People do like to measure their activities. How should that be done when it comes to language learning.
Language correction and the independent learner
Steve Kaufmann talks about language correction, when it helps and the need to develop independent learners.
Learn before you study
We need to learn languages through experience before we can start studying them.
How to Learn English Grammar
You don’t need language instruction
You do not need the classroom. There are many ways to learn languages, especially today.
Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here. We’ve had a sunny weekend here in Vancouver. Temperatures have been cool, which is good or not good because I’m going up north tomorrow. We’re going up to Manning Alberta, northern Alberta, where it’s probably going to be 25 or 30 below centigrade.
I’m going to talk a little bit about the post that I made on my blog, The Linguist on Language Blog, and that is to say that you don’t need language instruction to learn another language.
I just want to make this point because I often hear people say, you know, a teacher will say you have to come to class to learn or it’s all well and good to listen to the language, but ultimately if you want to speak correctly you have to have formal instruction. I often hear, too, the statement that older language learners like formal grammar explanations. They don’t like things to be loosie-goosie. So, let me address these issues here. Continue reading
How to begin learning a language
People are comfortable using LingQ as intermediate and better learners. What about beginners?
How Much Grammar Do You Need
Krashen and language acquisition
Stephen Krashen make more sense than a library of books on language acquisition and ESL teaching methodology. LingQ follows Krashen’s precepts with a few different features.
How to Learn English Grammar Naturally
Grammar Based vs. Natural Language Learning, Part 1
Steve Kaufmann, CEO and founder of LingQ.com and author of The Way of The Linguist, A Language Learning Odyssey, debates with Robyn Matthews, author of Language Logic on how best to learn languages at Sophia Bookstore, Vancouver.