In my own life the results don't lie: My classroom learning in a secondary language was a total waste of time. My use of the more Krashen based methods is working.
The "nooo pro-blem-oo" bad accent/grammar is made worse by being in classes with morons (bell curve people, the type of make up a majority of any class).
http://www.antimoon.com/other/englishclass.htm
The "nooo pro-blem-oo" bad accent/grammar is made worse by being in classes with morons (bell curve people, the type of make up a majority of any class).
http://www.antimoon.com/other/englishclass.htm
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what you can do at an English class:
Listen to some bad English. The pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary of other students (and sometimes the teacher, too) will be bad. Sometimes as bad as this, or worse. Surely listening to these people will not make your English better.
Say five sentences in English. There are usually 10-20 students in the class, so there is little time for you to speak English. Normal English classes are very poor speaking practice. (Conversation classes are better.)
Read a boring textbook…