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@olena @autistics what you're describing here is language acquisition as opposed to language learning.

An awful lot of language classes teach _about_ a language (grammar rules, lists of vocab, etc.) which is kinda like "teaching swimming" by having tests on Archimedes' principle and fluid dynamics and skeletal physiology and then expecting students to "put it all together" when you push them into the pool.

Acquiring a language through #comprehensibleinput is absolutely the way to do it.

@ShaulaEvans I am using Dreaming Spanish for, well, Spanish. #comprehensibleinput

The Agen Workshop on #languageteaching kicks off today. Transformational for language teachers if you've never come across #CI.

#comprehensibleinput #tprs
#agenworkshop #agen2025

I'm curious about something. Mostly aimed at fellow fully #blind candidates but I'd be happy to hear thoughts from others as well.
In #language learning, the research shows good results for students immersing themselves into their target language. When exactly to do this is somewhat hotly debated, but I'm curious to what degree the visual component plays into this is a fully blind person were to attempt it. No images, no way to point at things, not QUITE as seamless a way to hover over a word and get its meaning/other information and no real way to learn from, say, tv shows that teach through visuals either, although subtitles CAN at times be a useful tool. Would we do it later? Earlier? Differently than most? I'm curious on your takes. I know what I do, but I can't be the only one looking into this. #languageLearning #linguistics #comprehensibleInput

What makes comprehensible input comprehensible?

https://cij-analysis.streamlit.app

#HackerNews #comprehensibleinput #languagelearning #education #linguistics #learningtheory

Las Chicas Gilmore en Español, ¡listo!
Förstod jag allt? Nej, men tillräckligt mycket för att inte störas av det jag inte förstod. Med hänsyn till det, plus de partier där de inte pratar alls, bokförde jag i snitt 20 minuter per avsnitt (av 42). Så totalt blev det cirka 50 timmar #comprehensibleInput .

Comprehensible Māori

I've compiled a list of TV show & movies for beginners to intermediates to watch in te reo Māori. Any suggestions are welcome.

https://skivling.codeberg.page/comprehensible-māori

#TeReo #TeReoMāori #LanguageLearning #Refold #ComprehensibleInput

I've written a new blog post summarising my te reo learning progress in the past month, and shared my small goals for the next month.

> "The main problem I’ve had this month was consistency in doing listening and reading immersion. Even though I find them enjoyable, other things take up my free time and I didn’t spend as much time as I want to."

https://skivling.codeberg.page/te-reo-feb/

#TeReoMāori #LearningTeReo #Māori #TeReo #Refold #LanguageLearning @languagelovers #ComprehensibleInput #Anki

I brist på en "Dreaming Croatian" använder jag tv-serier på Netflix dubbade till kroatiska, importerade till LingQ. Tyvärr går det inte att spela in videodelen, och dessutom är videouppspelning i LingQ ganska värdelös, så jag går nöja mig med ljud och text. Jag klipper bort allting som inte är dialog, så då blir varje avsnitt så här. Det tar ett par dagar att gå igenom allting och slå upp alla nya ord och uttryck. Till slut är det faktiskt några som fastnar. #ComprehensibleInput

Statistik från LingQ, för ett tv-avsnitt.
Längd 14:43.
New words: 462
LingQs: 285
Known Words: 203
2108 Total Words
971 Unique Words

100 days ago, I made a commitment to learn te reo Māori. Now, I've published a blog post to explain my approach and progress so far.

Learning te reo Māori
A mix of grammar study, digital flashcards and 'Comprehensible Input'.

https://skivling.codeberg.page/learning-te-reo/

#TeReoMāori #LearningTeReo #Māori #TeReo #Refold #LanguageLearning @languagelovers #ComprehensibleInput #Anki

Så där ja, jag kom till nivå 7 hos #DreamingSpanish till slut. #comprehensibleInput #spanska

https://world.hey.com/basic70/spanska-efter-1500-timmar-3f5f98a1

Diagram med 7 staplar, som representerar nivåerna 1-7. Alla 7 är ifyllda. Texten under säger "You are currently in Level 7" och "Total input time 1500 hrs".

@LivInTheLookingGlass

Generally the largest hurdle at the beginning is learning the individual sounds of Mandarin that are quite a bit different from English.

Comparativley, English has more vowel sounds, while Chinese has more consonant sounds. So, it's a bit of a struggle to accurately produce them if you can't hear the difference.

I would advise going through the IPA (international phonetic alphabet) for mandarin and mapping the places of articulation to the appropriate Pinyin.

At the same time, there should be a focus on getting lots of novice level input so that you can better hear the sounds. Youtube has a lot of comprehensible material that definitely should be taken advantage of.

The comprehensible input can also be used to learn the characters and to practice reading and writing with them.

Basically Pinyin is an indispensable tool to learn Mandarin, but also to write and to read it. It would be prohibitively time consuming to not use it, if someone is coming from a language using the Latin alphabet. It should definitely be used in conjunction with learning the rest of the language.

#mandarin #LanguageLearning #ComprehensibleInput