kidshomestunner Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6410 days ago 239 posts - 285 votes Speaks: Japanese
| Message 25 of 30 15 July 2010 at 12:26am | IP Logged |
[QUOTE=Keith] No, we can't describe it a bit.
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I have my translation log open for everyone to see, I leave myself open to critique: Could you open another thread to discuss your method please??
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mrhenrik Triglot Moderator Norway Joined 6084 days ago 482 posts - 658 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, French Personal Language Map
| Message 26 of 30 15 July 2010 at 1:24am | IP Logged |
Discussing the childhood of tennis players seems a little off-topic. ;p
I would definitely recommend my strategy to people learning languages, and I already do.
I'm very happy with what I've learned with regards to the amount of work I've put into
it.
Start out with Assimil, read native materials with a dictionary as soon as you can find
them, perhaps SRS a bit and see if it helps. L-R a LOT.
This is what I've got so far though, but I think it's a very good start.
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kidshomestunner Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6410 days ago 239 posts - 285 votes Speaks: Japanese
| Message 27 of 30 15 July 2010 at 1:35am | IP Logged |
mrhenrik wrote:
Discussing the childhood of tennis players seems a little off-topic. ;p
I would definitely recommend my strategy to people learning languages, and I already do.
I'm very happy with what I've learned with regards to the amount of work I've put into
it.
Start out with Assimil, read native materials with a dictionary as soon as you can find
them, perhaps SRS a bit and see if it helps. L-R a LOT.
This is what I've got so far though, but I think it's a very good start. |
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Yeah, sorry I was translating last night and my mind was drifting.... Thanks for explaning your method. I just hope Keith is as open about his method...
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NuclearGorilla Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6791 days ago 166 posts - 195 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Japanese, French
| Message 28 of 30 16 July 2010 at 11:32pm | IP Logged |
kidshomestunner wrote:
I have my translation log open for everyone to see, I leave myself open to critique: Could you open another thread to discuss your method please?? |
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There is a rather sparse and antiquated thread here which might be adequate to get the gist of it.
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kidshomestunner Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6410 days ago 239 posts - 285 votes Speaks: Japanese
| Message 29 of 30 17 July 2010 at 12:29am | IP Logged |
NuclearGorilla wrote:
kidshomestunner wrote:
I have my translation log open for everyone to see, I leave myself open to critique: Could you open another thread to discuss your method please?? |
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There is a rather sparse and antiquated thread here which might be adequate to get the gist of it. |
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Ok thanks, it is a bit like the Powell Alexander Janulus stuff I know about Thanks again.
The main criticism of this method is that found in the loom of language: Can an adult really learn a language like a child? I don't really think so.
Edited by kidshomestunner on 17 July 2010 at 12:32am
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frenkeld Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6948 days ago 2042 posts - 2719 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German
| Message 30 of 30 17 July 2010 at 6:29am | IP Logged |
kidshomestunner wrote:
Can an adult really learn a language like a child? I don't really think so. |
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Some immigrants learn their new language entirely through immersion - the main difference with children seems to be that the level of competence reached in this fashion varies greatly from individual to individual. Here is one success story from this forum, although it was more of a "graded immersion" than the more normal kind, when there is hardly any help available.
Learning a language from scratch as an adult by "passive immersion", sitting in front of TV, is more experimental than active immersion, so it is understandable if someone doesn't feel ready to recommend it.
Edited by frenkeld on 19 July 2010 at 12:16am
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