why would you say so?
There are many linguists who think it's more important to get comprehensible input, then produce comprehensible output [0]
There are many linguists who think it's more important to get comprehensible input, then produce comprehensible output [0]
Surely yes you need to adjust to the sound of a foreign language, but with no feedback loop of trying to speak and having another person feedback, how do you adjust?
Listening to hours of completely foreign language won't make you understand what the words are or what they mean, so "comprehensible" input includes weasel words that require you to already know the language before you can learn it. It's all over a bit weird.
Don't people say some of the most effective ways to learn are the immersion courses where you go to a retreat and speak only that language for weeks at a time, studying and learning 8 hrs+/day and then there are people who spend years reading or listening but aren't confident to speak anything. But are there people who spend years speaking with fluent speakers who still report they don't know the language?
[1] inb4 "hurr think you know better than professional linguists"