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Comment on Guide for Quitting Smoking Cigarettes by best way to quit smoking

best way to quit smoking — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:25:50 +0000

The first huge barrier that most of the smokers who are willing to get rid of the addiction have to climb is their own weakness. Most of them don’t even want to try to do it, in order to feel how is it like and to know how their body mind and spirit reacts to the change. This is a major problem with all the smokers – the proper mindset and education.

Charlie R

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Comment on English Pronunciation For The ESL Learner by norikostale

norikostale — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:49:29 +0000

Hi: Nice post. I ask only that while talking about pronunciation, we do not even passively reinforce the popular myth of “total immersion” (ala Rosetta Stone and the other commercial houses) with regard to the full range of learning another language. While total immersion can be good as one feature of learning, starting maybe at the intermediate level, the notion that beginners should experience “total immersion” is a disservice to students.

A few obvious points: In fat, we are NOT children; we are adults, learning a SECOND language, so too many glowing comparisons to how children learn is fallacious. And we do not bypass our own language in “total immersion” programs; we simply access the word in our native language in our HEADS.

There are graver weaknesses to total immersion programs which can slow the learning process. If interested, I wrote about this at a site of mine: http://www.integralinput.com. See the first essay on ESL.

I like your last point about the need to keep practicing. I agree that the most important advise that we can give students is “just keep going!”

Jim http://www.norikostale.wordpress.com