I’m talking about classes where teachers cover the topics and occasionally there are movies. Even in a class like this, the success rate of it is low, unless one has real experience on their own (self-learning by books, traveling abroad to where they speak that language). Reading a book in class and outside cannot be compared. The teacher has to specifically assign a “book-reading” class then read out loud for a class (that will cover… a single chapter per lecture?) and the material they choose is usually something artificial they made for the course… it’s not comparable. You say these classes are effective. I don’t believe you.
Foreign language study doesn’t quite fit into the lone wolf vs classes paradigm because my understanding is that the most successful method is full immersion and that is neither lone wolf, nor classes.
I’m talking about classes where teachers cover the topics and occasionally there are movies. Even in a class like this, the success rate of it is low, unless one has real experience on their own (self-learning by books, traveling abroad to where they speak that language). Reading a book in class and outside cannot be compared. The teacher has to specifically assign a “book-reading” class then read out loud for a class (that will cover… a single chapter per lecture?) and the material they choose is usually something artificial they made for the course… it’s not comparable. You say these classes are effective. I don’t believe you.
Foreign language study doesn’t quite fit into the lone wolf vs classes paradigm because my understanding is that the most successful method is full immersion and that is neither lone wolf, nor classes.