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You don't need to know how to write fluently to be able to read fluently and comprehend something, and I don't need to say something to be able to understand it. Listening and reading are not necessarily passive. I agree, but active engagement does not require speaking or writing. >Comprehension requires active engagement. Babies sound things out early because they're trying to get a hold of it, the vocal contortions required. I was for a decade (!!!) If you don't start speaking you will forever have only an intellectual understanding of the language. You have to make friends with your fear or you will forever be stuck in what many language learners refer to as a "quiet period". I was in the latter camp learning Danish. There's no other trick to learning a language than forcing yourself to speak.įor some it's easier because they're less socially anxious. You need to start speaking as soon as possible. This has to be the most counterproductive advice I've ever heard. Until then, speaking practice is virtually useless. You'll notice when you're ready to start speaking a little because you'll occasionally have thoughts in your target language. Speaking is the natural result of having learned a language.
This has shown to actually hinder the process of acquiring a language. It's hard to find the specific research results summarizing this, but here's one example from that time period. Note: This was all direct, primary research done at the Defense Language Institute with thousands of participants annually, so it was direct cause and effect experiment. Subsequently an Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) was developed and is considered an integral part of the DLPT. Post-1976 it was considered a mission critical skill because it had such a dramatic effect on students final listening and reading abilities during the culminating Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT). Pre-1976 the Defense Language Institute did not score or rate students speaking ability because only reading and listening were considered mission critical skills. Because my job title was voice intercept operator. I know this because it's discussed on the first day of classes at DLI as for why you need to learn to speak the language not just hear and read it. The Defense Language Institute comprehensively disproved this in the mid-1970's. If you just want to learn enough to order at a restaurant, that's a different ballgame.
Note: These tips are also only for people who want to learn a language to fluency. Maybe these will help you, as they've definitely helped me learn Spanish. Comprehension is inevitable, just optimize for time spent listening/reading. You need hundreds and hundreds of hours listening to the language to really start to acquire it. The most important thing is just experiencing the language. It sounds counter-intuitive, but stopping to translate often will just slow you down. Don't translate! If you do, do so very sparingly. For those interested in how to get the most out of language learning tools like LLwN, some tips which are backed up by the field of applied linguistics: I run a language learning app (leerly.io) which focuses on teaching language through comprehensible input, which seems to be at least somewhat how LLwN is approaching the problem of language acquisition.
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