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The classroom is useful to help bootstrap the understanding of the language: here are some common words, here are the rules they follow. But there's no substitu
by TazeTSchnitzel 5y ago
The classroom is useful to help bootstrap the understanding of the language: here are some common words, here are the rules they follow. But there's no substitute for diving into real texts, and there's not enough time in the classroom to do that enough.
I spent years learning various languages at school, but moving to another country and being forced to read text (etc) in this new language day in, day out, taught me far more in the space of just a year or two.
- kergonath 5y ago> But there's no substitute for diving into real texts, and there's not enough time in the classroom to do that enough. True, but classroom is still necessary if you want to go beyond conversations in a more or les broken language. I often hear people complaining about school and arguing that you just need immersion in the culture. But looking at the grammar and the way the language works is invaluable to make sense of what you hear, truly understand it, and make progress beyond just repeating things you've heard already.