For the past 2 years, I’ve been “learning” English. Well, in my case, learning English is not something I planned to do at first. I don’t even know I was “learning”. I just watched a bunch of youtube videos, and the next thing I know I can speak a little English. But now that I have a little bit knowledge of the English language, I want to actually learn it. Not just by watching random YouTube videos. I have watched and tried different ways to learn like for example flashcards, watch movies, read books, speaking to myself, etc. But I feel like I am not improving. When I speak to other people in English, I feel like I’m not as good as I think I would. So, now I’m frustrated, thinking about how to learn and ACTUALLY improve.
What are your thoughts about this?
Great video. It sounds like a lot more work for teachers though. There’s nothing easier for a lazy teacher than going through a standardised textbook, giving standardised questions, handing out standardised tests. It’s so easy that much of the process can be automated.
It’s easy to see why schooling systems would converge on that technique - it suits themselves, not their students.
The idea sounds like a parallel to Montessori’s methods. Teaching via free undirected play, and the rest. Maybe there’s a combination of the two ideas that could be ideal.