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Stephen Krashen: Language Acquisition and Comprehensible Input

Tarek Hamza · lecture · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

A lecture from the 1980s by linguist Stephen Krashen on how people acquire language. He explains his comprehensible input hypothesis for second-language acquisition.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN language learners cite it as the source of the comprehensible input idea and apply it to vocabulary tools and other learning.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “I've been pretty much sold on Stephen Krashen's theory of second language acquisition[1][2], which in practice focuses on comprehensible input.”

    Krashen's theory of second language acquisition via comprehensible input

    narwally, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: Vocabulary 90 – vocabulary learning automation”

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Topics: stephen krashen, comprehensible input, language learning, linguistics

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