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  • Ok, here I go

  • It is my absolute belief that

  • Foreign language learning as a separate subject

  • should not exist.

  • Let me repeat that:

  • Foreign language learning

  • as a separate subject

  • should not exist.

  • Language is not teachable

  • Nobody has ever learned a foreign language

  • in the classroom

  • Let me say that one last time

  • Foreign language learning as a separate subject should not exist

  • Learn English, learn French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese

  • are hollow concepts

  • it's the wrong mindset.

  • Learn English.

  • People say:

  • I want to learn English

  • I want to learn the English language.

  • What is language?

  • The vast majority of people say:

  • Language is a tool for communication

  • What is a tool for communication?

  • By a tool for communication most people think: Speaking

  • Speak the language

  • Speak English

  • People say:

  • I want to speak English well, fluently

  • Here is one of the biggest mistakes language learners make.

  • I want to speak English is too broad,

  • is not clear enough.

  • instead of:

  • I want to speak English

  • You should say:

  • I want to speak about ... in English

  • And here you need to be as specific and clear as possible.

  • Don't say:

  • I want to speak about my life/country/job in English

  • No

  • these topics are too broad, too vague.

  • Be as specific and clear as you possibly can

  • For example:

  • I want speak about

  • France in the 18th century in English

  • I want to talk about

  • my company's product, which is vitamin pills

  • in English

  • I want to talk about cryptocurrency in English

  • You get the point

  • Make as many examples as you want,

  • as many as you want

  • just make sure your examples are clear and specific.

  • I want to talk about the movie Joker in English

  • what is the difference between

  • I want to speak English

  • I want to speak about France in the 18th century in English?

  • The big difference is that, the second sentence

  • clearly shows what you need to do

  • if you want to be able to talk about 18th century France

  • in English.

  • You need to learn about 18th century France.

  • You need to acquire that piece of knowledge

  • and you need to acquire it in English

  • not in your native language.

  • And if you want to talk about the movie Joker in English

  • is not enough to have seen the movie

  • but you also need to know how other people talk about movies

  • discuss movies.

  • The language they use to discuss performances,

  • cinematography, special effects

  • and so on and so forth.

  • And you need all that information, in English,

  • if you want to talk about movies/Joker in English

  • So once again

  • What is language?

  • I strongly believe that Language is Knowledge

  • Language is Knowledge/Information/Content

  • Language = Knowledge

  • And vice versa

  • Knowledge is Language

  • Let that sink in for a moment

  • There is no knowledge without language,

  • nor there is language without knowledge

  • Let me repeat that:

  • Language doesn't exist without Knowledge

  • Neither does Knowledge without Language

  • What do I mean?

  • For instance:

  • History is Language

  • History equals Language

  • Think about it

  • Does history exist without language?

  • Does tomorrow exist without language?

  • The sun will rise tomorrow, with or without language

  • but my question is:

  • Does the concept of tomorrow,

  • the way we homo sapiens understand it

  • exist without language?

  • Is there tomorrow for the pen, for the veg, for the monkey?

  • Physics is language Art is language

  • Mathematics, medicine is language

  • Marketing, programming, fashion is all language.

  • Everything you see around you is language.

  • Knowledge is Language

  • Language is Knowledge

  • Language is fashion,

  • Language is marketing, Language is medicine,

  • Language is history

  • and so on and so forth.

  • You learn History through Language and Language through History.

  • You learn Medicine through Language and Language through Medicine

  • and so on and so forth.

  • There is a strong correlation between

  • the size of your vocabulary and

  • the size of the knowledge you possess

  • For instance

  • Listening to a physicist

  • talk about quantum physics,

  • or string theory, in your native language,

  • sounds like listening to a foreign language,

  • because you lack the knowledge and vocabulary that goes with it.

  • You learn Physics through Language and Language thought Physics.

  • You can't cram all those scientific terms,

  • without understanding the subject.

  • nor can you learn the subject without the scientific terms.

  • Knowledge doesn't exist without Language

  • Knowledge equals Language

  • Language = Knowledge no Knowledge, no Language

  • No question about that

  • So my question is:

  • What's taking place in the language classroom?

  • What are people learning in language schools?

  • What is the language teacher, teaching exactly?

  • Language?

  • Language without substance, without the knowledge.

  • So what we get is:

  • Language is Language

  • A complete nonsense, emptiness, nothing.

  • zero, zilch, nada

  • Language teachers use language to teach language.

  • It doesn't make sense.

  • Teachers use language to teach knowledge,

  • things like art, philosophy, mathematics, history.

  • But using language to teach language

  • makes no sense.

  • Using one's native language to teach a foreign language,

  • makes no sense

  • they cancel each other out.

  • And even in a monolingual language classroom.

  • teaching English using English.

  • Teaching what exactly?

  • Vocabulary wholesale

  • 10 ways to say Sorry

  • The 10 most common phrasal verbs

  • Top 10 business idioms.

  • No substance, just random words

  • just fake mini stories, fake situational dialogues,

  • telephone English, restaurant English, airport English

  • TOEFL English, TOEIC English

  • Hollow, empty concepts

  • no substance, no context

  • no compelling content.

  • Any teacher who promises to teach you business English,

  • or telephone English, or conversational English,

  • is either delusional or dishonest.

  • Language is Knowledge, on a certain topic.

  • You need to know about that very same topic

  • in order to talk about it.

  • Knowledge first, Language second

  • or I should say

  • Knowledge through Language.

  • Language is first and foremost

  • a tool for acquiring knowledge.

  • Let me repeat that:

  • language is a tool for acquiring knowledge

  • So instead of saying:

  • I want to learn a foreign language

  • you should say:

  • I want to learn about

  • such and such topic

  • through the foreign language

  • Don't say

  • I want to learn English

  • But rather:

  • I want to learn about

  • France in the 18th century through English

  • I want to learn about marketing

  • through English

  • and so on and so forth

  • Language is first and foremost a tool for getting knowledge.

  • Your main focus should never be on the language.

  • Input before Output

  • Knowledge before Speaking

  • Input before Output

  • Meaningful input

  • compelling input

  • things you want to talk about,

  • before you actually talk about it.

  • And the input, the knowledge has to be in the language

  • you want to speak.

  • You can't acquire knowledge in your native language,

  • and then learn a few words and idioms, in a foreign language,

  • and expect to speak fluently, in the foreign language.

  • No, that's not how speaking works.

  • Yet another mistake people make.

  • You maybe a Nobel prize winner in Physics from Japan,

  • have all the knowledge related to physics in your head

  • But if you want to talk about physics in fluent English,

  • you need, in a way

  • to Relearn or at least Reread

  • your physics in English.

  • You have the knowledge, but you still need to see how that

  • very same knowledge

  • is presented, is structured

  • in the language you want to speak.

  • That is why there is no such thing as a polyglot.

  • People claiming to speak 10, 20 languages.

  • Input before Output Knowledge before Speaking

  • And I ask again:

  • Where does the language teacher fit into the picture?

  • When was the last time you learned a useful piece of knowledge

  • something that you were really interested in

  • in your language school?

  • Or from a video of a language teacher on YouTube?

  • How can you?

  • For the most part,

  • language teachers are not experts in anything but language.

  • Honestly

  • what is a degree in TESOL, TEFL, or CELTA or applied linguistics

  • supposed to mean?

  • Better at explaining words

  • Better at pronouncing words

  • basically, a better human dictionary.

  • Any teacher who promises to fix your accent

  • and teach you perfect British pronunciation

  • or awesome American pronunciation

  • is either delusional or dishonest.

  • Anybody who promises to teach you slang, phrasal verbs, idioms

  • natural English, amazing English

  • is either delusional or dishonest

  • Language equals Knowledge

  • No knowledge, No language

  • You have no choice, there is no choice.

  • It's down to basic biology, human physiology

  • The brain simply cannot retain all that vocabulary and grammar

  • without meaningful content

  • without the information those words and grammar convey

  • information you feel passionate about

  • This is a pen.

  • means nothing

  • This is the pen with witch the Joker did his magic trick

  • has a meaning.

  • It is something you are much more likely to remember.

  • and understand the difference between

  • 'a pen' and 'the pen'

  • That is how we learn vocabulary and grammar,

  • by way of consuming content

  • part of which is entertainment/movies.

  • The way people look at learning a foreign language is:

  • Learn the language first,

  • and then start reading books,

  • and start watching movies without subtitles.

  • Language and Information, as 2 almost unrelated things

  • Language first, Interesting content second

  • No, it is the other way around

  • You learn English through reading interesting books.

  • You learn English through watching interesting movies.

  • Interesting for you, not for your teacher.

  • The focus is on the content,

  • and the language learning is secondary

  • Yes, we do learn a foreign language

  • but that learning is secondary.

  • The focus is on the piece of knowledge,

  • or entertainment you want to consume,

  • and the language learning is secondary.

  • Yes we learn

  • but that learning doesn't require a separate teacher,

  • doesn't require a separate subject,

  • doesn't require a separate classroom,

  • and least of all,

  • a separate building.

  • Language schools should not exist.

  • Foreign language learning as a separate subject

  • should not exist,

  • not in its current format anyway.

  • The moment you focus on the language

  • is the moment you will never learn it,

  • because is not about the language but mainly about the knowledge.

  • Yes, we as adults do learn foreign languages

  • we learn

  • the learning process is not automatic,

  • is not unconscious,

  • non-natives don't learn like natives,

  • adults don't learn like children

  • of course not.

  • Yes, we learn

  • but that doesn't happen,

  • in a language classroom, in a language school,

  • and least of all

  • watching YouTube videos

  • of people calling themselves language teachers.

  • YouTube, what a massive waste of time this thing is.

  • My goodness

  • YouTube is for people who don't value their time.

  • YouTube is not free, you pay with your time.

  • Nobody has ever learned a foreign language

  • watching YouTube videos of people calling themselves language teachers.

  • Never ever.

  • Stop subscribing right and left.

  • The moment you subscribe to a language learning channel on YouTube

  • is the moment you become passive

  • is the moment you will never learn the language

  • Same goes for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.

  • A colossal waste of time.

  • Following language teachers on Instagram

  • Really?

  • What are you waiting for?

  • The next free set of random words,

  • next random grammar explanation,

  • next piece of free advice from people

  • who have never mastered a foreign language

  • Unsubscribe. Unfollow

  • Who are you following?

  • Follow topics, not language teachers.

  • Your focus should be on the topic, not the language.

  • None of those channels contain any useful content,

  • they all focus on the language.

  • A complete nonsense.

  • Language is Knowledge on a particular topic

  • You need to know about that very same topic

  • in order to talk about it

  • to start communicating,

  • start speaking.

  • practice speaking

  • the other complete nonsense.

  • People paying crazy money to practice their speaking,

  • with native speakers.

  • The worst advice you can get is

  • Go out and speak, from day 1

  • go out and find somebody to speak to

  • in English.

  • Go to the nearest bar, find a foreigner,

  • buy him a drink and start practicing your English,

  • practice your speaking.

  • iTalki, Lingoda, Verbling, Cambly

  • speaking groups on facebook,

  • membership sites,

  • charging crazy money for speaking

  • speaking practice,

  • speaking English.

  • Do you have any idea how ridiculous this is?

  • Speak about what?

  • Wise men speak because they have something to say;

  • Fools because they have to say something.

  • Language is Knowledge on a particular topic.

  • You need the knowledge first and then

  • you will be able to talk about it.

  • And if you already have the knowledge,

  • why would you join an English speaking group?

  • Instead,

  • join a group that discusses that very same topic.

  • Join a group where people discuss fashion, or movies, or history

  • discuss history,

  • in English or French

  • or whatever language you want to speak.

  • English Speaking Groups?

  • Do what?

  • Take your vocabulary out for a test drive?

  • Show off that new business idiom

  • you crammed the day before.

  • Exercise your English speaking muscles.

  • Do you see what I see?

  • Madness

  • If you think that the main reason your English sucks

  • is because of your lack of speaking practice,

  • you are either delusional or lonely

  • Does any of this make any sense?

  • Any sense at all?

  • They say AI (Artificial Intelligence) will put a lot of people out of work

  • How about common sense?

  • Millions of language teachers,

  • guides, coaches,

  • tons of language textbooks,

  • online courses,

  • membership sites

  • language apps,

  • a gazillion language schools,

  • countless hours wasted

  • a multi billion dollar black hole.

  • No-one has ever learned a foreign language

  • by focusing on the foreign language.

  • I should know,

  • I was an English teacher for over 12 years,

  • taught more than 20,000 individual lessons

  • to over 2,100 people

  • and I can tell you with absolute certainty that

  • language is not teachable,

  • because

  • it is not about the language, but mainly about the content,

  • Compelling content.

  • Compelling content is not something a teacher can give you.

  • is not something a language teacher can give you,

  • Compelling content is something you need to figure our for yourself.

  • Something you don't go to a language school for

  • I should know,

  • I mastered English without a language teacher

  • outside an English speaking country,

  • as an adult.

  • I can't teach you English,

  • I can't give you vocabulary or grammar

  • What I can teach you though is

  • how to learn vocabulary and grammar

  • How I learned vocabulary and grammar

  • As the old proverb goes:

  • Learn how to learn English.

  • It's what my books and online courses are all about

  • How to learn English

  • How to learn grammar,

  • how I learn grammar,

  • how I write grammatically correct sentences

  • how I read

  • how I use dictionaries,

  • Dictionaries

  • why is nobody talking about dictionaries,

  • the most important study tool.

  • Step by step instruction on how I learned,

  • and still learn vocabulary and grammar.

  • That is teachable.

  • And it is something you can do too, you can replicate, copy.

  • I'm not a fan of Tony Robbins

  • but a quote of his caught my attention recently.

  • True, very true

  • Next time your teacher starts making big promises about teaching you

  • this and that,

  • about making you this and that

  • what you need to do is: stop him and simply say:

  • Stop telling me what to do.

  • Instead, tell me how you did it

  • Don't promise to make me the most powerful,

  • most confident, most fluent English speaker.

  • Don't make promises you can't keep.

  • Just write down how you did it,

  • and I will copy it, and try to achieve the same results.

  • Don't skip a thing, don't add anything either.

  • Not in theory, but in practice.

  • how you did it

  • not your student,

  • not your brother,

  • not your friend,

  • but you

  • how you did it so I can copy it.

  • That's why a native speaker of the language

  • you are trying to learn can never do that.

  • Actually they can but you can't copy it.

  • That is what a teacher is supposed to do

  • teach the student how to learn alone, without a teacher

  • without membership sites, without monthly fees.

  • Teach the student how to become

  • an independent learner.

  • Any teacher who promises to teach you American pronunciation or

  • British pronunciation

  • is either delusional or lying.

  • Any teacher who promises to teach you slang, idioms, phrasal verbs,

  • business English, conversational English

  • TOEFL English

  • is either delusional or lying.

  • Anybody who promises to teach you to speak a foreign language

  • fluently, powerfully, effortlessly, confidently, extraordinarily

  • is nuts

  • Does any of this make any sense,

  • any sense at all?

  • If Yes

  • PLEASE SHARE

  • THANK YOU

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    John Yu 發佈於 2020 年 10 月 23 日
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