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Some thoughts on second language acquisition I constantly read discussions on foreign language acquisition and I still see this notion that it's impossible to learn a language without a teacher. I absolutely disagree with this notion not only because I have B2 level in Spanish and B1 in Italian which I learnt without anyone's help but also because I know a lot of people who learnt a language from scratch up to C1 and passed an exam. If you throw this argument, you're going to be told that so many people can't even learn in a language school, so how do you expect them to study by themselves? I don't know. Actually I think it's not about the language school and it's not about the teacher, it's about the student and their attitude. To succeed in second language acquisition you need some desire, some abilities and a lot of hard work. You need to understand that 2 hours a week with a teacher is absolutely not enough. Well, it's enough to get to the Intermediate level in 3 years maybe. But if you want to move faster, I suggest you study at least 5 or 6 hours a week and surround yourself with your target language as much as possible - graded readers, podcasts, youtube, books, magazines and everything concerning your interests. These little steps will help you expand your vocabulary and also they will teach you grammar in context. So actually your success in language learning doesn't depend on your teacher. Your teacher can't control your exposure to your target language all the time. The only way to learn a foreign langauge in short terms and efficiently is to be proactive. And being proactive has nothing to do with your teacher or anyone else but you.

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Some thoughts on second language acquisition

I constantly read discussions on foreign language acquisition and I still see this notion that it's impossible to learn a language without a teacher. I absolutely ('completely' collocates better with agree/disagree) disagree with this notion not only because as not only do I have a B2 level in Spanish and a B1 level in Italian which I learnt without anyone's help, but also because I also know a lot of people who have learnt a language from scratch up to C1 and passed an exam. If you throw  (I'm not entirely sure what you mean here by 'throw', it's not the right verb choice) this argument, you're going to be told that so many people can't even learn in a language school, so how do you expect them to study by themselves? I don't know. Actually I think it's not about the language school and it's not about the teacher, it's about the student and their attitude.


To succeed in second language acquisition you need some desire, some ability and a lot of hard work. You need to understand that 2 hours a week with a teacher is absolutely not enough. Well, it's enough to get to the intermediate level in 3 years, maybe (Well, it's enough to achieve an intermediate level within three years, perhaps.) But if you want to move (progress) faster, I suggest you study at least 5 or 6 hours a week and surround yourself with your target language as much as possible - graded readers, podcasts, youtube, books, magazines and everything concerning related to your interests. These little steps will help you expand your vocabulary and also they will teach you grammar in context.
So actually your success in language learning doesn't depend on your teacher. Your teacher can't control your exposure to your target language all the time. The only way to learn a foreign langauge in short terms and efficiently is to be proactive. And being proactive has nothing to do with your teacher or anyone else but you.

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Some thoughts on second language acquisition

I constantly read discussions on foreign language acquisition and I still see this notion that it's impossible to learn a language without a teacher. I absolutely disagree with this notion not only because I have B2 level in Spanish and B1 in Italian which I learnt (correct but "learned" is more common) without anyone's help but also because I know a lot of people who learnt a language from scratch up to C1 and passed an exam. If you throw this argument, you're going to be told that so many people can't even learn in a language school, so how do you expect them to study by themselves? I don't know. Actually I think it's not about the language school and it's not about the teacher, it's about the student and their attitude.
To succeed in second language acquisition you need a desire, some abilities, and a lot of hard work. You need to understand that 2 hours a week with a teacher is absolutely not enough. Well, it's enough to get to the Intermediate level in 3 years maybe. But if you want to move faster, I suggest you study at least 5 or 6 hours a week and surround yourself with your target language as much as possible - graded readers, podcasts, youtube, books, magazines and everything concerning your interests. These little steps will help you expand your vocabulary and also they will teach you grammar in context.
So actually your success in language learning doesn't depend on your teacher. Your teacher can't control your exposure to your target language all the time. The only way to learn a foreign langauge in short terms and efficiently is to be proactive. And being proactive has nothing to do with your teacher or anyone else but you.

 

Fantastic job! 1 little error that I caught. But absolutely phenomenal! Keep up the good work! 

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