Waching daily Feb 19 2017

Hi there, Vladimir here with another video on how not to learn English

Today I'd like to talk about Speed Learning スピードラーニング

Is スピードラーニング Speed Learning good for learning English

As you can tell by the title of this video "the problem with speed learning" スピードラーニングの問題

I'm not a big fan of Speed Learning スピードラーニング

For those living outside of Japan, Speed Learning スピードラーニング is the name of

a set of 48 CDs covering a wide range of topics

Google translate still sucks

スピードラーニングの問題では何でしょう What is the problem with Speed learning?

In my opinion. problem with speed learning スピードラーニングの問題

is in the name. It's misleading 人を惑わす広告

There is nothing Speedy about it and

it doesn't really constitute Learning in the official meaning of this word

早いでもないしラーニングでもない

Let's look at the Speed part first and Learning part second

According to their own commercial it took Ryo Ishikawa 石川遼 6 years to learn English

There is nothing speedy about 6 years

It took me 1 year, about 900 hours

and I'm sure Ryo 遼 had started from a much higher language base

Japanese start learning English from elementary school

I started learning English in earnest at 27 years of age

It took a guy whose job involves constant traveling 6 years to learn English

That's not what I call speedy

And no surprise there

Every language has 4 language skills reading, listening, writing, speaking

Speed Learning スピードラーニング is only about one of those skills so it should be called

a quarter learning

in all fairness you can learn a language without practicing your writing

I think the official name of this product should be: 6 years, 1/3 learning

much more accurate, not as catchy though

It is true that listening is very important. They do talk about that on their website but

they don't tell the whole truth The half-truths are the worst

Children do start with listening but their listening is not passive

they don't listen to tapes, they listen to real people 9-10 hours a day

Professor Patricia Kuhl in her TED presentation

talks about the difference between listening to a human being and listening to a tape

what you see here is the audio result — no learning whatsoever

and the video result — no learning whatsoever

It takes a human being for babies to take their statistics

Yet another problem with these audio CDs is the same problem I had with

the million dollar teachers in Korea there is too much translation

50% of Speed learning スピードラーニング CDs are in Japanese

And that's one of their main selling points

Don't worry, if you don't understand there is Japanese translation right after the English

There is no need for a dictionary

What? That's not how people learn Dictionaries are the most important study tool

looking up words in a dictionary is how we learn

and not just any dictionary

You need to use monolingual dictionaries, English English dictionaries

There is too much translation going in Japan and Korea, everything is being translated, spood-fed

No wonder Japanese and Korean people struggle with English

That's not how we learn, that's not how the brain retains and recalls information

We don't learn a language by simply listening to tapes or watching subtitled movies

You need to pick up a dictionary, put pen to paper, be active, make an effort

Listening is very important and

speed learning スピードラーニング is certainly better than doing nothing

however I question its cost-efficiency, especially considering its hefty price tag

153,600 yen to 207,200 yen

quite expensive

and just to put things in perspective

my book is 499 yen, one coin

There are much more efficient options available online, efficient and free

I've devoted a whole chapter on listening and how to practice listening

Save yourself time and money, lots of money

and read my book Virtually Native which is available on Amazon and virtuallynative.com

For more infomation >> スピードラーニングの問題 - Duration: 5:33.

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Your Story Is Powerful - Duration: 4:16.

I think it's so important as a woman of color to empower our girls to talk to us

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conversation when I was 13 years old that saved my life. We had a casual chat about

me, knowing my body, doing my breast self-examinations, and speaking up when

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