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Comprehensible Input: How To Make Input MORE COMPREHENSIBLE In Language Learning

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best explanation Comment from : Cami Studio

It seems strange to me that we wouldn't use all weapons in our language arsenal to acquire and learn a language brbrKids, as well as learning a language, are also learning the concepts behind the words at the same time This is not so for adults, who already understand the concepts brbrObviously, very young kids can't read, whereas adults can Why not use this ability to accelerate language acquisition? Comment from : David Brisbane

What is the name of the Japanese podcasts you mentioned having started out with? Comment from : Arthur Gentz

Can you recommend some Japanese content? Comment from : Brian Wegener

By definition, making comprehensible input is not comprehensible input That’s studying the vocabulary and grammar to “make” it comprehensible Comment from : Gus Evening

next video: make comprehensible material yourself (probably with a help of an AI) Comment from : Misha Zujev

Hello Robin You mentioned that you read a summary of the novel you were reading in Spanish (if I understood you correctly) How can I do this without spoiling the reading experience (knowing in advance the plot)? Comment from : José Romero

I still think that memorizing vocab, at least in the very beginner phase is really important When I started learning Japanese, I worked really hard to memorize about 1000 common Japanese words with their kanji and it made my comprehension shoot way up before I had even really studied much of the grammar Between studying vocab and some immersion everyday, I progressed much more quickly than the traditional classroom setting Part of comprehension is understanding so even just knowing the dictionary form of a word can go a long way towards understanding sentences that were above my current level With a good basis for vocab from the start, I didn't need to use graded readers or children's books/shows to start understanding Japanese Comment from : theacp127

Your vedio is comprehensible for me, thanks Comment from : clsc

Progress rather than perfection Comment from : Agus Munawar

It feels a lot harder to find comprehensible input at a lower level I'm learning two foreign languages, and one I've been learning a lot longer than the other, and I can find material for that language that's comprehensible really easily, but for the other it's harder Luckily they're both quite popular languages so there are materials like graded readers out there, but if I wanted to pick up a far less popular language in the future I imagine it would be quite difficult to find comprehensible input at the lower levels Comment from : Valoeghese

I actually feel that I learn the most where there's content I DESPERATELY want to understand but there's no translation or subtitles Of course if it's waaaay beyond your reach it might not be possible, but I found I could get through content that is much more difficult than what I thought I could figure out, both listening and reading, and what I learn that way often sticks more quickly So my impression is that even if you consume content at a lower speed, you might need fewer repetitions and that would compensate somewhat In my experience, how much I engage with the content seems to matter more than getting the suggested ideal 98 Comment from : exp-1()

San Francisco in the intro? 👍🏻 Comment from : Aнна Кузнєцоваꖦ🇺🇦

What readers do you recommend me in german? Thanks for your video I'm now subscribed Comment from : M euwww

LingQ could help Comment from : Ayhan

Great Comment from : Regaloschimbote

I like it Thank you Comment from : kay9man159

Automate the Boring Things with Python on the bookshelf Great book Comment from : Mike Minestrone

Another tip is to watch dubbed material - ie films or tv series originally in English In this way, depending on the language you're learning you'll find that they speak significantly slower because the dubbing has to match the original English which was spoken more slowly than many other languages are I'm learning French and I noticed that watching tv series or films dubbed in French was much easier than watching actual french tv or films since the French seem to like to speak at light speed if they can Comment from : loot6

One other thing you'll notice when you talk to someone directly is it's much easier to understand than when talking to them in the telephone because when you can see the mouth of the speaker it's much clearer whether they formed a 't' sound or a 'f' sound etc so you miss a lot less since you're more sure what each word is Of course you made the comparison with someone in a film where you would probably be able to see the mouth of the speaker, depending on the scene, the angle etc Comment from : loot6

Almost every video about comprehensible input never answers anything What is it? Why is this so hard for people to explain? What is it and what do we do? Almost all of Krashen’s videos are just talking in circles Comment from : smokeAndMirrors74

Whe u are reading in another language, do u translate what u don't understand? Or simply try to grasp it by the context Comment from : XxalmanzorxX

Where ate u from? Because I don't understand why sometimes I understand everything, for example this video, but with other people It's like it was another language Comment from : XxalmanzorxX

Great video I have a question, is recommended to look up words in a dictionary when you do this stuff of "filling the gaps" or is better to grasp the meaning of words by the context of the material itself? Comment from : Alejandro López Saldaña

Q: When you "made your map" of the first chapter of your first German novel, was that written in your native language or in Spanish? Comment from : elbillaf

It was really useful for me!!!!Thx a lot!!!Awesome!!!! Comment from : Alex Avdeev

Where is your accent from? It's really difficult to placebrbrIt seems mostly Irish but with some words being pronounced very uniquely Comment from : Charlie Parker

I find TedX talks an excellent source of comprehensible input at the lower-intermediate level The language is clear, there's a minimum of slang, and the topic gives a clear context Plus there are often professional transcripts and translations availablebrbrI find films, current affairs etc FAR more difficult, The language is more informal, there's are many more obscure cultural references, and it's all-round a more advanced project to try and work with them Comment from : Tullochgorum

I think the first thing to do is challenge the assumption that Krashen is right when he claims that ONLY comprehensible input works in language learning Sure it has an important role - no-one disputes that But the idea that grammar, conscious vocabulary learning etc has no role is simply empirically wrong The most effective language courses, courses like the FSI that have to justify their results against challenging requirements, don't teach the Krashen waybrbrIf you actually read Krashen's research it's surprisingly weak It's also contradicted by pretty much everything we've learned about adult skill acquisition in the last 50 years or so brbrWhen he criticises the role of grammar he sets up a straw man by comparing his work with the very worst of grammar teaching being rammed down the throats of turned-off kids in large classes brbrFinally, he's teaching kids being forced to learn in school, not highly motivated adult autodidacts - so on that point alone the relevance of his work is questionablebrbrSo while Krashen certainly has some interesting things to say, he's worth taking with a significant pinch of salt And the research certainly doesn't warrant the dogmatic dismissal of all other types of learning that so many of his followers seem to promotebrbrOf course Robin understands all this, but given the number of YouTube gurus pushing extreme interpretations of Krashen's work, I thought it was worth saying explicitly Comment from : Tullochgorum

Surely children's books, like picture books and comics would be a good resource found in every country!? Comment from : always learning

And we're going back to where we started: intensively read and look up vocabulary you don't know and can't figure out after encountering it 2 or 3 times and voila, right after that your input from the same book will become a lot more comprehensible You don't even have to memorize that word, you will still passively absorb it after meeting it in many more contexts later on And this is how we slowly but surely move from purely passive, extensive input absorption Krashen-style to Paul Nation's Four Strands Comment from : Limemill

These techniques are crazy good advice It's really amazingly simple and clear Obviously when you only comprehend 10-30 you won't learn because it's not comprehensible input so just take the extra time to comprehend it, theres no shame in that And when you don't get an entire thing fully just watch it again Im really glad i watched this video Comment from : blueicer101

Valeu ❤️🦋 ☕ eu amo teu jeito de ensinar Comment from : Dandara

I wish you would have shown us a walkthrough example Comment from : Joe Bonds

I thought you'd be talking about "how the hell can I understand (or even read) something when I only know the script Comment from : Sk0lzky

Good contribution to the language-learning community and good summary of your past videos I just shared this video on Twitter and Slack Comment from : AndyMountHood

I have this 1st problem with Swahili!! Comment from : Daniel Bedoni

Thanks so much for this, Robin! This is so useful Comment from : Jake Barratt

Thanks for this vid Regarding tv I always wondered regarding the subtitles Comment from : Klaus Uhl

Watching this video i´m doing comprehensible input and learning how to make comprehensible input Comment from : Dylan Rodriguez Chavarria

A piece of advise if you want to learn chinese? Comment from : Patricia Ramos

Thank you!!! I'm studying Vietnamese and am new to the language The concept of making comprehensible input is important because good resources are so scarce (or costly haha) Comment from : James M

Playing at x2 and understood "Two naked speakers" are much more difficult to understand Comment from : Drt S

Great video!! Thank you! Comment from : Josué Abuter

I really appreciate all the videos on Chinese Could you make more videos on your experience with Japanese? Could you also mention some of those Japanese podcasts you used sometime? Comment from : __-

You should really do interviews with Matt vs Japan, Steve Kaufman, Days of french and swedish, talk about stuff that most people don't talk about It would be really cool! Comment from : Ryosuke1208

who has these ideas thats not what comprehensible input is about its not about perfection Anyone I heard talk about the subject says to expect mistakes and no one says anything about "perfect packages" don't know where you got your definition of comprehensible input from but its not what you said it is Comment from : 46 GOAT

i want to acquire swedish can anyone help Comment from : Bondy

Hello, does someone have resources for graded readers in german? I cant find any good one Please help🙏 Comment from : Luciano Saavedra Piano

Thanks for the tips!! It's very relevant to my case I'm learning punjabi, which despite having over 100m speakers, doesn't have a lot of material aimed at beginners On top of this, whilst it is widely spoken, and in fact there's a bit of a punjabi film industry, there are no punjabi subtitles Yes they have english but i find the english just means I stopped listening to the speech I've also been struggling to find audio books and their matching book titlesbrbrRather than graded readers im resorting to children's books for now Once I get bored of the children's shows, books and audio I'll definitely just take the plunge and try to just listen, understand and maybe transcribe some films and podcasts!brbrOn another note: One course I did find was Pimsleur which has one unit of audio What are your thoughts of using Pimsleur? Comment from : Dudewhoswinning

I did the same with Dune in English :)brJust knowing how the characters are connected and what their plans are, I had no problem at all to read the rest of the novel fluently Comment from : Amstabomitdembabo

Thanks for these usefull tips, Robin!brThis comment section is also filled with useful tips Comment from : Ahmad Syarifudin

I really appreciate this No one really talks about making things more comprehensible, just that it needs to be Comment from : Manny Moonstone

Once again, great advice for intermediate students, but until you understand how language works, language learning is just glorified memorization Comment from : Sandy Degener

Quick question: Where are you from, Robin? I can't place your accent Comment from : Afonso Mendes

Steve Kauffman recommended a website called Happy Scribe for providing transcription or even subtitles in many languages It's 12 euros per hour of content with 98 accuracy apparently so that's a powerful service for content you desperately want to understand Comment from : Stewart L

Just recently started to watch star trek in french, which I've watched plenty of in English, and I love how much I absorb by context just by enjoying something "passively" 😁 Comment from : Ademir Alijagic

swedish is epik Comment from : Kolvatn

This video is such a relief! I am Brazilian (and your Portuguese is amazing BTW) and now I am studying Lithuanian, as I live here now and damn it! There is so little material available that it makes it very daunting to find sth good This weekend I watched a movie (Trolls) twice and I really felt like you mention in the video, I could grasp much more the second time!brbrThanks for sharing this valuable knowledge Comment from : E-manual Criativo

This channel was one of the most incredible things I've found Comment from : Fernanda Lima

Thanks so much for this fantastic video I love your content it helps me a lot to do a better job with my students Comment from : Noren Rodriguez

Like you I learned to read in French without graded readers If I were to do it over again I would definitely find graded readers, but I succeeded without them After 3 years I'm reading classic French literature with a 999 level of comprehension In addition to your suggestions, I found it useful to read as many books as possible by the same author Not only does a lot of the vocabulary and expressions repeat in a book, authors tend to use the same vocabulary and expressions in all their books Series by an author are particularly great I found detective stories useful, too I don't read them in English, but they usually have compelling plots and lots of dialogue, which makes them easier to read and motivates you to read to find out who done it Comment from : David Guy

One question I have and it's bothering me is this If you say that watching a movie in the language you're learning (BR Portuguese), it is great if I can match what they are saying with the subtitles so I know how the word sounds and looks like, but what about the meaning? It's great to know what it looks like and sounds like but this method doesn't teach me the meaning of the word I would still be clueless as to what is being said Thanks for the video bro 😀 Comment from : Keiran Marley

What graded readers are you using for Mandarin? Comment from : China Coach Le Blanc

Can we create a community of resources? FB group maybe? Who's learning Spanish? I am and have a Cert IV in TESOL I'm going to use my ESL book to create lessons and exercises for myself in Spanish following the same guidelines Comment from : Yasmin

Thanks for the tips, Robinwhich graded readers do you like for German? I am at the level to start diving into reading and would like your recommendations Comment from : robert miller

Which podcasts did you use for Japanese? Comment from : S Mudge

I'm reading light novels in Japanese for which I already saw the subtitled anime way back It really helps because of I can't understand a sentence I can drop it ans still understand what comes next, instead of banging my head on a single sentence Comment from : pigozs

This is just what I needed! Thanks so much I have subscribed I learning Spanish and I would love to see your series on reading in Spanish Comment from : Peggy McCright

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Comprehensible input is only a part of the monitor model What about the other hypotheses? How did they work for you? Comment from : Ryszard Tomczak

I totally agree with you I always tried to use resources which I thought would have content speaking to me and worried much less about comprehensebility Motivation is key in learning (not only language learning) Comment from : undekagon

Hello, Robin! I'm your fan from the Philippines 🇵🇭 I just wanna know if you still find ANKI or spaced repetition as an effective method in language learning? Thank you! 😁 Comment from : ดอยส์

Thanks Robin Anyone struggling to learn another language will gain a lot from your insight You make good points and I learn a lot from the comments others make as well Gestures are helpful, but try sitting on your hands most of the time You are swinging your hands and arms with every word you speak Quite distracting In any event, thanks again! Comment from : Jeffrey Hooper

I struggle finding english comprehensible input idk am I in the right right place , I'm watching a lot of videos on youtube, different topics crime,sport ,vlog,ielts writing,games,manga ,books a lot of different things, do you think I'm not wasting my time , please could you help me out Comment from : akram obada

Your videos really help! hope to see your next video Comment from : 王腾辉

日本語でメッセージを書きますbrわたしは 日本で生まれ 日本で育ちましたbr留学することなく 英語を学ぶことは 簡単なことではないけれど 日常的な会話を英語で話すことは 日本で １人で できるようになりましたbrロビンのチャンネルを最近知って とても励まされていますbrありがとうbrもっと 上手に 英語を話せるように楽しみながら勉強しますね Comment from : 美絵 アクエリアスChannel

Definitely one of the better language learning channels Comment from : The Way of Spirit

Hey, mate! Good job! But I'd like to know about your accent Where were you born and brought up? What is your academic level in terms of English teaching? Comment from : Antonio Mouta

Thanks so much, Robin! It can be discouraging sometimes to see so much content from the polyglot community on YT about the importance of input being comprehensible when the resources that facilitate this may not even exist for some languages (eg, no movies or TV shows with subtitles, etc) Being reminded that it can be just as rewarding to using some ingenuity and taking a DIY approach is really helpful and motivating :) Comment from : Kimberley McFarlane

Your enthusiasm is contagious Thank you for another great video Great insight! Et j’adore tes pulls! Comment from : Amelie Veegaert

I know duo lingo gets hated on But it really helped me get to a very basic low reading level and from there I was able to go to graded readers in spanish And I even got the audio books for them Getting to books and audio books is the key So do whatever it takes to get that early level of reading Comment from : Derek Green

you are awesome and very helpful Comment from : ewn legit

Hi Robin! Maybe you can think "oh no, this guy writing again!" but each video that I see, I feel that it's better than the previous one! After Part II with Jared I felt frustrated because, in my case, I can't understand 98 of the books or films that I read or see But no matters, I keep going on! My language target is English and in my case, I know that 95 of the contents are in English but I can't find good content that I can call "comprehensible input" I started to read "The Alchemist" by Paulo Cohelo and sometimes I see films like Forest Gump (American English) or Actually love (British English) and I don't know if are good choices After this video, I understood that I need to see the film several times, and I going to put into practice the tips that you share in your videos! Apart from that, it's the first time that I've written so much in English! Thank you so much Robin! Comment from : Mariano Lancellotti

Your subscribers are skyrocketing, I'm so glad to see that Such a great channel, I don't understand how it didn't happen sooner Comment from : Lovro Vuger

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