Move over Rosetta Stone

I was looking for material to present in class regarding Phonology and language acquisition. I thought this was the best way to learn English/Japanese, hee hee hee.

Spoketh by Sukisukimama at 5/12/2009 05:58:00 PM

4 Remarks:

Sam said...

my experience with rosetta stone, and indeed the reviews that i've read, leave a bad taste in my mouth. its more of a supplement than an actual language learning program. they drop you into this multiple choice with no rhyme or reason. no "hi how are you?" instead you are faced with "the boy runs". they dont go over grammer or spelling or anything like that. i only did the first lesson, but from what ive read the entire series is like that too. i think the best way to learn a language, aside from living in the country, is taking a class where you have visual, oral, and written learning. i think learning should be an all encompassing thing.

May 12, 2009 at 6:12 PM  
Sukisukimama said...

Well, I think Rosetta Stone is trying to tap into the whole cognitive revolution. Since second language is harder to learn when you are older, they are probably trying to use your visual association while over loading your auditory sensors. This allows you to form associations which is suppose to be long term rather than just making you memorize words. It is more contextual and they are hoping that by exposing you to multiple things you can pick up the grammar and lexicons along the way. I agree that learning should be all encompassing but the physiology of learning is a lot more complex than we can imagine and in addition language acquisition is more nature than nurture.

May 12, 2009 at 6:31 PM  
Ender2010 said...

inu dog, zoo elephant, that is all the rosetta stone has taught me

oh and kruma airplane, and onanoko boy

May 13, 2009 at 5:34 PM  
Sukisukimama said...

All I know is I got a bad case of ...

May 13, 2009 at 10:46 PM  

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