Comments on: Do language classes work?

By: JAY

JAY — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:39:13 +0000

Another good site is http://www.ezlangaugecourses.com

If your traveling and need a ez language book , that you can print out any where.

By: how to learn a language

how to learn a language — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:28:05 +0000

A fantastic read….very literate and informative. Many thanks….what theme is this you are using and also, where is your RSS button ?

By: how to learn a language

how to learn a language — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:20:02 +0000

Very well written post however, I would recommend that you turn the No Follow off in your comment section.

Keep up the good work.

By: Louis

Louis — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:36:25 +0000

I have a dream that one day learning foreign language in class would be something a lot of students would look forward to. Imagine in a small class, half the students play the games the other just watch and listen ( those who watch also learn from other’s mistakes.) You select the character you wish to play in this computer game. The scene of the computer game starts with a shop in Paris, you were accused of taking something without paying. The Police came and you were escorted to the police station for questioning. Or other games like you were working as an au pair in paris when your french host try to sexually harass you. All the games should be progammed with some mystery or something unusual to keep the students attention focus on the language. If your programme is visiting the museum or things like that then most students would fall asleep half way through.
For this method to work the students have to be somewhere in the intermediate level or advance level. It would be quite interesting because the students are allowed to participate in other words they could speak and answer questions and the teacher would check if the answer is correct.
Well, for beginners the programme would be something like you walk into a cafe and you order a cafe in french and the man behind the counter speak in a heavy accented french (regional dialect) and see if you can handle that, otherwise there would be no fun in the game. In the game you got the chance to listen to your target language and also you speak it as well, like in real life.
If you look at the computer games we are playing today, they look quite real and I don’t see why it can’t be programmed to work for language learning.
Will sosme computer genius tell me why they haven’t come up with this sort of game for language learning?

By: fatima

fatima — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:08:48 +0000

yes i agree with you hundred percent

By: fatima

fatima — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:55:29 +0000

Yes I agree with you hundred percent.

By: yasmeen

yasmeen — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:52:47 +0000

Learning involves interaction between teacher and student and the medium is the material. Everything depends on this interaction as students follow their teacher. The only condition,i agree with you, is the devotion from both sides.

By: yasmeen

yasmeen — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:47:30 +0000

its an interaction betweem teacher and student and mediun is the material. every thing depends on this interaction as students will follow the teacher . the only condition i agree with you is the devotion from both sides.

By: Francis

Francis — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:22:35 +0000

I just found your blog today through a list by Steve Kaufman; it seems that I’ll be subscribing! As a university student, studying to teach foreign languages (German and Spanish), I’m definitely interested to see what you have to share from your experiences. Continue to write!

By: admin

admin — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000

@Relja Dereta Hi Relja. It is a nice idea to post my classroom progress. I will think about it. Although I am looking for a way to improve my teaching skills, I still think self-study is the best way to learn languages. However, since this isn't our school's model (classroom model seems to make a lot of money, for managers of course, not for teachers =/) we have adapt ourselves. My ideal classroom will combine together self-study and classrooms methods. Classroom would work more as a kind of orientation, the learner would learn the "how to", so that he can do it by herself at home, or even at the school