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| smallwhite Pentaglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5306 days ago 537 posts - 1045 votes  Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin, French, Spanish | Message 89 of 94 01 July 2015 at 8:42am | IP Logged | ||
I thought bull refers to things said, and the thread title "Bull that people told you and that you believed starting out"? Well, that's what I meant anyway when I said I couldn't think of even 1, simply because no one told me anything at all. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6149 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 90 of 94 01 July 2015 at 2:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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- Michel Thomas was French and had a perfect accent.
- That a lot listening, reading and writing would lead to a speaking ability. - Classroom study doesn’t work. 8 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| AlexTG Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 4636 days ago 178 posts - 354 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Latin, German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 91 of 94 01 July 2015 at 10:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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I believed that there existed activities which could damage my language learning. I now realise that everything contributes positively, some activities are simply
slightly less efficient (and low efficiency isn't a reason not to do something if you enjoy doing it!). Edited by AlexTG on 01 July 2015 at 10:33pm 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4663 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 92 of 94 02 July 2015 at 12:02am | IP Logged | ||
Hahaha. That reminds me of something that happens to me from time to time: I have been studying French for a few years now and I will sometimes (online) run into L2 French speakers that I spoke with when I first started learning the language but have not seen for a year or two. These are people that already had an advanced level when I was just starting out, and back then they were (to my beginner's ears) indistinguishable from native speakers. But now I can clearly hear the difference. Edited by tastyonions on 02 July 2015 at 12:03am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4620 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 93 of 94 02 July 2015 at 3:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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Moving to (or spending a lot of time in) the country where the language is spoken means you just pick it up, as if by magic.
That people in certain northern European nations are simply "good at languages" 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Darklight1216 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5098 days ago 411 posts - 639 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German | Message 94 of 94 02 July 2015 at 10:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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I thought that classrooms were necessary when I was a kid.
More recently, I thought that adding another language would be nearly as "easy" as learning French by itself. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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