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| Kugel Senior Member United States Joined 6338 days ago 497 posts - 555 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 9 of 10 19 May 2008 at 10:06am | IP Logged |
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Did language learning in the typical classroom ever get its scientific sea legs, as it were? If it did, then at what point did it go away? The paucity of articles that deals with language learning having data involving observation and experiments is alarming. Right now I can only think of the articles written by Paul Pimsleur in the Modern Lanugage Journal that were written 50 years ago. In the articles you will find that the famous "graduated interval recall", which is exponential in form, is mathematically impossible in language learning involving lessons going beyond a few weeks. In an article titled Pattern Drills, he mentions Dr. Sauze's psychological experiments regarding single emphasis:
for optimum learning, concentrate on one specific point until it is thoroughly learned by doing one 'element' at a time. Now, I'd much rather have scientific articles rather than authoritative revelations of amazon.com type reviews when it comes to determining the effectiveness of a particular language program. Maybe the forum can use the Royal Society's motto: Nullius in Verba, "On the authority of no one." This forum rivals amazon.com's review section in some ways, but how often does one really get to read scientific articles dealing with a specific language program? J. Barts Edited by Kugel on 19 May 2008 at 10:08am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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