Comments on: Turn the Page http://luminouslogic.com/turn-the-page.htm Stock-picking is an art. I have sympathy for all who attempt it. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:22:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Lumilog http://luminouslogic.com/turn-the-page.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2421 Lumilog Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:31:06 +0000 http://luminouslogic.com/turn-the-page.htm#comment-2421 Good point, Leigh. Too bad I can't rent some Tibetan parents for a few months. :) Perhaps a better method for someone using the internet to learn a language is to first develop reading comprehension - then at least you have <i>some</i> sort of foundation in place that you can leverage when then beginning to work on listening comprehension. Thanks for writing -lumi Good point, Leigh. Too bad I can’t rent some Tibetan parents for a few months. :)

Perhaps a better method for someone using the internet to learn a language is to first develop reading comprehension – then at least you have some sort of foundation in place that you can leverage when then beginning to work on listening comprehension.

Thanks for writing
-lumi

]]> By: Leigh http://luminouslogic.com/turn-the-page.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2420 Leigh Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:19:21 +0000 http://luminouslogic.com/turn-the-page.htm#comment-2420 Listening to the news is not a good way of acquiring "listening comprehension of a language as a baby does, without studying". Think about how a baby really learns language: He doesn't _start_ by listening to the news! His parents name simple objects for him, praise him when he repeats, give him very simple 2 word commands etc. They repeat until he understands and responds, then increase the complexity of the language directed at him. If your input were really like what a baby hears and interacts with, your "osmosis" technique would work, I think. Listening to the news is not a good way of acquiring “listening comprehension of a language as a baby does, without studying”. Think about how a baby really learns language: He doesn’t _start_ by listening to the news! His parents name simple objects for him, praise him when he repeats, give him very simple 2 word commands etc. They repeat until he understands and responds, then increase the complexity of the language directed at him. If your input were really like what a baby hears and interacts with, your “osmosis” technique would work, I think.

]]> By: Trrg http://luminouslogic.com/turn-the-page.htm/comment-page-1#comment-563 Trrg Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:15:56 +0000 http://luminouslogic.com/turn-the-page.htm#comment-563 psst! try searching on tibetan on soulseek (www.slsknet.org). if your lucky you'll find what you're looking for. (i did.) psst!

try searching on tibetan on soulseek (www.slsknet.org).

if your lucky you’ll find what you’re looking for. (i did.)

]]> By: Lumilog http://luminouslogic.com/turn-the-page.htm/comment-page-1#comment-349 Lumilog Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:42:16 +0000 http://luminouslogic.com/turn-the-page.htm#comment-349 I guess my hope was to be able to acquire listening comprehension of a language as a baby does, w/o studying. Maybe it would have worked if I were truly immersed, but an hour a day of audio didn't seem to be doing the trick. :( I agree that listening is immensely helpful once you understand a language's basics. I studied German at university and rarely speak it now but can still understand it well b/c I often listen to the news in German via podcast. :) I guess my hope was to be able to acquire listening comprehension of a language as a baby does, w/o studying. Maybe it would have worked if I were truly immersed, but an hour a day of audio didn’t seem to be doing the trick. :(

I agree that listening is immensely helpful once you understand a language’s basics. I studied German at university and rarely speak it now but can still understand it well b/c I often listen to the news in German via podcast. :)

]]> By: Vanessa http://luminouslogic.com/turn-the-page.htm/comment-page-1#comment-343 Vanessa Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:56:15 +0000 http://luminouslogic.com/turn-the-page.htm#comment-343 I've found that listening is a great technique if you already have a good understanding of a language as written and want to gain a listening comprehension, but I've also found that I almost always learn to read and write a language before I learn to hear and speak it. This is mainly because written (especially typed) words are not ambiguous and are easier to look up and recognize. I’ve found that listening is a great technique if you already have a good understanding of a language as written and want to gain a listening comprehension, but I’ve also found that I almost always learn to read and write a language before I learn to hear and speak it. This is mainly because written (especially typed) words are not ambiguous and are easier to look up and recognize.

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