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Stephen Krashen on SLA, Reading and Research
With almost half a century of research behind him, one of the world’s most eminent linguists, Professor Stephen Krashen chats with the ELT Central and The Digest about how to source the material you need to complete your research, and tips on writing. During the interview Professor Krashen also speaks about language learning, the joy of research, how to get your research paper published, the future of the classroom post COVID19, keeping your students interested and lots, lots more. This is one of the most entertaining and informative chats we have had, and this man is incredible. Make sure you watch to the end and subscribe to the Digest channel.
David Crystal on Language, Linguistics and Literature
Professor David Crystal is one of the world’s most eminent linguists who has published more than a hundred book during his career. He is a tenured professor at Bangor University in North Wales, and in this exclusive clip he speaks about how languages, and trends in language develop, where language comes from and how he found his love of the spoken and written word. He goes on to explain the movement and progression of language and how we must understand why and when to stick to rules and when it is OK to break them.
Professor Stephen Krashen talks about writer's block, incubation and academic writing.
In the second of three interviews, world renowned linguist and researcher, Professor Steve Krashen, takes time out of his incredibly busy life to share his expertise on academic writing, writer’s block and incubation.
Dr Helen Kara on Best Research Practise
Professional researcher and multi-published author and keynote speaker, Dr Helen Kara, gives us an insight into how we can best approach our research projects. In the interview she provides the low-down on how her work began, her books, what drives her and where the hard parts of research are and how we can address them. Helen also talks about the best way to go about getting funded, recognising the most common mistakes novice researchers make, what gets in the way of your research projects and best ethical practices.
Professor Stephen Krashen: research and getting published
Once again, Professor Stephen Krashen, gives s the benefit of his experience and brilliance while he takes us through the process of research writing. It’s no easy thing, however, Prof Krashen gives us a welcome insight into the best practices and methods of researching, the best way to write and how to get your research published.
PhD hacks, Dr Donna Peach & the PhD Forum
The PhD Forum is one of the past decade’s academic study success stories. It has grown organically from a simple “hello” to more than 93,000 Twitter followers. That account and the PhD Forum blog have helped thousands of students from across the globe who are studying for graduate, post graduate and doctoral degrees, and has grown into “one of the world’s largest PhD-related groups” (Groves, 2016). Handy tips on how to best study, how to motivate yourself and which degrees are hot for the future are all discussed with the PhD Forum’s founder, Dr Donna Peach.