Hacer PreguntaCrear un tema |
|
Opinions wanted on self-study coursesMetodologÃa didáctica, técnicas para aprender, la lingüÃstica-- todo cosa relacionada con el aprendizaje y enseñanza de un idioma extranjero. |
|
Herramientas | Desplegado |
#1
|
||||
|
||||
Opinions wanted on self-study courses
As I seek out learning resources, I've come across quite a bit on the Internet and it sometimes is overwhelming. I wonder if any of you have any experience or thoughts on the following:
-studyspanish.com- and their 'Camino del Exito' course -spanishpod101.com- and their overall site -spanishprograms.com- and their Visual Link course -synergyspanish.com- and their product by the same name These are but four, that I've narrowed down among several others, for possible purchase. Like most of us, I hope to avoid shelling out dollar after dollar on different programs. Just one 'preemptive" comment: I realize that I can learn without a formal course and many of the members of this community have attested to that approach. I'm all for that and incorporating a lot of those practices. My work as a community organizer (meetings and events day and night) inhibits my taking a formal class so self-study is the way. I'm seeking out a course to give me structure in the midst of all the things that frequently call for my attention. If you know of any courses (online or CD/mp3) that employs Krashen's (I have a related post on his stuff in the Forum) Natural Approach to Spanish, that would be great. From the little I know, it occurs to me as an approach that appeals to my learning style. I’ve come across a lot of the theoretical stuff about his work but not a program or course using it. Thanx! Última edición por Rusty fecha: January 03, 2012 a las 08:25 PM Razón: Fixed title - removed links |
Quita esta publicidad al registrarte con una cuenta gratuita en TomÃsimo.
|
#2
|
|||
|
|||
__________________
Corrections always very welcome |
#3
|
||||
|
||||
Thanks Don Jose
Thank you for the lead to the other thread. There is a brief mention of Visual Link and I hope this thread might generate more comment on that and the other courses. In the meantime, I'm doing my own self constructed study. |
#4
|
||||
|
||||
Cita:
Última edición por AikenRooster fecha: January 14, 2012 a las 04:15 PM Razón: misspelled some words |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Reading is important, in fact so important that one might be tempted to neglect to spend an equal amount of time cultivating the listening skills as well. Many people can read it and write it better than they can speak it and understand it - and vice versa - so you might want to work on developing all four components.
|
#6
|
||||
|
||||
Cita:
Most of the time, what I hear is that you understand but cannot read, write and speak it. Some then go onto reading a lot and then still cannot write it (!?&*%) and/or speak it. |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
That is true, and sometimes has to do with how old one is when he begins learning. The best advice I ever got was to learn the same way that a young child learns, first by listening and then speaking, and later on by reading and finally, writing. But then, everyone has his own approach.
Última edición por Glen fecha: January 14, 2012 a las 08:45 PM |
#8
|
||||
|
||||
Cita:
How can a grown person, fully functional, try to pretend not knowing anything? So, if you know how to read, write and express yourself in your language, then you don;t have to learn all that in the foreign language. At the most, you have to translate what you already know in your language to the target language. Right? |
Etiquetas |
learning, natural, self-study |
Link to this thread | |
|
|
Temas Similares | ||||
Tema | Autor de Tema | Foro | Respuestas | Último mensaje |
Opinions on holiday | ash.corral | Práctica y Tareas | 1 | December 11, 2011 06:06 PM |
I need opinions of Spanish courses | tmember | La enseñanza y el aprendizaje | 18 | April 06, 2010 05:09 PM |
Just wanted to say Hello | Squadron | Presentaciones | 5 | January 10, 2010 02:00 PM |