Comments on: Chinagog: Real-World Language Learning Advice: Have A Drink http://beijingcream.com/2013/04/chinagog-real-world-language-learning-advice-have-a-drink/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: King Tubby http://beijingcream.com/2013/04/chinagog-real-world-language-learning-advice-have-a-drink/#comment-221272 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:55:52 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=11853#comment-221272 ” I have a uniquely Irish ability to speak coherently/” drivel!

Pillow dictionaries probably better prepare you for IELTS than this wanker.

]]> By: King Tubby http://beijingcream.com/2013/04/chinagog-real-world-language-learning-advice-have-a-drink/#comment-221271 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:49:49 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=11853#comment-221271 “I have a uniquely Irish ability to speak (drivel) ….”

Wanker.

This is like tripping up quadriplegics.

]]> By: sourpuss http://beijingcream.com/2013/04/chinagog-real-world-language-learning-advice-have-a-drink/#comment-221192 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:00:41 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=11853#comment-221192 I appreciate a joke as well as anyone, but the above gives the impression of being an earnest account of language learning. It should NOT be taken seriously in regard to language learning. I have no problem acknowledging limited benefits for alcohol in helping people relax, but encouraging outright drunkeness as a route to acquisition is irresponsible. The ‘documentation’ cited about the connection between alcohol and acquisition says nothing about benefits of drunkeness (as opposed to effects of imbibing a small amount of alcohol). The authors document transitory benefits for pronunciation and their analysis indicates a clear point at which the improvement steeply drops off (just as can be observed in native language speech, of course). Additionally, the cited article says nothing about long-term gains in accuracy. I’m being a sour-puss, but it’s just not helpful to make false claims about language acquisition. Also, fluency doesn’t benefit from making mistakes, it benefits from not worrying about them. In that sense, alcohol might help a person socialize in L2, just like it does in L1.

]]> By: King Baeksu http://beijingcream.com/2013/04/chinagog-real-world-language-learning-advice-have-a-drink/#comment-221148 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:16:49 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=11853#comment-221148 Pillow talk is also a pleasurable means of language acquisition.

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