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I was under the impression that the best way to learn is complete immersion. My mind immediately goes to Bart Simpson learning French to thwart his captors (sea
by ikeyany 7y ago
I was under the impression that the best way to learn is complete immersion. My mind immediately goes to Bart Simpson learning French to thwart his captors (season 1 spoilers, sorry!).
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- mumblemumble 7y agoMy best guess about why that idea has so much staying power is that it's useful for consoling oneself after having been failed by mainstream language education. The people I know of who've successfully learned a second language that way are invariably characters on TV shows. Having spent much of the past few years of my life helping two small children learn their first language, I have my doubts about whether the "immersion is magic" approach is really even the most efficient way to pick up language number one.
- Kaiyou 7y agoNo, that is a movie lie. You can learn stuff during total immersion, but you can also learn nothing while being totally immersed. It doesn't affect your learning.