall

“the Comprehension Hypothesis,12 elaborated by Stephen Krashen in the early 1980s. It holds that one factor above all is responsible for second language acquisition:…

— James Crawford

Learning to read in one language helps us read a second language.

— Stephen D. Krashen

Language is so inherent to humanity, so necessary for even basic thinking, that stories and poetry are available to anyone who can process language.

— Aleksandar Hemon

People acquiring a second language have the best chance for success through reading.

— Stephen D. Krashen