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This page is dedicated to Language Learning Theories. Here you will find links to Videos, PDF Files and other documents collected from the best FREE sites the Web has to offer. 

The first  video  above  is taken from an excellent series from Standford University if you want a deeper understanding of Second Language Acquisition. Click Here They are FREE but you have to register to gain access to the video bank. For more Videos from this conference folow links below: KATESOL Spring Conference, March 12-13, 2004 Kansas TESOL   In addition here is a 50 minute lecture by Stephen Krashen on teaching Phonics, NCLB, Libraies in Schools and SLA. Well worth watching. sdkrashen.com   Krashen Video For A Summary of Stephen Krashen's Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition Click Here

Read more about Sociocultrual theory, Lev Vygotsky,Jean Piaget & The Zone of Proximal development on the tesolmaster WIKI Click Here

Total Physical Response, or TPR, involves the students listening and responding to commands given by the teacher such as "sit down" and "walk," with the complexity of the commands growing over time as the class acquires more language. Student speech is delayed, and once students indicate a willingness to talk they initially give commands to other students. Theory predicts that TPR should result in substantial language acquisition. Its content may not be always interesting and relevant for the students, but should produce better results than the audio-lingual and grammar-translation methods.