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| Andrew Coach Diglot Newbie AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4740 days ago 17 posts - 18 votes Speaks: English, Hungarian | Message 9 of 21 03 October 2011 at 10:58am | IP Logged | |||||
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People who are non-literate all learn mostly through translation. So this method has been used for thousands of
years. I personally have learnt a number of languages through non-translation and as a language teacher that is the only way I teach. I guess you could question how fast that is ! Trust me, faster than light! :-) Anyways, I could go on and on.... If you look around at some other threads on this site you will see I am not the only person saying this. The issue is that the translation method of learning languages has become so predominant that many people cannot comprehend another way of learning languages. Translation has a role but an adjunct one, not the primary role it has been given. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6485 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 10 of 21 03 October 2011 at 4:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
Nonsense. You obviously mean something else, so why don't you tell us what it is, rather that say you learn languages without ever translating.
Please tell us exactly what you mean by the "translation method". I've never heard of it. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5701 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 11 of 21 03 October 2011 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
Pictures or it didn't happen.
Lies. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Improbably Diglot Newbie Norway Joined 4871 days ago 34 posts - 87 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English | Message 12 of 21 03 October 2011 at 6:54pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Of course you can learn languages without doing any translation. Just use the nature method courses! If you can get a hold of them (I have the French and Italian ones). ;)
Anyone who has used Lingua Latina by Orberg knows that it can be done completely without translation. And in fact is a very comfortable method of learning, in addition to being intellectually stimulating. Edited by Improbably on 03 October 2011 at 6:54pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4844 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 13 of 21 03 October 2011 at 7:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
Do you have a link to information about these courses? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Improbably Diglot Newbie Norway Joined 4871 days ago 34 posts - 87 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English | Message 14 of 21 03 October 2011 at 7:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
Finding information about them is surprisingly difficult. The courses were obscure even before the internet was invented, and haven't become any less so. The easiest way to understand the principle behind them is to simply have a look. You can find Örberg's Lingua Latina floating around the web, or you could pm me if you'd like to see the French and Italian courses. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Andrew Coach Diglot Newbie AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4740 days ago 17 posts - 18 votes Speaks: English, Hungarian | Message 15 of 21 04 October 2011 at 12:48am | IP Logged | |||||
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Here is a link which show how English grammar can be taught online without translation:
http://uepd.quizport.com/course/view.php?id=6 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4763 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 16 of 21 04 October 2011 at 3:12pm | IP Logged | |||||
Young children learn remarkably quickly! They are voracious little learning machines. It's something I have always found almost miraculous. I suppose that a few adults manage to retain at least a certain amount of this ability, but most of us are not so good in that respect. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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