@biblioracle @plthomasEdD Hemingway: The first draft of anything is shit.

RT @RBReich: Inequality has jeopardized the future of Social Security. As the rich have gotten richer, more and more of their income has…

@ZahraniShorouq Why isn't the comprehensible input idea applied in all schools? The business community has not figured out a way of profiting from it.

@DanielPinkwater @Ldixon7 I saw him on an airplane. I was tempted to say something, but just being on the same plane is a false karass.

@HouseOfNoDebt @plthomasEdD @GaabLab but prediction is a part of reading, as well as all perception.

Many activities that help us ACQUIRE (absorb) language are activities many of us like to do, e.g. read for pleasure. But not many of us like studying grammar, (“LEARNING”) & it results in knowledge that hard to understand & use.

@OnosikeS Interesting question. But Krashen's model does not claim this is true.

@plthomasEdD Paul, It's not about improving literacy. It's about profit. Making the rich richer. New text books and worksheets, more seminars, etc. It always "works."

@plthomasEdD It's not about improving literacy. It's about profit. Making the rich richer. New text books and worksheets, more seminars, etc. It always "works."

RT @RGRyan777: If you get this, you are my people

@mattrich0722 "On the move" = a grammar exercise?

"Tumble out of bed And stumble to the kitchen Pour myself a cup of ambition..." (by Dolly Parton)

@SylvieGeal Of course. But some ways are far more effective than others.....

642 people “liked” this post on twitter today: “Language acquisition does not require extensive use of conscious grammatical rules and does not require tedious drill.” I wonder how many people disagree….

The first time President Obama met with his US Attorneys, he told us, “I appointed you but you don’t serve me. You serve the American people. And I expect you to act with independence & integrity.” None of us ever forgot that. Joyce Alene (University of Alabama Law Professor)

@AriaaJaeger I think this is a pile of shit.

"Whenever I see someone reading a book, especially if it is someone I don't expect, I feel civilisation has become a little safer." Matt Haig. (hat tip. Leslie Farmer)

@JGNandComics $160? Much too much. I hope you meant $16.00.

@NancyEBailey1 Too often, "intensive instruction" means boring drill, trying to consciously LEARN complicated rules and vocabulary. There is evidence that these aspects of language can be ACQUIRED from self-selected pleasure reading & listening to interesting stories.