Comments on: Pimsleur http://dumpendebat.net/2006/01/07/pimsleur/ A sniff in the kortevar, that what you cry for, yeled? A prert up the cull, a prang on the dumpendebat? Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:36:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dumpendebat http://dumpendebat.net/2006/01/07/pimsleur/comment-page-1/#comment-310 dumpendebat Sat, 07 Jan 2006 21:29:15 +0000 http://dumpendebat.net/?p=145#comment-310 Of course, it depends on what your definition of "fluent" is. My own rough idea of "fluency" would mean the ability to get through a day, including work and social activities, in the target language, with a minimum of difficulty and without constant recourse to lexical or grammatical reference works. By my own definition, I am nowhere even close to fluent in any language but English. Of course, it depends on what your definition of “fluent” is. My own rough idea of “fluency” would mean the ability to get through a day, including work and social activities, in the target language, with a minimum of difficulty and without constant recourse to lexical or grammatical reference works. By my own definition, I am nowhere even close to fluent in any language but English.

]]> By: RP http://dumpendebat.net/2006/01/07/pimsleur/comment-page-1/#comment-309 RP Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:39:49 +0000 http://dumpendebat.net/?p=145#comment-309 I'm not familiar with the Pimsleur approach, but I've always been fascinated that someone can be "fluent in 5 different languages." Is fluency something akin to familiarity with 2,500 distinct words and a clever enough mind to connect a few Chomsky-like proto-formulations? If a sort of basic fluency = familiarity with language "systems" and the acquirement of a 2,500 item diction database then, oh baby! what an approach that would be. Let us know! I’m not familiar with the Pimsleur approach, but I’ve always been fascinated that someone can be “fluent in 5 different languages.” Is fluency something akin to familiarity with 2,500 distinct words and a clever enough mind to connect a few Chomsky-like proto-formulations? If a sort of basic fluency = familiarity with language “systems” and the acquirement of a 2,500 item diction database then, oh baby! what an approach that would be.

Let us know!

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