Re:A Review of Language Learning Tactics
by ipnon on Saturday September 12, 2020 @03:56PM
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Classes that don't focus on the painful, difficult conversations the parent mentions are worthless, so the point still stands. These classes can be detrimental because they are learning theater. They give the mere appearance of language comprehension.
I STRONGLY categorically disagree with your "don't take classes" statement.
I would rephrase your statement "don't take shit classes".
Don't waste your time on "My name is Bob" classes looking at cartoons in textbooks.
But good classes. With proper structured tuition. Given by a true native teacher. Not an opportunity to be sniffed at.
Why do I say this ? Because I've done it. It was bloody hard work at the time and I hated every minute of it. But the outcome in terms of my fluency, including finer details like pronunciation etc without needing to think about it ? Unmatched. As far as I'm concerned there's no substitute for supervised learning.
If you want to learn a language properly, you need someone not afraid to tell you you're wrong (rather than just being nice and saying "that's good" all the time, or turning a blind eye to your abysmal pronunciation). You also need someone to push you and challenge you, especially with technical aspects which again is not something you'll find with friends.