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What makes language study efficient? - tashippy - 2014-02-17
Anyone?
Also, here's a video:
What makes language study efficient? - buonaparte - 2014-02-17
tashippy Wrote:What makes language study efficient?Love.
What makes language study efficient? - Loviatar - 2014-02-18
Not quitting?
What makes language study efficient? - john_sabater - 2014-02-18
Passion for the language?
Big motivation for learning the language?
What makes language study efficient? - vileru - 2014-02-18
Summary of Common Koohii Thoughts on Efficient Language Acquisition (from most to least important):
1. Vocabulary & grammar development, including kanji knowledge
2. Exposure to native materials (written texts, tv programs, cartoons, podcasts, etc.)
3. Oral production, i.e conversation
4. Written production (Lang8 is particularly favored)
Important Note:
Many of our forum posters recognize two distinct phases in efficiently acquiring Japanese.
Phase 1
The consensus is that 10,000 words is the point where one can comfortably and efficiently benefit from most native materials. Therefore, the efficiency-minded learner should first focus on acquiring this base vocabulary along with JLPT N5-N1 grammar. Grammar should be studied and then referenced as needed. Many also suggest making flashcards for each grammar point. In this phase, the studying to exposure/production ratio should be 50:50 - 60:40, i.e. one should study 50-60% of the time and be exposed to native materials and work on production 50-40% of the time.
Phase 2
After reaching the 10,000 word benchmark, the focus should shift from vocabulary development to exposure to native materials and production. The purpose of this shift is to transform language knowledge into language proficiency, i.e. fluency. Of course, new grammar should be learned and referenced as encountered. During this phase, the studying to exposure/production ratio should be 30:70 - 10:90, i.e. one should study 30-10% of the time and be exposed to native materials and work on production 70-90% of the time.
What makes language study efficient? - sholum - 2014-02-18
A future technology that allows the human brain to combine with a computer; the efficiency will come when brain scans become precise enough that brain structures can be copied and converted into programs that can be loaded into the computer portion of your brain like a language pack for a current OS. This will be the most efficient way to learn anything, because all of the information will be available to you, which will leave only the physical articulation to your real brain.
Until then, truly efficient language learning can't be achieved, simply because it's impossible to create a 'learning language X' schema in your brain before actually trying to learn anything, so the efficiency at which you acquire knowledge and ability in the language will probably only be a slow curve (assuming it's a curve and not a jagged line) that eventually plateaus. If it's a language extremely close to your own or one you already learned, then you might start out a bit higher on that curve, but you'll probably never start at the highest point of efficiency.
What makes language study efficient? - TsugiAshi - 2014-02-18
Making time to learn the language, and squeezing in studying in the spare seconds and minutes that a person can find throughout the day.
What makes language study efficient? - gaiaslastlaugh - 2014-02-19
What vileru said.