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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> How would you pick up more than a handful of words?
Because you will start to recognise individuals words through repetition of hearing them. Add in the context in which they are used and over time you will start to understand what words mean what and start to form an understanding of the language.
You’ll start off by building an understanding of some of the most commonly used words, and those that are used in things you do everyday – your greetings; yes/no; good/bad that sort of thing
I would imagine from there you will quickly build a growing list of nouns – things and objects that you reference or other people reference that can be picked up by either being pointed to as you fumble in a shop or by context…and at the same time simple ‘commands’ (I want X, what is Y, how much is Z)
By being completely immersed in the language you are faced with all those learning moments all day everyday.
By comparison, learning through tuition or online lessons – you will switch from potentially intensive sessions of learning to virtually no interaction with the language, and then back to intense learning.
The ideal combination is **both** – tuition (teaching you the rules, the tips, the theory) *and* immersion – that would have most people learning the language fastest.
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