Behind+the+scenes

Curious about how the human brain acquires languages? Interested in why I teach the way I do? Want to learn more about the benefits of being bilingual? This is your page.

[|Books and Articles by Stephen D. Krashen]: Public access to the works of one of the world's top language acquisition experts

[|TPRStories]: Karen Rowan's site giving an overview of TPRS methods and other resources

[|Teaching in the target language]: Article by Helena Curtain

[|Being bilingual may boost your brain power]: Text and audio from NPR's Morning Edition

Study of Mandarin Chinese By U.S. Students Booming: Blog from Education Week on foreign language enrollment trends in the US

[|Hearing Bilingual]: New York Times article on the brain development of bilingual and monolingual babies