I find that the two have different functions. The mining broadens what is understandable to me, while exposure broadens the window of comprehension.
That is, with mining I'll learn to recognize a larger number of words and grammar, and then with exposure I'll learn to comprehend larger and larger chunks as a whole.
If I had to pull out some reasoning from thin air, I guess it's because when reading sentences you can parse and consider every detail, whereas with listening that's not possible; it has to be processed much faster so it needs to be done at a higher level. It's like different training for slow & fast twitch language muscles
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That is, with mining I'll learn to recognize a larger number of words and grammar, and then with exposure I'll learn to comprehend larger and larger chunks as a whole.
If I had to pull out some reasoning from thin air, I guess it's because when reading sentences you can parse and consider every detail, whereas with listening that's not possible; it has to be processed much faster so it needs to be done at a higher level. It's like different training for slow & fast twitch language muscles
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Edited: 2009-05-31, 3:46 am