i+1

adj, noun — 2 senses

i+1

adj

Etymology Ostensibly coined by Stephen Krashen in his Explorations in Language Acquisition and Use in 2003; but possibly earlier. Originally, referred to a subsequent word (the 1) added to an existing vocabulary of i words, i.e. the i+1th word learned by the learner.

1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Of a sentence Containing only a single word unknown to the listener or reader.

  • Our SRS provides automatic i+1 sentence cards for optimal study.

i+1

noun

Etymology Ostensibly coined by Stephen Krashen in his Explorations in Language Acquisition and Use in 2003; but possibly earlier. Originally, referred to a subsequent word (the 1) added to an existing vocabulary of i words, i.e. the i+1th word learned by the learner.

1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences The existence of only one word unknown to the reader or listener of a sentence.

  • When enough comprehensible input is provided, i+1 is present.

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