tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640976037544204748.post1939288184491797643..comments2023-10-14T05:40:32.118-06:00Comments on Randall's ESL Blog - For ESL/EFL Teachers and Students: Language Learning: Why does it slow at intermediate levels?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640976037544204748.post-31301409509375292672007-10-23T00:14:00.000-06:002007-10-23T00:14:00.000-06:00I agree with your view that we may experience a sl...I agree with your view that we may experience a slowdown in progressing as we reach intermediate level. In my opinion, there are many reasons causing this situation. First of all, when your level raise up, you will encounter more difficult subjects which take us a lot of time to deal with. Second, the feeling that we must be perfect as we are in high level may be a barrier in our improvement.Huy Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14059072807604515925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640976037544204748.post-6159132213699798592007-10-22T07:22:00.000-06:002007-10-22T07:22:00.000-06:00I have some thought too:) First I suppose if you f...I have some thought too:) First I suppose if you feel you stopped in learning - change your style of learing. It's like in any other subject. Your brain is used to your actions and begins to do careless work. And second: don't forget about 20/80 rule - 20% of efforts make 80% of results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640976037544204748.post-42176922569994099422007-10-21T20:43:00.000-06:002007-10-21T20:43:00.000-06:00As for me, language (English) learning is kind of ...As for me, language (English) learning is kind of like an experience of mountain-climbing. The higher you get, the harder you walk(work). For my example, I ask myself to think and write down my thought toward topics here every morning, adding comments and practicing my writing as a daily routine. Within the process, I look into the dictionary for vocabularies I am not sure, clarifying those blurry and loose concepts. Although it could only do a little good, the effects of cumulation could be eventually enormous. Moreover, having parters to study together could strengthen the motivation of learning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640976037544204748.post-65776658276783205252007-10-21T14:14:00.000-06:002007-10-21T14:14:00.000-06:00Actually, that is true.A higher level in communica...Actually, that is true.<BR/>A higher level in communicating skills in a second language depends chiefly on the knowledge and capacity of argument a student has in their own language. For instance, as a Spanish teacher in Brazil, I have noticed that students with problems in Portuguese grammar and composition transfer those limitations to the new language. In addition, they often presented a not so good reading habit.<BR/>Because of this, while teaching Spanish to Brazilian adults, I successfully taught them part of speech and composition in Portuguese. I did so because they needed to make a composition in Spanish in a test.<BR/>In the first semester of 2007, while living in the US, I had another good experience by teaching Spanish to a fourteen-year-old American student. At first, I slightly taught him part of speech in English. Therefore, he (re)learned nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, etc, in English. Then we switched to Spanish.<BR/><BR/>Billy - Brasilia, BrazilUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16683061385657839435noreply@blogger.com