CDate:: [[12-15-2023]] Status:: #🌱 Tags:: Links:: [[Language Learning MOC]] [[The optimal input for second language learning]] # The input hypothesis for second language learning The input hypothesis of second language learning is founded on two radical ideas: 1. We acquire language most effectively through comprehensible input containing i + 1, structures a bit beyond the learners level. 2. A low or weak affective filter to allow the input "in." In other words a non-stressful environment. This approach is completely counterproductive to the way we have been taught languages in school. The approach believes we don't acquire language by learning the grammatical structure and then finding meaning. We FIRST find meaning, and acquire the grammatical structure over time. I learned this from [[Principles_and_practice]].