A Short Paper Proposing That We Need to Write Shorter Papers

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  • Stephen Krashen University of Southern California

Abstract

Long papers take longer to read. Even readers who try to skim long papers have to devote time and energy to find the essential parts and run the danger of missing the details.

Author Biography

Stephen Krashen, University of Southern California

Stephen Krashen is an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Southern California. He is best known for his work in establishing a general theory of second language acquisition, as the co-founder of the Natural Approach, and as the inventor of sheltered subject matter teaching. He is the author of numerous books, including Three Arguments Against Whole Language and Why They Are Wrong (1999), Every Person a Reader: An Alternative to the California Task Force Report on Reading (1997), and Under Attack: The Case Against Bilingual Education (1997). Krashen has among papers and books, more than 486 publications, contributing to the fields of second-language acquisition, bilingual education, and reading. He is known for introducing various hypotheses related to second-language acquisition, including the acquisition-learning hypothesis, the input hypothesis, the monitor hypothesis, the affective filter, and the natural order hypothesis. Most recently, Krashen promotes the use of free voluntary reading during second-language acquisition, which he says "is the most powerful tool we have in language education, first and second. Krashen is also accredited with devising TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling).

References

https://huntercollege.zoom.us/j/85191344475

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Langer, J. and Applebee, A. (1987). How Writing Shapes Thinking. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Watson, J. and Crick, F. (1953). A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid, Nature 171, 737-738.

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2021-07-10

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Stephen Krashen. (2021). A Short Paper Proposing That We Need to Write Shorter Papers. Middle East Journal of TEFL, 1(1), 5–7. Retrieved from https://connect.academics.education/index.php/mejtefl/article/view/106

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021)

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