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Online Learning vs Classroom Learning
I've been a private one-to-one language consultant to adults in Japan for almost 4 years now and have recently registered as a professional teacher here on italki.
I'm excited to start my online teaching experience in general, as well as more specifically teach people from all over the world for a change.
So the question I'm curious to know is your opinions (from both the student and teacher sides) as to how you find the two experiences different and what you think the pros/cons are.
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How do you study English?
Hi my name is Adam and I'm a new professional teacher here on italki.
I've been living in Japan for nearly 4 years now as a private one-to-one language consultant to adults, and wanted to ask you all the same question that I ask many of my clients here.
How do you study English, other than from textbooks and what do you think is most important when learning?
Personally I always recommend resources that don't focus on grammatical/academic learning, but rather ones that utilise communicative learning.
For example, websites such as "Breaking News English", where you can read real news articles that have been written with various ability levels in mind and then try to discuss those topics on sites like this.
I feel there is a limit to how much you can really learn and output when using another language, if you are purely focusing on the grammatical side of learning; by this, I mean the topic of accuracy vs fluency.
An accurate sentence is one that is 100% grammatically correct but probably takes you a long time to construct and output (which of course isn't good for talking in a real life situation), whereas a fluent sentence is one that gets your message across in an understandable way but perhaps sacrifices some grammar (which can lead to faster paced conversation, even if you have to explain yourself again sometimes).
So how do you all learn and what do you think about the topic of accuracy vs fluency?
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