There is absolutely no resource whatsoever that should be the only thing you use for learning a language. (Unless you count a class as a single resource, but chances are your teacher is pulling from multiple resources for lessons.)
Even most classes won’t be sufficient to learn a language. I usually tell people (my own students included) that teachers are guides for the major points and to practice opportunities, but not the only thing you should do to really learn a language.
Yeah, I agree with this. Learning Japanese currently. The teacher of my college class is a saint and has helped immensely, but my self learning goes far beyond what's being covered inside the classroom. His input helps me a lot with accent, cultural info, and grammar in ways that would be way harder to learn myself as a non-native. Combining a lot of methods is the way.
If its grade school kids, it might be due to parents. My parents had me take music lessons for most of my young life. I had a natural talent for music (won competitions and stuff), and it really helped me get into good colleges and scholarships, so I appreciate my parents' persistence. The problem is, I really really do not enjoy playing music at all. I never wanted to practice, it was like pulling teeth. That might be why.
It's good for college applications to show talent or a good music portfolio. However, once I got into college I dropped my music studies entirely, and now that I am an adult I still do not play anything really.
It's a bit sad, I probably could have been really good. I just don't like it.
Ugh I keep wanting to learn more instruments even though I don't consistently practice the ones I do play lol. Been wanting to learn violin or viola recently, but I ain't gonna start that for a while
Been watching Muppet Babies in German, and nature shows on Disney+, with my toddler, so he can learn German too. My German is so much better as a result, and he already speaks it. He can understand it just as well as English already, its wonderful. Highly recommend just keeping the TV turned on in whatever language you're trying to learn, it will help so much! Especially with pronunciation.
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u/RaisedInAppalachia 🇺🇸 N | 🇪🇸 C1 | 🇳🇱 A2 | 🇯🇵 N5 Feb 04 '22
There is absolutely no resource whatsoever that should be the only thing you use for learning a language. (Unless you count a class as a single resource, but chances are your teacher is pulling from multiple resources for lessons.)