How is total immersion the best way, or any way at all to learn a language? How would you pick up more than a handful of words?
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Immersion is not an effective way for adults with no prior background to learn. With babies it works because the adults have patience and explain every single thing multiple times. You won’t find any other adults willing to show you an egg five times a day and say it’s name slowly.
Immersion does help (enormously so) when you have some basic understanding. It helps you add to your vocabulary by inferring the meaning of new words and the context in which they are utilized. It also helps you streamline your speaking and listening skills. The caveat being that you only gain this advantage if you have that basic familiarity to build upon.
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