Comments on: Revolutionary approach to learning languages! http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/revolutionary-approach-to-learning-languages/ How to keep the fun in language learning! Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:39:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JAY http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/revolutionary-approach-to-learning-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-4455 JAY Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:59:56 +0000 http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/?p=119#comment-4455 =\ =\

]]> By: "I kinda like languages" blog http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/revolutionary-approach-to-learning-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-1423 "I kinda like languages" blog Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:15:15 +0000 http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/?p=119#comment-1423 <strong>Just Listening to the Language is Enough?...</strong> I have come across a news article suggesting that just listening to the language without even understanding it is enough to help you learn it. First of all, I don’t quite think so. Why? Well, there are at least three reasons. First of all, where... Just Listening to the Language is Enough?…

I have come across a news article suggesting that just listening to the language without even understanding it is enough to help you learn it. First of all, I don’t quite think so. Why? Well, there are at least three reasons.
First of all, where…

]]> By: Charles http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/revolutionary-approach-to-learning-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-994 Charles Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:14:50 +0000 http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/?p=119#comment-994 I don't know how revolutionary this is. People have been saying, and doing, this for years. Speaking of saying, for a supposedly intelligent person he did say something kind of obvious and bordering on dumb: "He says people trying to learn a foreign language in their home country are at a disadvantage compared to those who travel to another country and immerse themselves in its sounds and culture." I don’t know how revolutionary this is. People have been saying, and doing, this for years.

Speaking of saying, for a supposedly intelligent person he did say something kind of obvious and bordering on dumb: “He says people trying to learn a foreign language in their home country are at a disadvantage compared to those who travel to another country and immerse themselves in its sounds and culture.”

]]> By: Gu Zapata http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/revolutionary-approach-to-learning-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Gu Zapata Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:05:13 +0000 http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/?p=119#comment-595 If those things help the student... actually, I see it as a way of study, as you said. If the guy is learning something, holy crap, give him the iPod! (No, schools won't give iPods... but it'd be a nice idea) If those things help the student… actually, I see it as a way of study, as you said. If the guy is learning something, holy crap, give him the iPod! (No, schools won’t give iPods… but it’d be a nice idea)

]]> By: admin http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/revolutionary-approach-to-learning-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-27 admin Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:49:02 +0000 http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/?p=119#comment-27 When I said iPod I meant any mp3 player, hehe. When I said iPod I meant any mp3 player, hehe.

]]> By: Kelly http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/revolutionary-approach-to-learning-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Kelly Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:23:37 +0000 http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/?p=119#comment-26 I don't think schools give away free iPods (there are cheaper MP3 players out there) but the idea of using podcasts in language learning is certainly a good idea. I remember the terrible cassettes we had to listen to in French class when I was in school...if only we had had resources like FrenchPod or Youtube back then. The same goes for my Mandarin classes. Podcasts were pretty much unheard of when I was studying for my BA in Modern Chinese Studies. Not only were we using the old Practical Chinese Reader books for our courses, we also had to use the CASSETTES for our listening practice (which meant having to buy an old cassette player especially for that). Chinesepod would have been a valuable resource in my studies if it had been around back then... I don’t think schools give away free iPods (there are cheaper MP3 players out there) but the idea of using podcasts in language learning is certainly a good idea. I remember the terrible cassettes we had to listen to in French class when I was in school…if only we had had resources like FrenchPod or Youtube back then.

The same goes for my Mandarin classes. Podcasts were pretty much unheard of when I was studying for my BA in Modern Chinese Studies. Not only were we using the old Practical Chinese Reader books for our courses, we also had to use the CASSETTES for our listening practice (which meant having to buy an old cassette player especially for that). Chinesepod would have been a valuable resource in my studies if it had been around back then…

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