Re: successful language learners -- techniques and experiences

From: Sean Holland (seanholland_at_pants.telus.net)
Date: 10/04/04 

Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 13:56:42 GMT

in article po32m01sgmt0plsualonpd4lf2mt5l9sco@4ax.com, Michael Cash at
mikecash@buggerallspammers.com wrote on 10/4/04 1:52 AM:

> On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 07:38:35 GMT, dame_zumari@yahoo.com (Louise
> Bremner) brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>
>> Justin Wilson <jpwilso@bgnet.bgsu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> If you have something
>>> interesting to say, PLEASE reply to this thread directly before
>>> getting yourself lost in a deep thread argument :))
>>
>> Don't tempt them....
>>
>>> What are the fastest ways to make progress ?
>>
>> Get out of the language classroom and actually _use_ the language.
>
> Prezactly.
>
> I didn't make any real progress until I made my income 100% dependent
> on functioning in a 100% Japanese environment. Talk about
> motivation...

I concur. Also, don't hang around socialising all the time with a bunch of
foreigners. IF at all possible, make friends with Japanese who aren't
interesting in English or other foreign languages. Drink with them, sing
karaoke with them, try to seduce them etc.
On the way home, crash your motorcycle and end up in a hospital for three
months where no one is interested in English. Oh, well, perhaps this last
bit is not for everyone. But it works well too. 

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