Normally I hate blog posts that just link to another blog that links to another blog that links to the primary source, especially when I’m subscribed to both blogs. Just give me the source, I don’t need your one line comment and link!<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, I read a blog post about language learning methods<\/a> and felt an urge to add my two cents. Here’s an excerpt from the post.<\/p>\n \nThe neat thing here – and I’ve counseled this before – is that language learning isn’t about following a method; it’s about getting in sync with and enjoying a language.<\/p>\n In this light, the debates about which method is best are silly. But if they keep people talking about new things that others might not have tried yet, they’re still useful. Ignore the bombast about who’s best, then, and keep reading the forums and blogs. You might just find what you are looking for now in spite of everyone’s best efforts to settle what’s best left unresolved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Looking at the many comments<\/a> on the merits and drawbacks of Heisig, I’d have to agree. I’ve learned that what works for some doesn’t work at all for others and most importantly, what didn’t work for me<\/i> may work for others.<\/p>\n In the end, it doesn’t matter what study method you use as long as it helps you spend more time with the language. Still, I have to argue that you have<\/i> to do my very simple method at some point for fluency, which as many of you already know, is to practice in a real-world context with real people and primary source materials not just artificial textbooks and dialogs. Ok, I guess it’s more common-sense than “a method” per se.<\/p>\n For completeness, here’s the blog post<\/a> that is link to by the blog I just linked to (whew!). Amazingly, that blog doesn’t link to the primary source which is a thread in the how-to-learn-any-language.com’s forum<\/a>. \uff08\uff9f_\uff9f;\uff09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Normally I hate blog posts that just link to another blog that links to another blog that links to the primary source, especially when I’m subscribed to both blogs. Just give me the source, I don’t need your one line … Continue reading