Emergent input opens up a whole new vista in language learning. Â It allows the language to be what it should be according to the research: the vehicle for authentic communication in the classroom, and not the center of our conscious attention.
Making the shift to non-targeted, emergent input unlocks a myriad of exciting new conduits through which to deliver comprehensible input to our students. Â In shifting our focus from the language to the messages, from the words to the ideas, and from the structures to the students, we feel almost as if a layer of dense fog has been lifted from our teaching, revealing the truth about comprehensible input – that it is much simpler than we had previously thought, much more natural and much more enjoyable. Â Â