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Comprehensible Input: learn like a child (Krashen)
Stephen Krashen's Input Hypothesis is the foundation of most successful methods: you acquire language by understanding messages – not by drilling rules.
What is Comprehensible Input?
Comprehensible input means content that you understand almost completely – and that interests you. Your brain works out the little that is new from context, completely without vocabulary lists.
The idea of "i+1"
"i" is your current level, "+1" is the small step above it. Content just above your level challenges you without overwhelming you. This exact principle is behind the flow state when learning.
Why interest is so important
You consume more when a topic captivates you – and more input means faster progress. That is why the most important rule is: learn with content you really want to read or listen to.
How FlowLingua implements this
- Your own content: books, PDFs, videos and audiobooks – not predetermined lessons.
- Adaptive help: word-by-word translation at the start, less help the better you get.
- Understand more, consume more: the Interlinear Reader makes content immediately understandable – so you read and listen far more.