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This wiki is intended to provide a list of resources for people hoping to learn a language using comprehensible input.

Comprehensible input is the key element for language acquisition: we acquire language when we understand what we hear or read a natural communicative context (A situation like "Teacher holding a pen and asks student what it is" is not communicative). The concept of Comprehensible Input comes from Comprehension-Hypothesis of Stephen Krashen in the field Second Language Acquisition[1]. But it's not invented by Krashen, as he admitted it[2]. Sometimes, comprehensible input is missunderstood as a method. In fact, it's a necessary, if not sufficient, element to acquire language.

Comprehensible input based language learning is characterized by listening to or reading content in the target language, at or slightly above the level where the learner can understand everything that is being said.[3] Ideally, no use of the learner's native language is used or needed. Visual cues, such as pictures or hand gestures, assist the learner in connecting words with their meanings. The focus of the method is on input (listening, reading) rather than output (speaking, writing). Speaking practice can come after the learner is fairly comfortable with understanding what they hear. Likewise for practicing writing after becoming comfortable with reading.

As opposed to more traditional language learning methods (for example grammar study, rote memorization, etc.), comprehensible input closely resembles the natural language learning of children in their native language, and thus may be more effective and efficient for acquiring new languages. It is certainly easier and more fun than most other methods, as the learner is engaging with content that they almost completely understand already.

This is a wiki, so if you feel like it, you have the power to improve the website in various ways.

  • You can add a page for a new language if it doesn't exist here yet (use the input box on this page so that the correct format is preloaded for you).
  • You can add links to comprehensible input resources on the language page (for example, Youtube channels or podcasts focused on Comprehensible Input).
  • You can add other relevant information or links on a language page (for example Chinese has information about the language itself). Or create a page that provides details about a resource (for example, see You Can Chinese).
  • You can write articles related to comprehensible input (for example, a page that discusses the research behind comprehensible input). Just enter the name of the page you would like to create in the search box at the top of the page, hit enter, and as long as the page doesn't exist yet, a link will be provided to create a new page with that name.
  • You can improve the wiki in a more "meta" way, such as by improving the visual style of the website, changing the organization of language pages, or creating a more welcoming Main Page for new visitors.
  • You can provide suggestions or feedback, or ask questions, at CIW:Community Portal.

If you are at all familiar with the way Wikipedia works, you'll notice that this website runs on the same software as Wikipedia (called MediaWiki). So editing content works the same. Formatting can be added to pages with wikitext or HTML. No need to create an account to edit if you don't want to, although that's useful for keeping track of previous edits, and an account lets you add comments at the bottom of pages.

If you want to add links to a language that you see on this page (Main Page), do it on the language's page, not here. The Main Page will automatically display the links from the language page (it may take up to five minutes for the Main Page to catch up).

Just getting started in a language?
Look for the icon next to a link. That means it starts teaching from zero. Not all such beginner links have been labeled with the icon, so you might find more starter resources if you look around.
So, go ahead, browse the site, and enjoy!



To add a new language, type the name of the language below and press Add New Language.




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- Starts from absolute beginner


Multiple Languages

American Sign Language

Arabic (Standard)

Armenian

Basque

Biblical Greek

Biblical Hebrew

Bulgarian

Cantonese

Catalan

Chinese

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Du Chinese Book_(21025)_-_The_Noun_Project

Easy Mandarin Video_camera_icon_svg

每日中文课Free To Learn Chinese Video_camera_icon_svg

Hit Chinese Video_camera_icon_svg

Ilya Frank's Reading Method Book_(21025)_-_The_Noun_Project

Immersive Chinese Book_(21025)_-_The_Noun_Project

Jiayun Mandarin Video_camera_icon_svg

learn from zero Video_camera_icon_svg

Learn Mandarin in Mandarin with Huimin

LingLing Mandarin

Mandarin Click Video_camera_icon_svg

Mandarin Companion https://mandarincompanion.com/

Simply Chinese Video_camera_icon_svg

Speak Your Chinese Video_camera_icon_svg

Terry Waltz Books Book_(21025)_-_The_Noun_Project

Unconventional Chinese with Keren Video_camera_icon_svg

You Can Chinese 语感中文 Video_camera_icon_svg

Czech

Danish

Dutch

English

Esperanto

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hindi

Indonesian

Italian

Italian/Library Video_camera_icon_svg

Language Transfer

Aurora Arte Video_camera_icon_svg

Easy Italian Video_camera_icon_svg

Easy Italian News Book_(21025)_-_The_Noun_Project

Easy Italian Podcast

Film&Clips in Italiano Video_camera_icon_svg

Geronimo Stilton Video_camera_icon_svg

Ilya Frank's Reading Method Book_(21025)_-_The_Noun_Project

The Italian Coach

Italiano Automatico

Italiano Bello Video_camera_icon_svg

Italiano con Amore

Italiano ON-Air

Learn Italian by the Natural Method

Learn Italian with Lucrezia Video_camera_icon_svg

Leggiamo! Book_(21025)_-_The_Noun_Project

Massimo Polidoro Video_camera_icon_svg

Ménéstrandise Audiolibri

Miss Meeple Video_camera_icon_svg

My Italian Podcast

Pensieri e Parole

Podcast Italiano

Radio Italiano Video_camera_icon_svg

The Teacher Stefano Show

Simple Italian Podcast

Slow Italian, Fast Learning

Smile and Learn - Italiano Video_camera_icon_svg

Sonia Ognibene Books Book_(21025)_-_The_Noun_Project

Una Storia ItaliAnna

Vikidia Book_(21025)_-_The_Noun_Project

TG7 LIS With accurate subtitles and LIS Video_camera_icon_svg

TG7 LIS Sports with accurate subtitles and LIS Video_camera_icon_svg

La Biblioteca di Alessandria Storia e videogame Video_camera_icon_svg

Vanilla Magazine è un progetto di divulgazione storica e culturale. Many have subtitles.Video_camera_icon_svg

Learn Italian with Teacher Stefano Instruction and CI.Video_camera_icon_svg

Japanese

Korean

Latin

Norwegian

Occitan

Polish

Portuguese

Russian

Sanskrit

Sicilian

Slovak

Spanish

Spanish/Library Video_camera_icon_svg

Adriana Ramírez - Teaching Spanish with Stories Video_camera_icon_svg

Bilingual News in Spanish

Dreaming Spanish (Youtube Channel) Video_camera_icon_svg

Easy Spanish Video_camera_icon_svg

Easy Spanish Podcast

Español con Guada Video_camera_icon_svg

Español con Juan Video_camera_icon_svg

Español con María Video_camera_icon_svg

Española: Comprension - Ayan Academy Book_(21025)_-_The_Noun_Project

Fabulaudit Video_camera_icon_svg

StoryLearning Spanish (New home of Fabulaudit) Video_camera_icon_svg

Film&Clips Pelicula Completa Video_camera_icon_svg

How to Spanish Lessons and Podcast Video_camera_icon_svg

Hoy Hablamos

Ilya Frank's Reading Method Book_(21025)_-_The_Noun_Project

Linguriosa Video_camera_icon_svg

LanguaTalk Slow Spanish podcast

Natural Languages Video_camera_icon_svg

Poly-glot-a-lot Video_camera_icon_svg

Sarah Kelso Video_camera_icon_svg

Small Town Spanish Teacher - Simple Stories in Spanish

Smile and Learn - Español Video_camera_icon_svg

Spanish After Hours Video_camera_icon_svg

Spanish Comprehensible Input with Josy Video_camera_icon_svg

Spanish Playground Video_camera_icon_svg

Spanish Short Stories. Video_camera_icon_svg

Spanish Stories Book_(21025)_-_The_Noun_Project

Spanish with Alma Video_camera_icon_svg

Spanish With Antonio Video_camera_icon_svg

Use your Spanish Video_camera_icon_svg

Vikidia Book_(21025)_-_The_Noun_Project

Why Not Spanish? Video_camera_icon_svg

Yourspanishguide Video_camera_icon_svg

Zeta lingua Video_camera_icon_svg

School text books by grade level from 1 to 6 from Mexico. Book_(21025)_-_The_Noun_Project

Swahili

Swedish

Tagalog

Thai

Toki Pona

Tunisian Arabic

Turkish

Ukrainian

Vietnamese

Welsh

Yoruba


References

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