![]() ![]() But is that necessarily a better way to learn a language? Teachers may combine these two methods into what Professor Michael Ullman calls immersion-style classroom teaching. That is, by being with native speakers and absorbing the language that surrounds them, generally without a lot of explanation. The idea here is to learn much the way children do when they learn a native language. The other method is known as the implicit or immersion method. This is the kind of traditional classroom teaching where students are taught a lot of information about grammar rules. One is known as the explicit or classroom method. What is the best way to learn a new language? A small study of foreign language learning in adults compared two methods. Or are traditional lectures with grammar rules and vocabulary lists the best way to learn to speak like a native speaker. We will hear whether being surrounded by a foreign language, or immersed in it, is the best way to learn a language. Today on, As It Is, we will hear about something our listeners do every day they hear, read or watch VOA Learning English - learning a second language. From VOA Learning English this is As It Is. ![]()
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