I actually thought of it the other way, that input comes first, you get yourself familiarized with language, get used to some patterns, and then learn grammar behind it. I’ve done a lot of comprehensible input in French with almost zero grammar. Now I consider myself ready for grammar ( in a sense that I’m familliar with the written form of language to some degree), and want to focus a little on underlying rules.
My “baby teeth” was translation of phrases and sentenses, that lead to “adult chewing” i.e understanding without translating.
Anyways, now that I’ve read your comments, I’m really interested know more about this person’s perspective on language learning, especially since it looks like that it differs from mine.
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