Free Book! “The Literacy Crisis: False Claims, Real Solutions”

My book, The Literacy Crisis: False Claims, Real Solutions, is now available in PDF format for FREE here. Here is the back cover blurb: Jeff McQuillan has hopeful news for anyone concerned with the state of reading in U.S. schools: Contrary to popular belief, reading achievement has not been declining over the past three decades; U.S. […]

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Language and Language Teaching Special Issue Guest Edited by Stephen Krashen (Free Download)

Stephen Krashen has guest edited an issue of Language and Language Teaching (India). There are 11 great articles on topics that will interest language and reading teachers from preK to adult, for both first and second languages. You will want to take a look – and it’s free! Download it . Contributors to the special […]

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Welcome to The Backseat Linguist!

The Backseat Linguist is my personal project, allowing me to comment on and post research related to second language acquisition and language education in general.  It has no official association with my job as host of English as a Second Language Podcast, and the opinions expressed here are strictly my own. This blog is “backseat” […]

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