Hi there, Vladimir here with another video on how to learn English
Why do language learners make mistakes and I mean grammatical mistakes
Why do language learners make grammatical mistakes?
Have you thought about that?
Why do you make grammatical mistakes when you write and speak English?
It is not a silly question, it's an important question
When you think about it, it requires the same amount of effort to
make a grammatically correct sentence, as it is to make the the grammatically incorrect one
if not less
Why do language learners say:
I am interesting in science Instead of
I am interested in science
The correct sentence is a letter shorter
It is 1 of the most common mistakes learners of English make
Why do people say Instead of clothes
The correct pronunciation is shorter and easier
Why?
Please try to answer that question, before you hear my opinion
Why do I make grammatical mistakes when I speak Japanese?
Why is my English so much more accurate,
I'm not saying that my English is flawless
no, it is not, I know that,
but it is damn good
I know that too.
It is as good as it gets for a person with my background
I am, to all intents and purposes, a virtually native speaker of English
and I need nobody's validation
So again: why do language learners make grammatical mistakes?
Here is why?
The first reason is that: language learners just don't care
that is the first and probably most important reason.
I care about my English, and it is pretty good
I don't care all that much about my Japanese, and I make mistakes all the time
We all know what we need to do to become good at something,
really good at something, accurate at doing something,
not just a foreign language.
We need to simply copy the best,
and do it again and again for at least 10,000 hours
Copy the best dancers, the best tennis players,
best artists.
And in the case of language learning, copy native speakers of the target language.
Which entails: Reading and listening to a lot of native speech, a lot
Which brings as to the second reason: Language learners don't read enough
and I am not talking about language textbooks, TOEFL and TOEIC prep books,
boring grammar books
I am talking about reading interesting texts, books and online articles of interest.
I listen and read English every day
I listen to Japanese speech every day, but I don't read
People don't read enough
People don't read enough and don't listen to enough native speech
in the form of podcasts, TED talks, movies
But, not reading is a bigger problem
Watching YouTube alone will get you nowhere
The third reason is that: the vast majority of language learners don't use
monolingual learner's dictionaries
No monolingual learner's dictionaries no grammatical accuracy
I use English-English dictionaries all the time
I've never used a Japanese-Japanese dictionary
The fourth reason is that: Language learners don't know how to study vocabulary and grammar
most language learners don't have a method of learning vocabulary and grammar
Reading every day is important
Listening to native speech every day is important
Using monolingual dictionaries is important
But you need to know: How to read
How to listen How to use dictionaries
Do you know what is the most common advice language teachers give,
teachers of English give, native English speakers give
This was the fifth reason
And last but not least This is a very important one:
Both, language learners and language teachers, mistakenly believe that
Understanding a grammatical rule or Understanding the meaning of a new word
is enough to remember it and use it later on
use it quickly and correctly
No, it's not enough
The widely held belief that
We should study to Understand Not study to Memorize
Doesn't really apply to language learning
Language is not mathematics,
Language is not physics Language is not science
There are 2 chapters on that subject in my book Virtually Native
Most school subjects: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology
are difficult to understand
The Aha, moment the I got it moment
the I understand it moment
takes a lot of time and effort
That's not the case with language learning.
The I understand it moment happens very quickly
Grammar rules and word meanings are not that difficult to understand
Especially English grammar and English vocabulary
Not difficult because we have dictionaries Bilingual dictionaries
The aha moment happens very fast
For example the meaning of: Aha moment
Even using a monolingual dictionary, it doesn't take more that 10 sec to understand
And because we are told that: we should study to understand,
Language learners falsely assume that:
Understanding the meaning of a new word or grammar rule
would be enough to remember it later on
No, it is not enough
Don't get me wrong,
understanding is important but it is not enough
With mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology
Understanding a physics law is usually enough to remember it later on
With foreign language however Understanding a new word is not enough to
remember it and use it accurately later on
In the case of mathematics: Understand is 70% of the time end effort
In the case of foreign language: Understand is about 10%
The remaining 90% is
what we do with the new word or grammar so that we are able to remember it later on
It is what my book is all about, those 90%
What do you need to do after you've understood the meaning of a new word or expression
Like the expression: Aha moment
I give you: 8 + 2 steps
Steps you need to take in order to improve Retention and future Recall
And none of these steps is about flashcards, spaced repetition, vocabulary lists
or other boring review drills
The vast majority of language teachers focus on making you Understand, on the 10%
Not me I am not a human dictionary
I focus on the 90% I help you remember
Don't waste your time and read my book Virtually Native
and learn how to remember longer and avoid mistakes
My book is available on Amazon and virtuallynative.com
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