Dear all,
I have a basic but serious question which basically is "how to learn a language the efficient way".
That's I admit a basic one and it has been answered several times if not thousands.
But so far, didn't find any answer that actually work for me.
I really want to learn Japanese languages.
So, I started by having a 4 hours/week class based course in Brussels -where I live-
I learned a lot how grammar, coudl see the progress when I tried to read beginners books, then I felt confident and tried to have a talk with community teachers. I was unable to have even a basic talk and start feeling ashamed.
Then I tried to explain the dissue with the tutor but it didn't hel me a lot.
As it didn't work, I tried online professional sessions because I had to take taht step.
I tried several teacher, all had a well shaped "methodology" but none accpeted or was able to adapt his teaching methodology to me.
I felt even more ashamed and just putted my learning on hold.
Used to search, search, search again any tips regarding methodology but still used to find the same things :
- better way is complete immersion : could be true but not that easy when you live >9000kms from the country where the native speakers actually are
- There are really good space repetition algorithm based tools : which is true but does not help me talking (Used to knwo more than 800 words in Japanese and I was still unable to talk at all)
An so on.
Never find any comlete advice to actually build a "own made, mix and specific learning methodology" that really correspond to me as a student.
Even this finding I already made is the past and in the end, was told "then ask your teacher" and then was not able to find a teacher that really help with that. It was like, in case there professional methodology was not working with me, then the probleme was with me and I had to find way myselff.
And that's basically guys my question today : could you help me define an approach, do you think there is a way to define an efficient learning methodology that is specific and efficient for one specific studenT ?
Another point is that, according to me, there is some kind of breakpoint effect with talk.
I do not make enough progress to reach that "breakpoint level" : I'm unable to have basic talk.
I do not have talk : I do not make progress.
But I case I reach that breakpoint level, then I start talking and learn from the talk itself and my learning speed increase a lot.
Thank you for any advice.
