By Beniko Mason

When I reported the vocabulary acquisition rates (remembering rates) of college stu...

By Beniko Mason

The assumption is natural: students are reading and acquiring language. Adding outp...

By Beniko Mason

One of the most common questions I receive from teachers is about grading. They u...

By Beniko Mason

After a story, many teachers want to know if students understood it correctly. You ...

By Beniko Mason

I began a reading program at Shitennoji University Junior College in 1985. Miyako w...

By Beniko Mason

Everyone assumes that immersion works. Go live in the target country. Take ESL clas...

By Beniko Mason

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"From Pun to Plot: Remembering and Forgetting in Story-Listen...

I Was Wrong About Mr. Tanaka

By Beniko Mason
A reflection on trusting input

Mr. Tanaka was a man in...

Today, many teachers talk about “comprehensible input.” They have read Stephen Krashen’s work and un...

How Vocabulary Really Grows
By Beniko Mason

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“Is This Conscious Learning or Acquisit...

How Story-Listening Clarifies the Input Hypothesis

By Beniko Mason

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"Beyond Linear...

Introduction

Teachers often ask: Isn’t reading a picture book aloud just as good as drawing while t...

Introduction

For decades, educators have debated the most effective way to teach English as a forei...

Introduction

Achieving language acquisition requires more than providing input—it demands focused, ...

Dissecting Language: Simplifying Complex Sentences through Story-Listening

The Story-Listening (SL)...

AI like Chat GPT can be a helpful tool for creating word lists and explaining individual words, and ...

Introduction:

Traditional teaching methods often fail to achieve language proficiency, hindering ra...

Today, we share two remarkable success stories demonstrating the power of listening and reading in E...

Introduction:
Welcome to an in-depth look at the collaborative research conducted by Dr. Beniko Mason...

As educators and learners grapple with the most effective methods to acquire language proficiency, a...