|
 |
Research Thread | ||
Tags: Quiz | ||
Share with:
| ||
 Language Learning Forum : General discussion |  | |
| Luai_lashire Diglot Senior Member United States luai-lashire.deviant Joined 5838 days ago 384 posts - 560 votes  Speaks: English*, Esperanto Studies: Japanese, French | Message 17 of 20 04 October 2011 at 7:00pm | IP Logged |
|
I'm going to do one list for beginning stage and one for later (intermediate+) as I think the focus is very different
between them. Beginning stage: A. Parts of speech B. Sentence structure/order C. Vocabulary D. Verb conjugations E. Cases/Gender/Plurality (I would learn these together with conjugations) F. Pronunciation G. Imperatives (i.e. "commands") H. Voice (i.e. "active" vs. "passive") I. Subjunctives K. Cultural mores/behavior/idioms and stock phrases Intermediate +: A. Verb conjugations (if not yet mastered) B. Pronunciation C. Imperatives (IF this does not simply fall under conjugation or what have you) D. Voice E. Cultural mores/behavior/idioms and stock phrases F. Subjunctives G. Sentence structure/order (here I am assuming this would cover "advanced grammar") H. Vocabulary I. Anything else you are still struggling with I don't think it's important to worry overly much about pronunciation at first. If you are listening and speaking enough, you should be constantly improving it anyway. Later, in the intermediate stage, I think it's worth going back and doing some work on the phonology of the language and learning about stress and so forth and generally doing intense work on pronunciation. But it's more important at first to get your feet wet and learn to actually say something. I also think beginners should learn all verb conjugations and cases and etc. in a big batch at the beginning and just continue drilling and practicing from there. Vocabulary is very important at the beginning because it gives you things to say but it stays pretty important as you move on because you're now finding the desire to say more complicated things that need more complicated words. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |
| TrentBooks Triglot Groupie United States TrentBooks.com Joined 4864 days ago 43 posts - 98 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Guarani Studies: Biblical Hebrew, Japanese | Message 18 of 20 06 October 2011 at 8:28pm | IP Logged |
|
I appreciate the responses so far. Anyone else want to weigh in on this question?
1 person has voted this message useful | |
| darkwhispersdal Senior Member Wales Joined 6050 days ago 294 posts - 363 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Ancient Greek, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese, Latin | Message 19 of 20 08 October 2011 at 4:36pm | IP Logged |
|
A. Parts of speech (i.e. verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, etc.)
B. Sentence structure/order (i.e. "Subject, Verb, Object") C. Cases/Gender/Plurality (matching principles) D. Verb conjugations (this is listed separately from A because of size of scope) E. Vocabulary F. Pronunciation G. Imperatives (i.e. "commands") H. Subjunctives I. Voice (i.e. "active" vs. "passive") J. Idioms This order suits me for languages such as Russian and Ancient Greek especially as word order cripples me there. For Spanish verb conjugations would be before sentence structure. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| TrentBooks Triglot Groupie United States TrentBooks.com Joined 4864 days ago 43 posts - 98 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Guarani Studies: Biblical Hebrew, Japanese | Message 20 of 20 11 October 2011 at 6:20am | IP Logged |
|
So, based on responses, it looks like the math adds up thusly (in order of most important in early study stages):
1. Sentence structure/order (i.e. "Subject, Verb, Object") 2. Parts of speech (i.e. verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, etc.) 3. Verb conjugations (this is listed separately from A because of size of scope) 4. Pronunciation 5. Vocabulary 6. Cases/Gender/Plurality (matching principles) 7. Imperatives (i.e. "commands") 8. Voice (i.e. "active" vs. "passive") 9. Subjunctives 10. Other I really do appreciate the responses. It confirms some of my thoughts/theories, and opens the avenue for others. Next question: When feeling discouraged, what helps you feel motivated to continue learning your target language? Edited by TrentBooks on 11 October 2011 at 6:21am 1 person has voted this message useful |
If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login. If you are not already registered you must first register
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
