Comments on: 10 Things Your Language School Doesn’t Want You to Know http://l2mastery.com/featured-articles/10-things-your-language-school-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-you-to-know Tips, Tools, and Tech for Learning Any Language Fast Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:49:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: John Fotheringham http://l2mastery.com/featured-articles/10-things-your-language-school-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-you-to-know#comment-215 John Fotheringham Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:49:56 +0000 http://l2mastery.com/?p=17#comment-215 Glad you found a combination that works for you; self-guided immersion is what it's all about! Glad you found a combination that works for you; self-guided immersion is what it’s all about!

]]> By: S http://l2mastery.com/featured-articles/10-things-your-language-school-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-you-to-know#comment-211 S Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:36:38 +0000 http://l2mastery.com/?p=17#comment-211 Hi John, I found your article very interesting. I attended a language school for 4 months, and although I feel it taught me the basics, I never relied on it fully as my only source of learning. I also listened to a audio CD, attended conversation groups and watched german films. The combination of them all has helped me to improve fast. Hi John, I found your article very interesting. I attended a language school for 4 months, and although I feel it taught me the basics, I never relied on it fully as my only source of learning. I also listened to a audio CD, attended conversation groups and watched german films. The combination of them all has helped me to improve fast.

]]> By: John http://l2mastery.com/featured-articles/10-things-your-language-school-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-you-to-know#comment-106 John Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:34:02 +0000 http://l2mastery.com/?p=17#comment-106 Thank you for your feedback, Mike. I agree that the article applies just as much to learners and teachers, but I think schools should also take responsibility for setting expectations when creating curricula, choosing materials, and doing their sales pitch. Having worked on the "inside" as both a teacher and teacher trainer, and having also been a language student myself, I have seen few schools, teachers or learners who either follow (or would even agree with) the above. I just hope more teachers like you can help spread the good word. What do you teach by the way? Thank you for your feedback, Mike. I agree that the article applies just as much to learners and teachers, but I think schools should also take responsibility for setting expectations when creating curricula, choosing materials, and doing their sales pitch. Having worked on the “inside” as both a teacher and teacher trainer, and having also been a language student myself, I have seen few schools, teachers or learners who either follow (or would even agree with) the above. I just hope more teachers like you can help spread the good word. What do you teach by the way?

]]> By: John http://l2mastery.com/featured-articles/10-things-your-language-school-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-you-to-know#comment-105 John Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:18:46 +0000 http://l2mastery.com/?p=17#comment-105 Galina, Glad to hear you are focusing on actually "acquiring" English now and not just memorizing explicit information about the language. WIth regard to the font, are your referring to the body text or the headings? The headings use a special font replacement which I thought looked nice but maybe sacrifices readability too much... I will play around with it. Galina,

Glad to hear you are focusing on actually “acquiring” English now and not just memorizing explicit information about the language.

WIth regard to the font, are your referring to the body text or the headings? The headings use a special font replacement which I thought looked nice but maybe sacrifices readability too much… I will play around with it.

]]> By: Mike J http://l2mastery.com/featured-articles/10-things-your-language-school-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-you-to-know#comment-104 Mike J Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:33:49 +0000 http://l2mastery.com/?p=17#comment-104 Very good points....... but the title and implication is quite wrong. These are as much misconceptions by students as by poor teachers and schools. For example, most decent schools will encourage teachers and students not to do #5 and #7. As a teacher, I have often been asked why I don't do 'reading out loud' in class, and I am asked why there is little formal grammar training. The article could serve a better and wider audience by changing the title. This is about learner / teacher expectations, not schools. Very good points……. but the title and implication is quite wrong. These are as much misconceptions by students as by poor teachers and schools.

For example, most decent schools will encourage teachers and students not to do #5 and #7.

As a teacher, I have often been asked why I don’t do ‘reading out loud’ in class, and I am asked why there is little formal grammar training.

The article could serve a better and wider audience by changing the title. This is about learner / teacher expectations, not schools.

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