Recognizing vs. Generating

Re:Recognizing vs. Generating by sixhobbits on Sunday June 21, 2020 @06:29AM (#23591170)

This is most obvious when learning a second language. If you're eg an English speaker learning German vocabulary, you soon notice that you can look at the German words and know what they mean quite easily, but the other way round is significantly more difficult.

After learning some vocab you learn that it's barely ever worth the time to even study German->English as English->German is "real" learning while the former just makes you feel like you are.

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Re:Recognizing vs. Generating by 082349872349872 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @07:47AM (#23591488)

Easy mode: each participant in a dialogue speaks their own language.

Hard mode: each participant in a dialogue speaks the other's language.

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Re:Recognizing vs. Generating by mrtk111 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @01:00PM (#23593299)

True, generating in new language is the more difficult task. The recognition part is just as important thought. To be able to verify that your own generated output is correct you need to be able to comprehend it.

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Re:Recognizing vs. Generating by owenshen24 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @11:34AM (#23592547)

Yup! One thing that I didn't get to mention as an example is the two directions for learning languages.

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