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| FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6686 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 57 of 69 03 April 2007 at 4:50am | IP Logged | |||||
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I read somewhere that in early childhood the brain is in a state of "hyper-plasticity" i.e. designed to be especially open to absorbing new skills. In adulthood, it is not as flexible, so learning new skills is harder, but not impossible. It is just kids get an advantage over us oldies!
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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6371 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 58 of 69 04 April 2007 at 9:38pm | IP Logged | |||||
Excellent articles Linguamor. I'm still reading them, but the first one you list here has a lot of very useful ideas of what to do with a tutor, and more specific examples of TPR. Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7026 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 59 of 69 04 April 2007 at 10:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
Don't be afraid to summarize them for us if you get a chance ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Darobat Diglot Senior Member Joined 7009 days ago 754 posts - 770 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Latin | Message 60 of 69 04 April 2007 at 10:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
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That second article (for non-beginners) is incredible. The introduction describing the target reader nearly perfectly describes where I'm at in my Russian studies.
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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6371 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 61 of 69 05 April 2007 at 10:39am | IP Logged | |||||
Heh heh, slacker:) I'll make you a deal. If you start a thread on how to use tutors, and pull together some of the good posts already made on this forum, I'll write a summary.
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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6371 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 62 of 69 05 April 2007 at 12:45pm | IP Logged | |||||
I just had to post this exerpt from the above article:
My stepmom, perhaps the most skilled ESL teacher trainer in my home state, gave me hell for hiring a conversation tutor, and not allowing said tutor to correct me. Vindication! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| frenkeld Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6764 days ago 2042 posts - 2719 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German | Message 63 of 69 05 April 2007 at 1:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
I don't know. I've been talking uncorrected English, while exposed to oodles and oodles of comprehensible input, for more than two decades, and I still make too many mistakes. One either needs to self-correct or be corrected. It may not be critical in the beginning, when just the act of speaking is helpful in itself and too much correcting may interfere more than help, but eventually it has to be done or you'll simply have to live with where you end up, which won't be perfect. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6371 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 64 of 69 05 April 2007 at 2:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
Correct. That's what the article says, and that's what I meant. Eventually, a certain amount of correction may be useful, but I probably won't be using a tutor by then. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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