Isle of Tenerife, Spain, Africa. Hahaha! I had to chuckle at your mention of "those pesky kids"! I thought I was the only one who used that expression. Such a native English way to speak! As usual. It annoys me when (very) occasionally somebody says your English doesn't sound native. Of course they only ever say this after they've found out you learned English as an adult, at first as shocked as I and anyone was to hear you speaking it. Then they somehow process it, maybe mixed with envy, and come out with the usual nonsense of "yeah, I can hear he's not native. . .". But it's a lie, even if they don't always realise they're lying. Your English sounds completely native, as native as mine, or MORE, sometimes, no kidding. The mind boggles at how you've reached such a high level in so many languages. Hats off! Best wishes, Patchy.
Thanks for the kind words Patchy!^^ Lovely comment as always. I love Tenerife! My plan is to go there in March 2025 for the third time. As for me sounding (or not) like a native..I think it is irrelevant at the end of the day. In my humble opinion, what counts is enjoying the PROCESS rather than focusing on the result. And I lOVE language learning, I can't get enough of it, literally! Best, Luca
Hi Luca, well in this video I can find all the tools that I'm using for my learning process, somthing is more hard to do than otters but...yeah, immersion, everyday, mimiking are good company!
A long time ago, I worked at a company in France where 80% of our clients were Italian. One day, my French colleague came to the office with a fig pie, and when some of our Italian clients were present, she said in Italian: "Qualcuno vuole un pezzo di torta alla figa?" 😂
Luca, a member of your course community, just so you know OMG I just realized but I'll put my comment anyway: "acquisition beats" doesn't mean anything! I was reading "Acquisition Beats" as something on its own. LOL then I realized that in English, it just needs a comma, to read it "Why acquisition, beats learning" omg which makes sense. Maybe I'm the only one who read it wrong then and got confused, it's literally a cadence issue with my comprehension. Ok if I get any thumbs up then I'm not an isolated outlier.
Reminded me about this Chinese friend of mine, her name is Hui. She had a Russian professor in the University, and anyone who knows Russian can probably guess what was the sitution there every time he called her by her name :D Another fantastic video! This feels like a super boosted and enhanced version of Steven Krashen's theory. Using materials of any level and using the available tools to make them comprehensible is a great additional way to acquire the language. Thanks Luca once again for all the tips.
Hi Luca! If we acquire a language through comprehensible input, does it mean that we will eventually be able to speak it naturally or do you still see speaking as something that needs to be practiced as you said in one of your past videos?
Partially. You need massive input to acquire a language, but in order to speak it fluently, you also have to add a LOT of speaking practice to the bunch.
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In Spain we use "higo" for fig, but it is also slang for lady parts. So I was laughing before you finished telling the anecdote.
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Isle of Tenerife,
Spain,
Africa.
Hahaha!
I had to chuckle at your mention of "those pesky kids"!
I thought I was the only one who used that expression.
Such a native English way to speak!
As usual.
It annoys me when (very) occasionally somebody says your English doesn't sound native.
Of course they only ever say this after they've found out you learned English as an adult, at first as shocked as I and anyone was to hear you speaking it.
Then they somehow process it, maybe mixed with envy, and come out with the usual nonsense of "yeah, I can hear he's not native. . .".
But it's a lie, even if they don't always realise they're lying.
Your English sounds completely native, as native as mine, or MORE, sometimes, no kidding.
The mind boggles at how you've reached such a high level in so many languages.
Hats off!
Best wishes,
Patchy.
Thanks for the kind words Patchy!^^
Lovely comment as always.
I love Tenerife! My plan is to go there in March 2025 for the third time.
As for me sounding (or not) like a native..I think it is irrelevant at the end of the day.
In my humble opinion, what counts is enjoying the PROCESS rather than focusing on the result.
And I lOVE language learning, I can't get enough of it, literally!
Best,
Luca
Hi Luca, well in this video I can find all the tools that I'm using for my learning process, somthing is more hard to do than otters but...yeah, immersion, everyday, mimiking are good company!
no more funny fig* fiascos ! Thank you for explaining this Luca! You're a GEM to the language learning community! and yes, we are better than KIDS !!
Desholino you da man! 😄
Super
A long time ago, I worked at a company in France where 80% of our clients were Italian. One day, my French colleague came to the office with a fig pie, and when some of our Italian clients were present, she said in Italian: "Qualcuno vuole un pezzo di torta alla figa?" 😂
In this video is a transcript, and in captions autotranslate are languages to read script on screen, do both at same time and have study material🎉
Como dicen en mi familia, muchos higos, muchos problemas. 😜
Excelente video como siempre. Gracias, Luca. Saludos desde Valencia-Venezuela.
De nada y gracias a tí por tu comentario 😀
Luca Lampariello, the Cristiano Ronaldo of language learning 😅
Luca, a member of your course community, just so you know OMG I just realized but I'll put my comment anyway: "acquisition beats" doesn't mean anything! I was reading "Acquisition Beats" as something on its own. LOL then I realized that in English, it just needs a comma, to read it "Why acquisition, beats learning" omg which makes sense.
Maybe I'm the only one who read it wrong then and got confused, it's literally a cadence issue with my comprehension. Ok if I get any thumbs up then I'm not an isolated outlier.
"Why acquisition beats learning" is correct. Adding a comma makes the sentence incorrect.
Thanks for the comment! I think the title is correct though 😎
For Memory don't forget the Linkword system.
Excellent Video and 🙏
Mil Graci
Reminded me about this Chinese friend of mine, her name is Hui. She had a Russian professor in the University, and anyone who knows Russian can probably guess what was the sitution there every time he called her by her name :D
Another fantastic video! This feels like a super boosted and enhanced version of Steven Krashen's theory. Using materials of any level and using the available tools to make them comprehensible is a great additional way to acquire the language. Thanks Luca once again for all the tips.
Наверно её имя звучало как "Хуэй".
Even worse, her last name is Idinah, and in Chinese they say the last name first.
Hi Luca! If we acquire a language through comprehensible input, does it mean that we will eventually be able to speak it naturally or do you still see speaking as something that needs to be practiced as you said in one of your past videos?
Partially. You need massive input to acquire a language, but in order to speak it fluently, you also have to add a LOT of speaking practice to the bunch.
Why pushing only one method and using anecdotal examples is a waste of time.
Great title for a new video! 😄
Because this method is the best in my experience. He's trying to save you time, so you don't waste it.