103 ¦ Is Comprehensible Input enough?

A potentially controversial topic for some listeners but an important one nonetheless: Is Comprehensible Input enough on its own? What about output, grammar and practice ? Is there a role in the language acquisition class for these too? In this episode, I discuss my take on this argument and hopefully provide some thought-provoking questions for everyone to consider as we talk to colleagues who may teach in a very different to us. Teaching with a CI approach will only become more mainstream when rather than shouting from the corner, we discuss in the middle. Please let me know what you think! Keep in touch and share widely! Full programme notes are available on ⁠⁠ . Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram ⁠⁠@themotivatedclassroom⁠⁠ , Twitter ⁠⁠@motclasspodcast⁠⁠ and Facebook ⁠⁠@themotivatedclassroom⁠⁠ . I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag . Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ . Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on ⁠⁠patreon.com.

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103 ¦ Is Comprehensible Input enough? is an episode from The Motivated Classroom by Dr. Liam Printer.

This episode is 00:30:11 long.

This episode was published on May 3, 2026.

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