[B-Greek] re: A fork in the road
Arthur King
amgking at earthlink.net
Mon Oct 25 18:21:31 EDT 2004
Hello all,
Each chapter in the high school textbooks used in my early German courses contained a short conversation piece, to be memorized and be spoken "with feeling" with another student in front of the class. The conversation incorporated new vocabulary words and new grammar rules in the chapter under study. I eventually realized that this enjoyable practice was internalizing the language. Our teacher wanted us to have sprachgefuehl, that is, a feeling or instinct for the language, beyond mere mechanical memorization.
If, in light of the advice offered on this list, one is still undecided about which path to take in Mounce's grammar, he/she might resort to Berra's Dilemma Default: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it".
Sincerely,
Arthur King
In colorful Connecticut
> [Original Message]
> From: R Yochanan Bitan Buth <ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il>
> Date: 10/25/2004 5:56:33 PM>
> Subject: [B-Greek] re: A fork in the road
>
[SNIP]
>
> another important part of the Input Hypothesis is the claim that
> comprehensible imput, when delivered in sufficient quality and quantity,
> automatically contains all the appropriate structures for the acquirer - we
> need not deliberately program grammar.
[SNIP]
> (p.10) "We acquire [internalize the language-RB] when we obtain
> comprehesible input in a low-anxiety situation,
Emphasis added
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