Learn by yourself or with teacher?
It's quite a widespread question on the Internet. And, of course, there are different pointviews. Some people prefer to study language by themselves explaining this by the following reasons:
1) The prefer to study at their own pace - people just don't want to wait for someone or keep up with super fast students; 2) Some people are very shy and they just afraid of asking any questions in front of other students or participate in discussions;
3) Some people just don't want to spend a lot of time doing some exercises during the lesson as they can do it at home without any help (the point is: "I can do it at home and if a have any questions I'll ask them later" )
These statements are pretty convincing but there is another "camp". Some people tell that the only right way of studuing is studying with a teacher. And they explain it with these arguments:
1) If you don't want to do mistakes and repeat them over and over again you definitely should study with a teacher - he/she is the only way to avoid them;
2) teacher (classes) can provide useful practice - you can work in groups and have conversation on different topics. Live contact is very imortant thing;
3) Teacher usually give some extra information about every topic and also can explain new ones using the most appropriate and simple examples.
As to me, I believe that truth is amid these two ways. The most effective studying lies in both attending some language courses and studying by yourself. Of course there are some more factors like - is teacher good or not, are you lazy pig or not)
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It's quite a widespread question on the Internet. And, of course, there are different points of view. Some people prefer to study language by themselves explaining this with the following reasons:
1) The prefer to study at their own pace - people just don't want to wait for someone or keep up with super fast students; 2) Some people are very shy and they are just afraid of asking any questions in front of other students or participating in discussions;
3) Some people just don't want to spend a lot of time doing some exercises during the lesson as they can do it at home without any help (the point is: "I can do it at home and if I have any questions I'll ask them later" )
These statements are pretty convincing but there is another "camp". Some people say that the only right way of studying is studying with a teacher. And they explain it with these arguments:
1) If you don't want to make mistakes and repeat them over and over again you definitely should study with a teacher - he/she is the only way to avoid them;
2) teacher (classes) can provide useful practice - you can work in groups and have conversation on different topics. Live contact is a very important thing;
3) Teachers usually give some extra information about every topic and also can explain new ones using the most appropriate and simple examples.
As for me, I believe that the truth is amid these two ways. The most effective studying lies in both attending some language courses and studying by yourself. Of course there are some more factors like - is the teacher good or not, are you a lazy pig or not)
1) The prefer to study at their own pace - people just don't want to wait for someone or keep up with super fast students; 2) Some people are very shy and they are just afraid of asking any questions in front of other students or participating in discussions;
3) Some people just don't want to spend a lot of time doing some exercises during the lesson as they can do it at home without any help (the point is: "I can do it at home and if I have any questions I'll ask them later" )
These statements are pretty convincing but there is another "camp". Some people say that the only right way of studying is studying with a teacher. And they explain it with these arguments:
1) If you don't want to make mistakes and repeat them over and over again you definitely should study with a teacher - he/she is the only way to avoid them;
2) teacher (classes) can provide useful practice - you can work in groups and have conversation on different topics. Live contact is a very important thing;
3) Teachers usually give some extra information about every topic and also can explain new ones using the most appropriate and simple examples.
As for me, I believe that the truth is amid these two ways. The most effective studying lies in both attending some language courses and studying by yourself. Of course there are some more factors like - is the teacher good or not, are you a lazy pig or not)
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Learn by yourself or with teacher?
It's quite a widespread question on the Internet. And, of course, there are different point of views. Some people prefer to study languages by themselves / or on their own explaining this by the following reasons:1) They prefer to study at their own pace - people just don't want to wait for someone or keep up with super fast students; 2) Some people are very shy and they're just afraid of asking any question
3) Some people just don't want to spend a lot of time doing some exercises during the lesson as they can do it at home without any help (the point is: "I can do it at home and if I have any question
These statements are pretty convincing but there is another "camp". Some people say that the only right way of studuing is studying with a teacher. And they explain it with these arguments:
1) If you don't want to do mistakes and repeat them over and over again you definitely should study with a teacher - he/she is the only way to avoid them;
2) teacher (classes) can provide useful practice - you can work in groups and have conversation on different topics. Live contact is a very imortant thing;
3) Teachers usually give some extra information about every topic and also can explain new ones using the most appropriate and simple examples.
As to me, I believe that truth is amid these two ways. The most effective studying lies in both attending some language courses and studying by yourself. Of course there are some more factors like - is teacher good or not, are you lazy pig or not)
Nice topic, I agree with you, specially with switching among the two ways from time to time a make most of both advantages.....
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I decided learn languages by myself, I believe that even who a student goes to Language School its necessary that student keep the study in home, it's necessary has motivation and touch I wanna mean Exposure with language , spend time a lot with the language , it's not necessary to travel to other countries, so in my opinion it's absolutely possible learn another language this internet age in the comfortable of the home.
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Hi Ilia,
thank you for sharing your ideas! You know what, I think I can add to it. If you decide to study with a teacher you should go at a slow pace adjusting to each other. I mean the most important thing is to make a good match - "the right teacher for the right student". The same as everywhere in life, successful learning is based on open communication. A teacher should be open about the strategies she is using and their learning values. A student should ask questions about the efficiency of the teacher's methods and should feel comfortable offering her own strategies. Teaching-learning is a partnership and the more open and co-operative you are, the better you learn.
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