Dr. Stephen Krashen -- yes, THE Stephen Krashen -- will be doing a special lecture at Busan University of Foreign Studies October 15th, 2012 from 6:30 - 8:30pm. (Monday evening) Title: Optimal English Education
The two hour presentation is free to all, sponsored by KOTESOL's Busan-Gyeongnam Chapter.
We hope you will make use of this wonderful opportunity. (find directions further below)
Program Outline
How we acquire language
- Acquisition-learning
- Monitor
- Comprehension Hypothesis
- Affective Filter
Methods
- The goal of the classsroom
- beginning methods
- intermediate methods
- reading, especially Free Voluntary Reading
The Power of Reading: Some case histories
- the Sweet Valley study (KS Cho)
- The TOEFL studies (Beniko Mason)
- six independent readers
- Mr. Tanaka and Mr. Nakano
- my reading habits
The Compelling Input Hypothesis
Biographical Sketch
Stephen Krashen is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Southern California. He is best known for developing the first comprehensive theory of second language acquisition, introducing the concept of sheltered subject matter teaching, and as the co-inventor of the Natural Approach to foreign language teaching. He has also contributed to theory and application in the area of bilingual education, and has done important work in the area of reading. He holds a PhD in Linguistics from UCLA, was the 1977 Incline Bench Press champion of Venice Beach and holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He is the author of The Power of Reading (Heinemann, 2004, second edition) and Explorations in Language and Use (Heinemann, 2003). His recent papers can be found at http://www.sdkrashen.com.
Directions to the event
The closest subway station is Daeyeon on line 2 (the green line). From there it’s a 3,000w (approx) 5 minute cab ride to the university. Leave the subway station via exit 5 and hail a cab. Tell the cab driver busan way day and he/she should take you right there. Take the cab up the steep hill past the soccer field (on your left) and tell the driver to stop as soon as the hill flattens out, just past a crosswalk with a concrete set of stairs on your right. When you get out of the cab the venue should be across the street from you, on the first floor of the building directly beside the IT building which is circled on the campus map on the brochure that accompanies this document. You will see yellow fliers reading “KOTESOL” and (probably) a cluster of people, both Korean and foreign, beside the doors.
Alternatively, you can take the university shuttlebus if you wish (see shuttlebus route map below), it runs every 5~10 minutes or so in the early evening.
If you’re feeling adventurous you can walk from the subway station in approximately 20 minutes. Leave the subway station via exit 5, then head south down the street that runs perpendicular to the main street that the subway follows. When you get to the UN Rotary continue on straight ahead and simply follow the road up the hill, then down the hill, until you get see the main gate of PUFS on your right hand side.
For those who prefer, here is a (fixed) GoogleMap of location (link)
(click pictures below to enlarge)
