Fluent in 3 weeks
Posted on | May 13, 2011 | 19 Comments
So you want to become fluent in a language in 3 weeks? Honestly, I don’t think this is possible. Language learning takes time.
Sorry, wrong answer! This is not what people want to hear. Some “language learning guru” says you can do it in just a few months.
Speaking Too Early is a Waste of Time
Posted on | February 8, 2011 | 25 Comments
The result (or “interim result” as some might put it) of Keith‘s now-famous “TV Method” experiment has recently sparked numerous discussions and fierce debates in the online language learning communities.
Some people are even taking this as a proof to proclaim that “silent period” is a waste of time. In my opinion, the experiment is more for measuring the effectiveness of “natural input” (versus “comprehensible input”) than that of the “silent period”.
Las Escuelas de Inmersión en Francés
Posted on | February 4, 2011 | 3 Comments
(This is a “Spanish Friday” post. Here is the English version, according to the Fish)
Tracy en Latinaish.com ha tenido una buena idea: “Spanish Friday“. Así que voy a escribir esta entrada en español.
Pass On Your Heritage Languages
Posted on | January 26, 2011 | 8 Comments
Immigrant parents! Pass on your heritage languages no matter what!
I was sitting in McDonald’s one day and saw two Chinese mothers chatting with each other in Mandarin. They then turned and spoke to their kids in English. These kids were only toddlers, not like those immigrant teens who already made up their minds not to speak their heritage languages. It seemed like the parents deliberately avoided passing their heritage languages on to the next generation.
In fact, I see similar situations quite often, not confining to one ethic group. For a long time I could not figure out why they would do such thing. A thread recently came up in the HTLAL forums titled “Undelivered language heritage” discusses exactly the same issue. A few theories have been formulated: Read more
Hyperpolyglot Who Speaks 59 Languages
Posted on | January 22, 2011 | 3 Comments
Yesterday I was contacted by someone who claimed to speak 59 languages and he was only 18 years old!
My first reaction was: Really?! Well, ‘speak’ is a vague term. In fact, he admitted up front that he was not fluent in all of them.
Before jumping into any conclusion of my own, I did some quick research on him. His name is Cesare Monteleone, and has been around in the HTLAL forums for a few months. He also has his own YouTube channel. You can watch him speaking 41 languages in this video. (I found that Cesare sometimes removes posts and deletes Internet accounts, so don’t be surprised if the link is broken)
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