does credible second language acquisition research exist?

There's a bit of a debate going on over at the YouTube algworld channel page. I was trying to post a reply, but I get a processing error when I try to post, so I'll just put my comment here. Normally I would just give up, but I thought some of you might have a response to what I want to say.

Pepsi and the flag of South Korea

It may not be official, but Pepsi is a product (of | in) Korea. (Circle the correct answer.)

Just look what happens when you combine the Pepsi logo with...

the flag of the Republic of Korea...

You get this!

Thanks to Hyunwoo Sun for pointing out the resemblence. And may these hotlinked images always appear in this post for future generations.

Koreans learning Japanese

I had a video conversation with Hyunwoo Sun. I asked him about this podcast series on Language Cast that is for Koreans who are learning Japanese. It was very interesting.

brain research and language learning

Can we trust what the brain researchers say about language learning? Steve Kaufmann noted there was some contradiction in the research conclusions. So I decided to create a little video in response.