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TED-Ed

The Power of Reading - Stephen Krashen

Lesson created by Gordon Powell using TED-Ed's lesson creator.Video from The University of Georgia College of Education YouTube channel.


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Dr. Krashen is professor emeritus at USC, a linguist, educational researcher, and activist, and self-professed "grammar wonk". He speaks often on L2 acquisition, neurolinguistics, reading and the controversial topic of bilingual education. He promotes the use of free voluntary reading during second-language acquisition, which he says "is the most powerful tool we have in language education."

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