Talk:Accelerated language learning

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I agree with the sentiments of the guys below. Perhaps not in the detail. There is a plethora of information out there on so called accelerated learning. Most of it conjecture. I do not think that should mean we dismiss it out of hand, but it should be clear what is proven by research and what is not. I think the best thing to do is to change the title to Acclerated learning rather than specifically focussing in on language. (Dave Catlin 10:54, 11 May 2007 (UTC)).[reply]

I'm a professional in the field, and I can't tell what half of this gibberish is about. I'll try to clean it up when I'm feeling a little more tolerant. -- Visviva 13:01, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think this article should be erased entirely. "The brain can accept 80% more information than assumed?" -Meaningless! The link I tried to "Accelerated Spanish" is no longer in service on tripod.com.

My two cents: Or if you don't entirely erase it, ask the guy to provide some citation for his points. I looked in vain all over the internet and also through books on language acquisition to find something positive about "over-stimulation" for instance. Citing specifically how the different techniques like mnemonics or theory of multiple intelligences are used in diferent systems of "accelerated language learning" would be useful. The entry on Pimsleur's system, I found useful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimsleur_language_learning_system Pimsleur is a real historical figure who made intellectual contributions such as his "Forgetting Curve" which is cited in Nations's book "Learning Vocabulary in Another Language" in the Cambridge Applied Linguistics Series.

Jon Fernquest http://portablelanguageteacher.blogspot.com/

I think that a simmilair article or an improvement of this one should be addressed. I find tons of problems with this article, and I cannot argue that the above critisms are invalid, but the points are valid. I think the article is more or less part of a simmilar article on Second language aqcuisition though.

all the links about superleaning and accelerated learning are trying to validate and sell bunk books on amazon,, DESTROY this psudo-garbage. or at least reduce it to its component compounds,, this article belongs in the 80's