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| tapachula111 Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6281 days ago 22 posts - 25 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Italian, French | Message 1 of 4 13 June 2010 at 8:51pm | IP Logged |
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I am wondering whether those three week immersion courses are as effective as they say. How much could you learn in three weeks in or out of your home country? I know they are very expensive. Please give some feedback. &nb sp; Regards, Paul
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| Chris Heptaglot Senior Member Japan Joined 7123 days ago 287 posts - 452 votes  Speaks: English*, Russian, Indonesian, French, Malay, Japanese, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Korean, Mongolian | Message 2 of 4 14 June 2010 at 8:04am | IP Logged |
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I wouldn't. I really wouldn't. I have heard of people going on these and being disappointed. It's a glorified stay in a foreign country (with other non-native speakers at various levels - that's a dead giveaway) at a very high cost. I think these are more a business than a viable proposition for learning a foreign language.
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| stout Senior Member Ireland Joined 5373 days ago 108 posts - 140 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 3 of 4 16 June 2010 at 12:04am | IP Logged |
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I have tried that method myself.I was doing an intensive French course for 2-3 months when I was living in France.
I have to say the results were pretty mixed.It depends on the teachers to a certain extent. However as Chris said it's a glorified stay in a foreign country in which the costs are pretty expensive. Yes it's true these so-called language schools are businesses.My advice is to avoid language schools and hire a 1 to 1 private tutor instead. So like I said before my experience with language schools were nothing special nor any great shakes,nothing to write home about. Edited by stout on 16 June 2010 at 12:09am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Chris Heptaglot Senior Member Japan Joined 7123 days ago 287 posts - 452 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Indonesian, French, Malay, Japanese, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Korean, Mongolian | Message 4 of 4 16 June 2010 at 7:37am | IP Logged |
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A short immersive stay can be useful after - AFTER - you've got a thorough grounding in a language, and enough vocabulary, idioms and mastery of grammatical structure. It can help to activate all the learnings and work the magic, but it doesn't come without the hard work at the beginning.
Those month-long beginner's immersion things are a waste of time and money though. But they do pull in the linguistically uninitiated, promising them accelerated learning learning in the country of relevance - second only to the 'learn as a child learns' in language-course marketing strategy. It reminds me of a language software company I've seen around from time to time, that makes outlandish promises in exchange for a wad of your cash...a Rosette something-or-other. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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