alt Hacker NewsCurious about any anecdotal evidence about this from people. I have always struggled with languages and have been trying to learn Italian for the past 6 months.
Is this 80% listening, 20% active using a good way to do it?
Curious about any anecdotal evidence about this from people. I have always struggled with languages and have been trying to learn Italian for the past 6 months.
Is this 80% listening, 20% active using a good way to do it?
well anecdotally from studying Japanese for about a year and a half before moving there, it seems right to me, in particular the part about conscious effort not being able to produce spontaneous speech.
I was embarrassed how little I could say after countless hours of flash cards and other methods. I'd literally just comprehend nothing if someone talked to me. But after a few months of just listening it became much easier. I've thrown all the Anki cards away afterwards, it was just a waste of time.