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| tmesis Senior Member Mayotte Joined 6654 days ago 154 posts - 146 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 57 of 69 16 August 2007 at 8:01pm | IP Logged |
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| Zhuangzi Nonaglot Language Program Publisher Senior Member Canada lingq.com Joined 7034 days ago 646 posts - 688 votes Speaks: English*, French, Japanese, Swedish, Mandarin, Cantonese, German, Italian, Spanish Studies: Russian | Message 58 of 69 16 August 2007 at 9:09pm | IP Logged |
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MeshGearFox,
It seems to me that you are the one in a previous post who expressed the view that all foreign language audio books are expensive, on subjects of no interest and poorly read. Have you looked? The content available for Russian and German is huge, and a lot is free. I suggest that you and tmesis would be better off being a little more open minded and less interested in trying to score easy points. I have made no secret of my affiliation with LingQ and am following the spirit of this site as I see it in providing advice with reference to LingQ. If I am told by the administrators to stop doing so I will stop. I do not pay any attention to your carping. Here is the relevant rule I believe. "If you wish to share a relevant URL with members of the forum and you have already participated in the forum for a while, you may do so by explaining that the site is yours, why you made it and ask for comments. " 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7162 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 59 of 69 16 August 2007 at 10:21pm | IP Logged |
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Funny. You agree with audiolang's "tone" but get touchy when tmesis agrees with MeshGearFox's "tone".
Carry on... 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| audiolang Diglot Senior Member Romania Joined 6326 days ago 108 posts - 109 votes 2 sounds Speaks: Romanian*, English | Message 60 of 69 16 August 2007 at 10:34pm | IP Logged |
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And all this time I thought Zhuangzi was complimenting my voice tone.If it was that of my post ,I can assure you it was a friendly/comic one.
Yes Chung ,let's all carry on with languages with or without their complex grammar. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tmesis Senior Member Mayotte Joined 6654 days ago 154 posts - 146 votes Speaks: English* | Message 61 of 69 16 August 2007 at 10:53pm | IP Logged |
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| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6452 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 62 of 69 19 August 2007 at 7:04pm | IP Logged |
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@tmesis: Ah, but if Zhuangzi continues to kick the dead horse, it gives him more posts in which to drop remarks about his service. Which, ultimately, I think, is why he keeps persevering. ;)
@Zhuangzi: I agree that a lot of input is needed for language learning, but the fact of the matter is (as others here have already stated - repeatedly!), different people learn in different ways. Do I try to take in a lot of input in the languages I'm learning? Yes. I also, however, find grammar explanations quite useful, particularly with highly inflected languages, like Russian. I can't imagine how long it would take me to figure out the noun declensions without reading the grammar explanations. I think by harping on grammar, you're cutting off your nose to spite your face. Can someone learn a language through a grammar book alone? Of course not. But I think they *can* be helpful. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Zhuangzi Nonaglot Language Program Publisher Senior Member Canada lingq.com Joined 7034 days ago 646 posts - 688 votes Speaks: English*, French, Japanese, Swedish, Mandarin, Cantonese, German, Italian, Spanish Studies: Russian | Message 63 of 69 19 August 2007 at 11:39pm | IP Logged |
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I agree that different people study in different ways, and like to study in different ways. I do not believe that people learn in fundamentally different ways.
Learning Russian without trying to memorize or even master the noun declensions is not only feasible but, in my view, desirable. Input and vocabulary first, grammar rules come much much later. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6452 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 64 of 69 20 August 2007 at 6:55am | IP Logged |
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Whatever you say, God.
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