tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 13 20:42:39 2002
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Re: Translating vs. Thinking
- From: "Sangqar (Sean Healy)" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Translating vs. Thinking
- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 01:41:06 +0000
> > If I remember correctly, Steve Krashen proposed a theory of language
> > learning similar to this; where students were not supposed to use the
> > language until they were confortable with it, until they could think in
>it.
> >
> > And it does work, but it's extremely slow. I doubt most people have to
> > patience to wait until they can think in the language; it takes so long
>for
> >
> > them to be able to think anything they actually want to communicate that
> > (in
> > my experience) this limiter on thoughts acts more as a discouragement
>than
> > an inspiration.
> >
>
>David Tracy Terrill and James Asher proposed the Natural Approach and Total
>Physical Response.
qonpa' Terrill, qon Krashen. 'ach mu'mey "Natural Approach" 'ogh Terrill.
>I do not completely agree with waiting 17 weeks while
>hearing the language before beginning to speak. I learned Chinese
>(putonghua) at the Defense Language Institute by the Audio Lingual Method,
>a
>total immersion technique. 'ej mIwvam vItIvbej.
mIw "behavioralist" 'oH, qar'a'? Hol ghojmeH mIw "behavioralist" vIpar.
>DaH cha' mIwmeyvam vIDuDchu'. TPR ALM je bIH. taghDI' ghojwI', Hol chu'
>lo'. mu'tlheghmey pab ngeD qeq. 'ej Qaghmey lughmoH ghojmoHwI'.
>ghojchoHpu'DI', latlh mu'mey ghoj ghaH 'e' vIchaw'. latlh pab chutmey
>vIlIq.
> 'ach, potlhqu' wa' qech: taghDI' ghojwI', Hol chu' lo'nIS 'ej lo'nIStaH.
TPR vIpar. "Total" 'ay''e' vIpar. naQbe' mIw DaDuDbogh 'e' vIQub. 'ay'mey
Hutlh. botlhvo' nger poQ. 'ay' "behavioralist"qu' ghaj, 'ej 'ay'
"anti-behvioralist"qu' ghaj. botlh 'ay' ghajbe'.
chaq DaDuDDI', botlh mIw moj.
>peHruS
Sangqar
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