Blogpost 7: Choice of two topics

In this post, you have a choice of two topics. You can write about one of these two:

Option 1: Write about a career-oriented website you enjoy visiting.
You have to:

- provide the link
- describe the website (sections, features,etc)
- say how often you visit the site
- explain why you like the site.
170-word minimum

Option 2: Write about an expert/person in your field that you admire.
Say:

-Who she/he is. (short biography)
-What she/he has done. (examples of their work)
-Why you like her/him.
-Include his/her image
170-word minimum

I am going to write about a linguist specialized in Language Acquisition--ESL: Stephen Krashen. He is a professor of Linguistics who has taught Linguistics and Education departments in the US. He received his PhD in 1972, and has been prolifically active in Linguistics Language Acquistion since then having published over 400 articles.
I admire him mostly for certain theories that he has focused on, maybe even invented or created:

The Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis: This looks at and contrasts acquisition (how babies learn language) and learning (how students in a class learn language). It has supported the idea that classrooms should include as much "acquisition-like" activity as possible to make the language process as close to acquistion as possible.

The Input Hypothesis: This says that language cannot be produced (people speaking) without sufficient input. Learners need to listen and hear things; they need a person (model or teacher) to give them input so that they can really use the language.

The Affective Filter Hypothesis: This says that we all have an emotional block/filter inside that prevents learning. If we're very nervous and tense--we don't learn. The language teacher needs to help learners feel more relaxed to be able to learn.

Stephen Krashen has been a very important contributor to advancements in the "Pedagogy or Methodology of Language Teaching." 

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