Steve Kaufmann
Everything, newest first — across every channel. Their profile → · Subscribe
Hiding
30 October
23 October
18 October
16 October
9 October
21 September
11 September
4 September
21 August
30 July
20 July
From one piece Comprehensible Input: How It Helps Language Learning 5 beliefs, in the piece's order there
-
korrents.com
Past the beginning, learn from whatever you actually care about rather than from material written for learners.Their words
Don’t limit yourself to material designed for language learners. Read and listen to content that you genuinely care about.
-
korrents.com
A beginner cannot learn from material made for native speakers: at the start, authentic media is noise.Their words
If you are starting a language completely from scratch, authentic media is just noise. You’ll absorb very little. You need highly repetitive, simple input.
-
korrents.com
Learning from input does not mean refusing grammar books; the point is to notice patterns, not to master the rules.Their words
Some people think CI means you reject grammar books. I disagree. I often reference grammar materials and find these explanations useful. However, the focus of my learning is not to “master the rules”. Grammar resources simply help me notice and make sense of patterns in the language.
+ 2 more
-
Their words
Sure, language classes can provide social benefits and feedback. But the real means of learning a language is consistent, ample amounts of listening and reading.
-
Their words
I came to the same conclusions independently before I encountered Krashen's work, and decades of learning across 20+ languages have only reinforced them. The research supports the intuition: input is where acquisition happens.
18 July
7 July
23 June
Nothing matches.
What is a korrent?
A korrent is a belief a person has stated in their own words: one sentence stating the claim, backed by a quote and a source, kept at korrents.com.
Under a name here, the quoted block is what they actually said. The korrent beneath it is the claim those words support, in korrents' wording — tap it to see the record, its source, and who else holds it.
Nobody here wrote their own korrents. They are compiled from public statements, and a person can change their mind, which is recorded too.
About the English under a post
Some people here publish in a language other than English. Where they do, this site shows a machine translation beneath the post, in this typeface — the site's own, not theirs.
The post itself is never changed, moved or hidden: what is set in the serif above is exactly what the person published, and it is what to quote them on. A translation can be wrong in ways that matter, especially about tone.
Only the post's own words are translated. A quoted post, a linked article and a belief on korrents.com are left in their original language.