http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpxbAlR1i3c
Here's the video I quote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikZY6XpB214
Thanks for watching :)
Fastest way to learn languages: TPR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpxbAlR1i3c
Here's the video I quote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikZY6XpB214
Thanks for watching :)
Hi Emanuel,
ResponderEliminarExcellent video. Thank you so much!
I didn't know about TPR. And now I'm searching more details inside the Dr. Asher's website (http://www.tpr-world.com/). They have games, grammar exercises and much more. Good to know.
However I didn't see anything about TPR method on self-learning. Do you tested this method inside the self-learning approach? It worked well?
All the Best!
Sorry Matteo, TPR cannot be used alone, you need another person to interact with you. TPR is the reproduction of the way that we learned our L1, and we didn't do that alone, we had other people from which we acquire the language from. However, if you want to use TPR to learn a language and you don't find any classes where you live, Asher recommends to find a native speaker or someone who knows the language you want to speak and explain him/her how to use TPR, so that he/she can use TPR with you. Everything that this person is required to know can be found in the fourth part of the book, he/she doesn't need to be an experienced teacher to understand how to use it. Good luck with your studies and thanks for watching:)
ResponderEliminarThat's a pity :(.
ResponderEliminarUnfortunately I prefer study alone, and I don't know anything in my city that speak the language that I'm learning.
Otherwise, this Accelerated Learning Home Course has physical exercises (DVD) that are very close to TPR (maybe it be TRP I don't know): http://www.acceleratedlearning.com/language/home_study.html - DVD: http://www.acceleratedlearning.com/language/home_study_06.html
Thanks!
Yeah, the physical learning DVD looks really similar than TPR at its initial stages, only that there's one little important detail. In a TPR class, the students are not suppoused to repeat the commands, they just listen to them and act them. This is because acting is a right brain technique but speaking is a left brain technique and what really matters is what the right brain receives so you shouldn't distract it with the left brain. May I ask what language are you learning?
ResponderEliminarHi Emanuel,
ResponderEliminarNow, I'm learning French. My native language is Italian. I'm studying using Assimil, Pimsleur and Michel Thomas.
About the DVDs: I bought the German and Spanish course of this Accelerating Learning Course of the website that I wrote above. And in the DVD a narrator say it in German and the actress act second the message and ''you'' (the student) need to act like her - modeling her.
If you are learning french and you're still at a beginner level, I would recommend you to check out French In Action, is a terrific comprehensible input french video course, pretty much all of the episodes are on youtube (although French In Action was designed to be used in a classroom and with a book, watching the episodes might still help you a lot).
ResponderEliminarYeah, pretty much everything looks the same, but I mentioned that detail because on the link of the website it says "you follow these actions and you repeat the words aloud", and in TPR speaking is always avoided in the first stages, the instructor never forces you to say or repeat anything, it's actually counterproductive.
Buona fortuna!
Grazie Mille for the recommendation Emanuel. I will study this French in Action.
ResponderEliminarDo you already listened about Margarita Madrigal?
Now, I discovered where Michael Thomas and Paul Noble copied this type of learning method: use of cognates in the beginning, simplify and reduce grammar with some tips and invest a lot in the creation of statements.
She has many courses Madrigal's Magic Key to French (or German and Spanish) where she teaches how to create phrases using many words and different verbs conjugations, like Michael Thomas does, but of course only using a book (the pronunciation is limited but her ideas in 50's was a good improvement). Link to Spanish course: http://www.amazon.com/Madrigals-Magic-Spanish-Margarita-Madrigal-ebook/dp/B004FGMD8W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399051919&sr=8-1&keywords=madrigal
I'm trying to adapt her method to increase my vocabulary and learn more complex grammar (intermediate and advanced grammar) of Spanish and English.
Buona Fortuna!
Yes :) , I already knew about the Madrigal series, I was actually planning on using magic key to spanish to teach Spanish to a group of foreigners where I work, toghether with Aula Latina.
ResponderEliminarYes you're spot on, I can't talk a lot about Paul Noble or Michel Thomas because I haven't really tried their products, but I already kinda felt that Noble copied a little bit from her when I watched his commercials and now that I'm getting into the Michel Thomas stuff he kinda copied her to xD, or maybe not, maybe they all developed their methods independently, that also tends to happen.
If you're interested in that sort of grammar books I would also recommend you the Ultimate Living Language series, you may also find it helpful, it's a re-adaptation and more user friendly re-incarnation of the famous FSI courses. The Ultimate Living Language series are really long and solid courses, the advance courses are kinda like Assimil but more thorough and serious ;)