Stephen Krashen
Stephen Krashen | |
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| Born | May 14, 1941 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguist |
| Institutions | University of Southern California |
| Main interests | Second-language acquisition |
| Website | www.sdkrashen.com |
Stephen D. Krashen (born May 14, 1941) is an American linguist, educational researcher and activist known for developing the input hypothesis, a group of five hypotheses of second-language acquisition. He is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Southern California. He moved from the linguistics department to the faculty of the School of Education in 1994.