The oldest form of language learning is 'point at the thing and talk about it.'
>>...is to set up 20 or so words in a specific topic...<<
We've done 'conversations about' and 'talk about pictures of' versions.
This can be common interests like cooking, or specialty things like car parts.
Incidentally, a how things work picture dictionary is a fairly good way to explain engine innards.
>>It's important to consider what you'd like to do with a foreign language.<<
My stuff that I am teaching is usually in the 'How to navigate life' category. How do you know when to clock back in from break, go shopping, talk politely to people, communicate with your kid's teacher or your boss, etc?
Learning...I mostly use other languagues to communicate/bond with people, though I have used them at work .
I did at one point sit down with a student (who also had kids) and start running through jargon in a first aid book, so she could take a first aid class, which led to this gem: "Oh, that's the word for [symptom]!"
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>>...is to set up 20 or so words in a specific topic...<<
We've done 'conversations about' and 'talk about pictures of' versions.
This can be common interests like cooking, or specialty things like car parts.
Incidentally, a how things work picture dictionary is a fairly good way to explain engine innards.
>>It's important to consider what you'd like to do with a foreign language.<<
My stuff that I am teaching is usually in the 'How to navigate life' category. How do you know when to clock back in from break, go shopping, talk politely to people, communicate with your kid's teacher or your boss, etc?
Learning...I mostly use other languagues to communicate/bond with people, though I have used them at work .
I did at one point sit down with a student (who also had kids) and start running through jargon in a first aid book, so she could take a first aid class, which led to this gem: "Oh, that's the word for [symptom]!"