Is input more important than output in language learning?

In this video I will discuss the relationship between input and output when learning a language, specifically why input is more important than output, especially at the earlier stages of language learning, which involves Stephen Krashen's Comprehensible Input Hypothesis as well as other famous hypotheses in second language acquisition, such as the noticing hypothesis and the interlanguage hypothesis.

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[imrasterthgen]

Yeah man! You are so right. Three months ago, I started listening to adaptive audiobooks for different levels. I didn't wait for my speaking and writing skills to improve so quickly and so much. Now I spend ninety percent of my learning process listening. Now I can listen native speakers' material. The first two weeks were the hardest, but after that, when you get acustomed to it. You start consuming more and more different audio materials and every week it gets easier and easier.

[dandelionc]

Please keep uploading useful content like this! It gives me hope to achieve native-speaker level. Appreciate your professional opinions! Hope one day I will speak like a native !

[valerieayla]

As a long time language teacher this is exactly what I have discovered over years, on my own, counter to what i was "taught" in graduate school 👍

[manuelgutierrez]

Always loved how you express your ideas, your personality and the mood of your videos. Cheers!

[shihestrella]

actually they are both important for me, because i think the best way of learning English(or other language)is to improve those 4 skills "at the same time"

[albert]

Big thanks for your ideas/advice, it completely make sense and i am glad that am going into the right direction.

[tranquility]

As an English teacher, who's been teaching English for the past 12 years, I confirm what you said concerning the importance of input over output. I believe that being able to speak and write in a language is the result, not the cause, of acquiring that language.

[QuizmasterLaw]

You want about 10 times more input than out put and to leave output for last, and start outputting in writing, leaving speaking for LAST.
This enables you to learn and get familiar with and hear the new sounds and rhythms of the foreign language. I nail my tones initials and finals in Chinese even the ones that don't exist in English because I did it this way. I never drilled bad habits because I waited for speech production to the very last. So there weren't things to unlearn, false connections, ingrained erroneous habits.
You can absolutely have fun learning this way! And your language production will be much much better!

[bricksplashgreen]

Thank you so much for introducing these theories! I've been abroad for four months and when I look back I feel so frustrated since I don't think myself making much progress in English(not just in speaking), which precisely described by the word 'fossilize'. Gonna change my strategy rn!

[charleslol]

I like to learn pronunciation first and then once I've learned the basics, alongside stuff like grammar and vocabulary. To be fair though I enjoy the pronunciation aspect the most because I find it satisfying when I can finally produce a sound that I previously wasn't able to. I learned how to roll my R's a while ago and I remember how excited I was. I can also make the sound in Turkish that is the i without the dot, still working on getting ö and ü consistently right. It's fun :)

[MrBrown]

Thank you for the video, Phoenix! Really glad to be watching this early on in my language journey

[DS-jibc]

Thank you so much….your videos are super useful 🥺❤️

[normann]

video gives a very cozy feel. nice southern accent and beer.

[michaelyuan]

Bravo! Wish everyone could learn from this video. Schools and governments especially need to understand this and not just insist on the kids' engaging in speaking when they have nothing to say and can say nothing.

[gaslitworldf.melissab]

I agree. I have tutored English language learning based on the premise that we take in (as babies and toddlers) for a few years before we ever produce any articulate sentences. We, nevertheless, begin comprehending various words and phrases through that process.

I have never asked my students to reproduce anything, (as they are always beginners). I merely ask them to demonstrate comprehension, via written assignments, generally matching words to images. After all, sight plays an important role in language comprehension. I wish I had the confidence to write an English language learning program based on this concept of learning language.

[miguelstorms]

You're right! Thanks a lot for your advices. Greetings from Argentina

[Eric-leuu]

I agree, worry about input first than speak later on. What has helped me for speaking is getting a tutor to write a quick report which consists of some of the things I said incorrectly. Rather than explanations, I just want to see the sentence. This report is written in Japanese (my target language) too.

By the way, Steve Kaufmann has said similar things about input vs output in the past. Happy to connect you two if you'd like.

Keep up the good work, Phoenix.

[nendoakuma]

Small children always start out speaking making a lot of mistakes in their speech but they seem to work it out themselves in a few years. But I agree that lots of input is very important and I don’t think the schools I went to emphasized it nearly enough, particularly with regard to listening. In my self-study I spend most of my time practicing listening.

[hotaru]

You really give me a lot of inspiration to keep going on my path of language learning. My native language is Spanish and now I know English and soon I’ll be able to speak French and hopefully Korean. The list goes on!:)

[saintwy]

Ur vids are the most helpful inputs❤ 谢谢