A korrentour readingWhat is a korrent?
Drawn from what Benny Lewis said
language learning How an adult picks up a second language: input against speaking practice, immersion against slow habit, and whether a teacher can do it for you.
Word for word, with the source under each one. They did not write this page.
Irish writer who spent his twenties travelling and speaking
It's not like I passed some threshold of having enough words to get started speaking
Where this was said
↗Speaking a language badly: how to get over the ego problemfluentin3months.com
All 5 korrents from this piecethis one is 5th
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In tension with
Kaufmann says authentic material is noise to a beginner, so the start has to be graded input. Lewis says there is no threshold to cross before speaking begins and that the change is a decision rather than a level reached. Both are about the very first weeks, and only one of them has a stage that must be got through first.
Our reading — they may agree, disagree or merely touch the same thing. Closest first: a shared subject counts for most, then how near the wording is.