Affective filter
Why anxiety blocks language acquisition, and what reading does about it.
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Glossary
Terms used across this site.
Plain definitions of the seven terms that come up most often when people talk about learning languages by reading. No academic detours. Just what each one means and why it matters.
Comprehensible input
The cleanest definition of what makes a language activity work.
ReadExtensive reading
Reading a lot, mostly easy material, for pleasure. The high-volume play.
Readi+1
The small-stretch principle: your level, plus a little more.
ReadIntensive reading
Slow, careful reading of a difficult text. The other side of the coin.
ReadKrashen Input Hypothesis
The idea that we acquire language through input, not output drills.
ReadSpaced repetition
The interval-based review trick that makes saved words stick.
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