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December 2017
(entire journal)
Individual Research Articles,
Vocabulary Acquisition and Self-Selected Reading: A Test of the Reading Hypothesis in Singapore
Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew & Stephen Krashen
A Student in Korea Discovers the Power of Reading
Kyung Sook Cho
Reading Science Books for Pleasure Will Help You in Science Class: Chen, Chang, & Yang (2017)
Jeff McQuillan
Teacher to Teacher
Adapting and Creating Reading Materials for the Elementary World Language Classroom
Suzanne Pesa, Alisa Shapiro-Rosenberg & Carla Tarini
Who Invented Comprehensible Input?
Stephen Krashen
Six Keys to Magical Moments in Elementary
Annabelle Allen
Building a Cultural Treasure Trove with the Culture in the Room
Rachelle Adams and Anna Gilcher
How to Organize International Conference
Judith Logsdon-Dubois
The Power of Home Run Reading
Debbie Harrison
Language Acquisition for Language Teachers
Karen Rowan
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February 2017
(entire journal)
Individual Research Articles, February 2017
Five Sessions of SSR: The impact of short pleasure reading experience on reading attitude
by Kyung-Sook Cho
Interview with Dr. Bill VanPatten at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages, Boston, November, 2016 by Karen Rowan
Teacher to Teacher
Non-Targeted Comprehensible Input: How it Works for My Students and Me by Justin Slocum Bailey
TPR Moviemaking “ Comprehensible and Compelling by Mary Holmes
A Middle Schooler Acquires Chinese (Mostly) on Her Own by Pu-mei Lang
Interview with Blaine Ray, Inventor of TPR Storytelling® by Karen Rowan
The Presence of and Demand for Comprehensible Input Sessions at ACTFL, Boston 2016 by Karen Rowan
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May 2016
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Individual Research Articles, May, 2016
San’s Story: The Power of Reading in English as a Foreign Language by Kyung Sook Cho……… 2
The Composing Process and the Academic Composing Process by Stephen Krashen…………….. 7
How Well Do TPRS Students Do on the AP? by Darcy Pippins………………………………………….. 25
Teacher to Teacher
Modifications for Teaching Mandarin Chinese by Diane Neubauer…………………………………….. 35
Three-Book Review By Bryce by Bryce Hedstrom………………………………………………………… 41
Reading Theater as a Reading Strategy: One Perspective
A Beginners Guide by Karen Rowan………………………………………………………………………… 48
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Previous issues:
October 2015
(entire journal)
Individual Research Articles, October, 2015
Measuring Fluency Development In Content-Based Storytelling Elementary Spanish Instruction
by Barbara Anne Cartford, Janice Holter Kittok, and Karen Lichtman………………………………… 2
Can Second Language Acquirers Reach High Levels Of Proficiency Through Self-Selected Reading? An Attempt To Confirm Nation’s (2014) ResultsLevels Of Proficiency Through Self-Selected Reading? An Attempt To Confirm Nation’s (2014) Results by Stephen Krashen and Beniko Mason …….. 10
The Incredible Frog-Boy is on the Loose Again (1): When Adult Second Language Acquirers Read the National Enquirer by Kyung Sook Cho………………………………… 20
Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition (CALA) Test Scores: Another Look at the Value of Implicit Language Instruction through Comprehensible Input by Brian Roberts, M.A.T. and Shelley Thomas, Ph.D. …………………. 24
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Teacher to Teacher
The Sweetest Sounds: Learning Names and Asking Personalized Questions by Darcy Pippins……………………………………… 40
Very Narrow Listening by Judith Dubois.…………………………………….. 43
Using Second Language Acquisition Quotes with Students by Diane Neubauer ………………………………….. 47
The Growth of Latin Programs with Comprehensible Input by Robert Patrick, PhD …………………………….. 50
Make Any Student The Most Interesting Person In The Room by Bryce Hedstrom ………………………………….. 55
Language Inclusion Lessons Using Comprehensible Input in a High School Setting by Rebecca Moulton ………………………………… 58
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December 2014
10th Anniversary Edition!
(entire journal)
Individual Research Articles, December, 2014
2 CALA Test Scores: Another Look at the Value of Implicit Language Instruction through
Comprehensible Input – Brian Roberts & Shelley Thomas
13 The Lasting Impact of a Short SSR Experience on EFL Teachers in Korea – Kyung Sook Cho
17 Instruction in the Spanish Diphthong: Results Consistent with Monitor Hypothesis – Stephen Krashen
20 A Test of the Effect of Interesting and Relevant Subject Matter on Second Language Acquisition – Ali Isik
24 The Urgency of Promoting Mother-Tongue- Based Education: A Case of Indonesia – Setiono Sugiharto
Teacher To Teacher Section:
33 Talking Our Way to Successful Reading – Michael Coxon
39 Freeze Frame: Using Frozen Tableaus to Crank Up the Comprehensible Input in Language Classes – Martina Bex
41 Brazilian Music as Comprehensible Compelling Input – Dr. MarÃa Consuelo Guerrero
46 Spinning Personalized Questions/Answers into a Story – Jon Cowart
Comprehensive Index of past Journals
June 2014
(entire journal)
Individual Research Articles
2 Reading And Vocabulary Acquisition – Nina Daskalovska
9 Non-native Speech and Feedback: The Relationship between Non-native
Speakers™ Production and Native Speakers™ Reaction – Nooshan Ashtari
Teacher To Teacher Section:
18 How to use MovieTalk to Teach with Comprehensible Input – Eric Herman
25 Excerpts from Ben Slavic™s Stepping Stones – Ben Slavic
28 Practical, Research-Supported Suggestions for Finding Comprehensible Input– Karen Rowan
January, 2014
(entire journal)
Individual research articles:
2 Vocabulary Acquisition through Read-Alouds and Discussion: A Case Study – Meng-hsun Lee, Sy-ying Lee and Stephen Krashen
7 Can Stories And Self-Selected Reading Slow The Decline In Attitudes Toward English? – Kyung Sook Cho and Young Kim
13 Does Duolingo Drump University-Level Language Learning? – Stephen Krashen
16 Pleasure reading and the acquisition of second language by adult ESL students “ Dr. R. Joseph Ponniah and J. Priya
23 Making Movies More Comprehensible: The Narrative/Paraphrase Approach “ Brenda Murphy and Ashley Hastings
Revised appendix Meng-hsun Lee – not in full journal’s link, no page number
Teacher to Teacher section:
26 MovieTalk: 25 Years Old and Still Going Strong Ashley Hastings
29 Building Community with The Special Person – Bryce Hedstrom
32 What Language Teachers and Learners Can Learn from Nelson Mandela: Ubuntu: I am because we are“ Karen Rowan
May 2013
(entire journal)
Individual research articles:
2 Rosetta Stone: Does not provide compelling input, research reports at best suggestive, conflicting reports on users’ attitudes “ Stephen Krashen
6 Is it possible to improve writing without writing practice? – Rahim Sari, PhD
11 Does SIOP Research support SIOP Claims? – Stephen Krashen
25 Substantial Gains in Listening and Reading Ability in English as a Second Language from Voluntary Listening and Reading in a 75 Year Old Student “ Beniko Mason
28 Overcoming Fear of Reading in English: The Astonishing Impact of a Short SSR Experience “ Kyung Sook Cho
31 Educative assessments for English language learners: The value of increased student writing in science “ Cory A. Buxton, Martha Allexaht-Snider, Regina Suriel and Bruce Gabbitas
Teacher to Teacher Section:
41 New Developments in the Evolution of TPRS“ Blaine Ray
43 10 Ideas for Personalizing the Language Classroom Every Day “ Karen Rowan
45 Is Input More Interesting When It’s About me? – Karen Rowan
46 Do Language Teachers Still Matter? – Karen Rowan
June 2012
(entire journal)
Individual research articles:
2 Language Parents for Second Language Acquisition – Stephen Krashen
3 Do tests promote changes in listening and reading skills?: Evidence from a Taiwanese EFL context“ Yi-Ching Pain and Tim Newfields
15 Total Physical Response for the Deaf a Totally Inspiring Experience Interviews with Berty Segal Cook and Peggy Blevins “ Karen Rowan
20 The Backseat Linguist “ Jeff McQuillan
March 2012
(entire journal)
Individual research articles:
2 Overcoming Fear of Reading in English: The Astonishing Impact of a Short SSR Experience – Kyung-Sook Cho
4 A Comparison of TPRS and Traditional Instruction, both with SSR – Joseph Dziedzic
8 Developing Academic Language: Some Hypotheses – Stephen Krashen
16 The Affective Benefits of Extensive Reading in the Spanish Curriculum: A 5-week Case Study – Teljer Liburd and Victoria Rodrigo
Teacher to Teacher Section:
21 Embedded Reading: a Scaffolded Approach to Teaching Reading – Laurie Clarcq
25 The Backseat Linguist – Jeff McQuillan
November 2011
(entire journal)
Individual research articles: NO PAGE NUMBERS
Integrating One Hour of In-School Weekly SSR: Effects on Proficiency and Spelling“ Ken Smith
Impressive Gains on the TOEIC after One Year of Comprehensible Input, with no Output or Grammar Study – Beniko Mason
Is Phonemic Awareness Training Necessary in Second Language Literacy Development? Is it Even Useful? – Stephen Krashen & Ashley Hastings
Read More of the Book, Understand More of the Movie – Kyung-Sook Cho
Can We Make English Audio-books More Comprehensible for Second Language Acquirers? – Kyung-Sook Cho
Teacher to Teacher Section:
2 Multistory Construction – Carol Gaab
10 How well do junior high TPRS German students do on the AATG level 2 exam? Answer: Not bad! by Michael Miller
Personal Language Acquisition Reflections:
13 The Monitor Model and Me: A Story of Successful Adult Foreign Language Acquisition “ Alex Poole, PhD
18 A Personal Journey into English through Reading “ Leonie Overbeek
WINTER 2011
(entire journal)
Current Research:
2 Does Being an L2 Native-Speaking Teacher Influence L2 Use?
by Frédérique Grim
5 A Note on Error Correction: The Effect of Removing One Outlier in Ryoo (2007) – Stephen Krashen
7 Video Gaming: The New Free Voluntary Reading? by Kenneth Horowitz
11 What Successful Language Learners™ Stories Can Tell Us – Alex Poole
15 Incidental Acquisition of Spelling Competence: A Re-Analysis of P̩rez Canado (2006) РStephen Krashen
25 A Corpus-Based Analysis Comparing Vocabulary Input from Storybooks and Textbooks – Ming-yi Hsieh, Fei-yu Wang, and Sy-ying Lee
Teacher to Teacher Section:
34 A New Note About TPR – James J. Asher
36 iFLT, Comments from the Perspective of an Attendee and Volunteer – Laura Friesen
37 Fluency Fast Technique Bank and Analysis Matrix – Various
55 Na™vi Fever – Karen Rowan
57 An Endorsement of iFLT – Karen Rowan
60 Photos and Videos from the iFLT Conf. – Various
WINTER 2009/2010
(entire journal)
Current Research:
2 A longitudinal confirmation of the Interdependence Hypothesis – Pauline Dow, Stephen Krashen, Josefina Tinajero
4 The IRAQ of SSR: What We Need to Know – Ken Smith
8 Research on Hearing Stories and Free Reading in Japan: A Progress Report – Beniko Mason
11 Developing English Literacy through Science Instruction – Cory Buxton, Okhee Lee & Randall Penfield
15 A Decade of Reading Research in Korea: A Progress Report – Kyung Sook Cho
Teacher to Teacher Section:
18 Managing Meaningful Interaction in the Elementary Language Classroom – Carol Gaab
21 Letter from the Editor: An Endorsement of iFLT – Karen Rowan
SUMMER 2009
(entire journal)
Current Research:
2 Traditional and TPR Storytelling Instruction in the Beginning High School Spanish Classroom – Kelly Z. Varguez
12 Determining the Crucial Characteristics of Extensive Reading Programs: The Impact of Extensive Reading on EFL Writing -Sy-ying Lee and Ying-ying Hsu
21 A Comparison of TPRS and Traditional Foreign Language Instruction at the High School Level
– Barbara J. Watson
25 Desire + Attitude + Effort Successful Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language – A Real Life Story by D. Sankary
Teacher to Teacher Section:
28 Top 5 List of New Discoveries This Year: A Few of My Favorite Things – Karen Rowan
SPRING 2008
(entire journal)
Current Research:
2 Does anyone finish the Berlitz tapes? – Jeff McQuillan
6 Beyond the Monitor Model – Hasanbey EllidokuzoÄŸlu
19 Anxiety is good for you – Stephen Krashen
20 Free Voluntary Reading and the Acquisition of Grammar by Adult ESL Students – R. Joseph Ponniah
Teacher to Teacher Section:
24 Some Reactions to a TPRSTM Fluency Fast Mandarin class – Stephen Krashen
26 Interview with Jim Loewen – Karen Rowan
31 How Not to Travel in Europe – Karen Rowan
36 Facilitating Professional Development in South Korea – Martin R. A. Duguay
FALL 2008
(entire journal)
Current Research:
2 The Expanded Output Hypothesis – R. Joseph Ponniah & Stephen Krashen
4 Bridging the Cultural Divide: Korean Americans Visit Their Heritage Homeland – Grace Cho
12 Personal theories of language acquisition among heritage language speakers – Grace Cho & Stephen Krashen
17 Heritage Language Development: Exhortation or Good Stories? – Christy Lao & Stephen Krashen
19 Do Students Like What is Good for Them? An Investigation of the Pleasure Hypothesis with Middle School Students of Mandarin – Christy Lao & Stephen Krashen
21 VOA Special English “ A Neglected Multimodal Resource “ Bill Templer
Teacher to Teacher Section:
35 Improving Language Acquisition as an Adult. An informal list of brainstorms – Jason Fritze, Stephen Krashen and Karen Rowan
38 What are you reading right now? – Linda Li and Kirstin Plante
39 Access to Books and a Quiet Comfortable Place to Read: A Practical Guide to Establishing a Free Voluntary Reading Program – Jason Fritze and Karen Rowan
SUMMER 2007
(entire journal)
Current Research:
2 Free Voluntary Web-Surfing – Stephen Krashen
10 Grammar Teaching and the Evidence: A Response to Nassaji and Fotos (2004) – John Truscott
23 Is Intentional or Incidental Vocabulary Learning More Effective? – Magdolna Lehmann
Teacher to Teacher Section:
30 Excerpt from How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day – Michael J. Gelb
32 An excerpt from DROP COACHING, How To Coach Other Teachers And Yourself To Teach With TPR Storytelling® – Karen Rowan
FALL 2007
(entire journal)
Current Research:
2 What is Structured English Immersion? Variations on a Theme – Grace McField
23 Extensive Reading in English as Foreign Language by Adolescents and Young Adults: A Meta-Analysis – Stephen Krashen
30 Story Telling Is the Bridge – Fei-yu Wang and Sy-ying Lee
36 A Note on the Rules of Grammar – R. Joseph Ponniah
Teacher to Teacher Section:
39 The Cross-Language Interview/ Interrogation: Dramatizing Students™ Lives in the Second Language Classroom – Steven R. Sternfeld
71 An Introspective and Retrospective Diary Study of Extensive Reading: A Case Study of French Language Learning – Shuhui Hong
78 I+J: How the Butler Can Do It – John Gilbert
FALL 2006
(entire journal)
Current Research:
2 What does it take to acquire English? – Giles Witton-Davies
9 The Utter Hopelessness of Explicit Grammar Teaching – Brenda Murphy and Ashley Hastings
12 A Comparison of Pure Extensive Reading with Intensive Reading and Extensive Reading with Supplementary Activities – Ken Smith
16 The Many Faces of Structured English Immersion – Grace P. McField
25 Making Movies More Comprehensible: The Narrative/Paraphrase Approach – Brenda Murphy and Ashley Hastings
Teacher to Teacher Section:
29 Interviews with voracious readers and prolific authors
30 An interview with Susan Ohanian
33 An interview with Alfie Kohn
35 The Homework Myth Implications and questions for language teachers “ Karen Rowan
38 The Mandarin Offensive: Inside Beijing™s Global Campaign to Make Chinese the Number One Language in the World – Michael Erard
WINTER 2006
(entire journal)
Current Research:
2 Free Voluntary Reading and Autonomy in Second Language Acquisition: Improving TOEFL Scores from Reading Alone “ Beniko Mason
6 A One-Year Study of SSR: University Level EFL Students in Taiwan “ Sy-ying Lee
9 Is First Language Use in the Foreign Language Classroom Good or Bad? – Dr. Stephen Krashen
10 The Amount of Input Matters: Incidental Acuqisition of Grammar Through Listening and Reading “ Victoria Rodrigo
Teacher to Teacher Section:
15 The Art of TPR Storytelling: It’s My Story “ Blaine Ray
16 Language On the Go: Tuning into Podcasting “ Jeff McQuillan, PhD
19 Concordia Language Villages Makes Arabic Announcement in Washington, DC “ (no author listed)
20 El Español de California “ Jacobo Mir and Carlos Prieto
23 Letters to the Editor
FALL 2005
(entire journal)
In This Issue:
2 Support for Narrow Listening Libraries – Brian A. Caspino
10 Sustained Silent Reading Using Assigned Reading: Is Comprehensible Input Enough? – Sy-ying Lee
13 The Influence of First Language Reading on Second Language Reading and Second Language Acquisition – Haeyoung Kim & Kyung-Sook Cho
17 Lomb™ Strategies for Language Learning and SLA – Scott Alkire
Teacher to Teacher Section:
27 Access to Books and a Quiet Comfortable Place to Read: A Practical Guide to Establishing a Free Voluntary Reading Program – Jason Fritze and Karen Rowan
30 Teaching Grammar with TPRS – Blaine Ray
32 The Language School Leader™s Guide to BASIC Marketing Planning “ Peter Cornish
SUMMER 2005
(entire journal)
In This Issue:
2 Light Reading for Intermediate ESL Students: Adult ESL students react enthusiastically to œteen romances – Kyung-Sook Cho
5 Junk Food is Bad for You, but Junk Reading is Good for You – Stephen Krashen and Joanne Ujiie
13 The Robustness of Extensive Reading: Evidence from Two Studies – Sy-ying Lee
Teacher to Teacher Section:
20 Another Win for Harry Potter: More Evidence of the Value of Free Reading – Bryce Hedstrom
24 The Rainbow of Reading – Amy O™Connor
25 Please Rock the Babies: Casa Hogar, Puerto Vallarta – Karen Rowan
27 Multi-Level Classes with TPRS: Unexpected Gains – Blaine Ray
29 Writing Rubric for Levels 1 and 2 – Joe Neilson
30 Pulling Proficiency Out of a Hat: Magic Tricks Can Be Your Curtain-Opener – Judi Mazziotti
34 List of Spanish Nicknames
35 Silly French Nicknames
36 Student Interest Inventory
SPRING 2005
(entire journal)
In This Issue:
2 The Poor Quality of U.S. Bilingual Education Research: An Examination of the Logic and Metric of Judgment – Jeff McQuillan
7 Art Class and Beginning English Language Learners: Art Teachers™ Views, Practices, and Educational Background in Language Acquisition – Clara Lee Brown, E. Stephanie Taylor, Emma Gillespie Perkins, Stephen Krashen
12 Second Language Standards For Success: Out Of Touch With Language Acquisition Research – Stephen Krashen
17 The Continuing Problems of Oral Grammar Correction – John Truscott
Teacher to Teacher Section:
23 How to Promote Your Language Program in a Tough Market – Sarah Elaine Eaton, M.A
26 Developing Foreign Language Fluency – Susan Gross
28 The Circus is in Tense: Using past, present and future tenses in early TPR instruction – Michael Miller
32 The Teddy Story: A story about the impact one teacher can make
34 Participation Chart
WINTER 2004
(entire journal)
In This Issue:
2 The Effect of Adding Supplementary Writing to an Extensive Reading Program: Can the power of reading be increased by adding supplementary writing activities? – Beniko Mason
17 Teachers™ Voices in EFL Teacher Training: Reactions to a Sustained Silent Reading Experience. Does participating in a SSR program influence teacher perception of the value of free reading? – Kyung Sook Cho
21 Applying the Comprehension Hypothesis: Some Suggestions Specific Recommendations to Develop a Multi-level Reading Program Based on the Comprehension Hypothesis – Stephen Krashen
30 Effects Of Heritage Language Competence on Family Relationships Among Children of Immigrants in the United States: Practical implications of the importance of heritage language development to families – Grace Cho, PhD
Teacher to Teacher Section:
39 How Fred Jones: Tools for Teaching works for me: How Fred Jones classroom management strategies in a foreign language classrooms – Shaeron Moorhead
41 Nothing Motivates Like Success: How to motivate students to succeed by promoting success – Susan Gross
43 How I differentiated with TPRS: Lesson plans and ideas to intertwine TPRS and differentiated instruction techniques – Catherine Leon
47 Preparing for AP exams from Level 1 with TPRS: A step-by-step guide to a TPRS curriculum that prepares students for the AP exam beginning in middle school – Alison Eustice, Amy O™Connor and Karen Rowan
50 TPR Storytelling Advanced Techniques: A collection of advanced techniques by the creator of TPRS – Blaine Ray
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