Can you learn a language without learning to write it?

It is possible to learn a language without ever opening a book about it, but you need to dedicate some time to learn it. You need to learn words and sentence structure by listening or reading. You need to produce the language and have your errors corrected.

Can you learn a language just by talking?

Sadly, it’s not possible to learn a language completely overnight, or even in a few weeks. However, speaking a language should definitely not feel like this! And starting speaking is one thing that is guaranteed to speed up your language acquisition process – and get you closer than ever to fluency.

Is it better to learn to speak or read a language?

In most cases it is easier to read than speak it because in reading you can take your own time and there is usually no doubt about what word is used. In speaking you need an active knowledge of words, their meaning, and pronunciation. That is just a lot more than a passive knowledge required for reading.

Can you learn a language and still not be able to communicate?

When you see students who have been learning a language for years yet still can’t communicate with that language it’s safe to say that there’s something seriously wrong with the approach they and their instructors have taken (motivation must also be taken into consideration too of course).

How do we learn a language?

Both ALG and Brown’s approach are based on Dr. Stephen Krashen’s input hypothesis, which says we acquire languages by listening, not by speaking, and that we subconsciously learn to use them correctly and fluently by getting comprehensible input—hearing them in ways that we can understand—not by studying and practicing things like grammar rules.

What happens if you don’t practice speaking a language?

If you don’t actually practice speaking, you might get good at understanding a language, but you will never be able to perfect the ‘reproduction’ aspect of the language.

Why can’t we teach students to speak a foreign language?

One of the main reasons why so many education systems around the world are failing to produce students who can speak a foreign language properly (even at an elementary level) is their strong emphasis on learning grammar as a foundation to speaking.