The Input Hypothesis Quotes

“Older acquirers progress more quickly in early stages because they obtain more comprehensible input, while younger acquirers do better in the long run because of their lower affective filters.”
― Stephen D. Krashen, The Input Hypothesis: Issues and Implications

“The child's reluctance to speak for the first few months of his residence in a new country is not pathological, but normal.”
― Stephen D. Krashen, The Input Hypothesis: Issues and Implications

“What immersion has taught us is that comprehensible subject-matter teaching is language teaching — the subject matter class is a language class if it is made comprehensible. In fact, the subject-matter class may even be better than the language class for language acquisition.”
― Stephen D. Krashen, The Input Hypothesis: Issues and Implications