tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425985850280051605.post7705416532772133808..comments2023-08-09T14:03:35.138+09:00Comments on Keith's Voice on Extreme Language Learning: the ALG methodKeithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533265523359409077noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425985850280051605.post-36174867325192462742011-08-24T10:30:24.980+09:002011-08-24T10:30:24.980+09:00I am probably missing something, but my understand...I am probably missing something, but my understanding of alg is that you have either to go to the country that speaks your target language of find a class at home that uses the alg method. I really like alg I think that they are probably correct in their teachings. My problem is how do you live in a country where you don't speak the language, but very much want to, when you almost certainly need a job to survive and that usually means fluency in the language to begin with.<br /> I am studying Italian, French and German using the Pimsleur method. My Italian, which I wasn't entirely unfamiliar with before starting has really taken off. It is to early to say anything about French which I came to as a complete beginner. As for German, I started that language knowing nothing, yet within 7 days I can say more and understand native speakers better than my mother who has spent the last year studying phrases books, vocabulary lists and verb tables, which she chants out loud. Listening to native speakers is definitely the way to go if you want to speak a language even tolerably well.Ladyboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14648892495047514533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425985850280051605.post-41095419837630192512008-10-10T01:25:00.000+09:002008-10-10T01:25:00.000+09:00good observation. I have often wondered why kids ...good observation. I have often wondered why kids are given so much props for being able to pick up another language when they often can't produce standard pronunciation of their own language. <BR/>What do they know? they're just kids. : )<BR/>I think just paying attention to context and listening without always attempting a translation is key to adult language learning. How many times have you impressed someone with a phrase in some obscure language, and they probably imagined that you sat at home learning to say thank you in Persian just to impress them. The truth is you just have to pay attention.Micah Neelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00185086888582231136noreply@blogger.com