The Complete Guide of VLI
The Complete Guide of VLI
The Complete Guide of VLI
guide of
Virtual Language
Immersion
That´s it.
1. Why learning spanish?
That method was useful to pass the exam, but didn´t make us
foreign languages speakers. So, if having spanish classes with
20 other people isn’t making you a confident speaker, stop
going. In many poor countries there are people able to
confidently speak english, so how did those people learn
English? Are they super smart or have lots of money? Surely
not, they should have tried different methods...
“You don’t know a language, you live it. You don’t learn a
language, you get used to it.” Benny Lewis.
Virtual Language Immersion
We agree now that the best way to learn a language is the
immersion. It is almost always related with moving abroad. It
seems related to a kind of “spiritual trance”, where the culture
and language will get suddenly into your body and soul, so after
two months living in Sevilla you will speak spanish, dance
flamenco and cook the best “tortilla” on earth. Of course not.
The cone
of experience
Also called the Learning pyramid, the concept was
developed by the american educator Edgar Dale.
Despite the controversy about order, details and
percentages, what matters for us is the fact that just
reading or hearing something is among the less
efficient ways to learn it. The more senses we put
into action, the better we absorb the information. The
more active our attitude, the bigger the percentage
of data we add to our brain. In short, the more
immersed, the best. And not only that, it also last
longer, sometimes forever.
3. Attitude, motivation,
engagement
ATTITUDE. Start speaking from day 1
Yes, it could be embarrassing. After studying spanish for a
while, you feel not capable enough to start speaking, and find
yourself saying “my level is too low to start speaking”, but it is
not true. This is the consequence of reducing language lessons
to grammar and fill the gap lessons.
What is one time during your day when you could study
spanish?
NO TIME INPUT
Listening, watching, reading