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最近听了Luke’s English Podcast 里一期和语言学习有关的播客,标题是:The best way to learn a language, according to research (Article)。有几点takeaway想和大家分享。
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“I think the best way to learn a language is the way that works for you as an individual and it’s a question of trying different things, stepping out of your comfort zone until you’ve experienced a variety of different ways to learn a language or improve the language that you’re trying to get to grips with. Try different ways and sort of analyse the effects of trying those ways and the ways that they make you feel and then when you’ve found something that kind of works for you, you stick with it and you keep doing it. When I say the things that works for you, what I really mean is the thing that you enjoy doing.”
Luke说的这段话我很认同。适合自己的就是最好的。学习英语的方法很多,如听歌学英语、读外刊学英语、看剧学英语等等。学英语以来,我尝试过不同的方法,像网上盛行的看剧学英语,把一部剧反复刷,研读剧本的方式。对有些人来说很管用,但我发现它不适合我,果断弃用。每次发现新的方法,我都是先实践再做论断。迄今,我坚持住的学英语的方式有听播客、看原版书、朗读、看纪录片等等。多尝试不同的方法,找到自己最喜欢的且有效的方式,坚持下去!
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“Going back to Steve Kaufman, he learns languages successfully and he seems to do it by doing a tremendous amounts of listening and reading.”
提到在油管上学习语言的大佬Steve Kaufman。油管上的语言类博主很多都和他连线做过视频。我之前分享过Steve 和他团队开发的语言学习软件LingQ,并一直在付费使用。我在B站也发布过Steve Kaufman介绍语言学习方法的视频,推荐大家去看看。
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“The idea of learning style suggests that we all tend to learn in different ways. Now this is contested.”
关于learning style,让我想到The VARK model. 模型由Neil Fleming和David Baume开发,它是一个将个人学习偏好分类的框架。VARK指的是Visual(视觉)、Auditory(听觉)、Reading/Writing(阅读/写作)和 Kinesthetic(动觉)。
视觉 (V):通过使用图像、图表、表格和图示来理解信息。
听觉 (A):通过听讲座、讨论和有声读物来学习。
阅读/写作 (R):通过阅读文本和写笔记来学习。
动觉 (K):通过动手操作、身体活动和实践来学习。
我测出的学习风格是Multimodal多模式的,混合了几种学习风格。实际情况确实如此,不管是视觉,还是听觉的方式,我都会运用。
对此感兴趣的可以用这个网站测测:https://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/
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“Maybe the immersion idea is similar to how we learn a first language, and then the conscious attention is like the way we traditionally learn a second language. But then again, those things don’t necessarily… it’s not as simple as that…”
想到学得(Learning)与习得(Acquisition)。即使是第一语言,就像我们的母语中文,也存在学得。我们去上学,课上老师会讲解生字词和课文;课后会要背诵,做作业。学第二语言,也可通过习得方式,如创造语言环境并沉浸其中、与母语者互动、大量原汁原味的语料输入等。
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“1.Learn the language in context.
2.Learn the language by using it for specific purposes.
3.Learn the language through face to face interaction and online works too.”
有三种明显的语言学习方法。一是,学语言时要清楚自己的目标。其次,在语境中学语言,了解它到底是如何使用的。最后,通过与人面对面交流和在线活动来学习语言。记住这三点,可以作为语言学习的参考指南。
这期播客的精彩内容还有很多,我已保存,方便反复听。播客中谈及的文章链接:https://medium.com/the-faculty/what-does-the-research-say-about-the-best-way-to-learn-another-language-797882ee0b45.
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本文作者:Eveline静 (Evelyne,独立老师)
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