Guppy 🌹

the first one and ONLY the first one

This appears to be the trend, and while that's how I am primarily learning (having reached an intermediate level) I'm not sure how I would have gotten to that stage without some basic study of grammar and lexis

Also guided output is definitely necessary too if one wants to actually communicate rather than simply understand the language (if that's how we're defining acquisition)

it's more that the quality of output is largely a product of how much comprehensible input you've gotten. it's very easy to become good at speaking relatively quickly once you've reached a good level of comprehension.