Popular Language Learning Methods
Pimsleur -- gives you what you need upfront that is of the most relevance and importance. Uses graduated interval recall. Dr. Pimsleur's research on memory was perhaps one of his most revolutionary achievements. He discovered that if learners were reminded of new words at gradually increasing intervals, each time they would remember longer than the time before.
Rosetta Stone -- Object oriented first person interaction. Kind of comes up late with things like
"what is your name?" Pimsleur gets right to those things at the outset.
Movies that deal with foreign language aquisition and speaking:
Phenomenon
Foreign language movies can even be found at Blockbuster.
Live streaming video from all over www.vtuner.com
Berlitz -- Their full courses are like mini soap operas that take the learner through twists and turns
in a full story line, plot development, online chat practice to supplant in-person sessions.
Meetup.com = meet with other language learners live in your area. Great way to practice
with a live human.
Guerilla language learning tactics:
Your local library might have courses. Some pimsleur is downloadable .... i mean full courses! from your
library online. Check out their electronic media.
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