Richards vs Kaufmann on immersion/comprehensible input

[rdearman]

In this debate I am tempted to say: A plague on both your houses. The idea that immersion means trying to absorb a language just by sheer exposure has been totally discredited. There was a chap from Brazil on HTLAL who attempted to learn Mandarin from scratch simply by watching Chinese videos for an hour a day with his daughter. I wonder what ever happened to that.

For those who weren't around back then:
Learning exclusively with authentic video (There is a summary in the last post of the thread.)

I did always wonder what happened to that guy.

I'm getting the impression you all feel that listening to Japanese podcasts while I sleep isn't helping me?

[Cainntear]

I'm getting the impression you all feel that listening to Japanese podcasts while I sleep isn't helping me?

Only if you listen to them in reverse. Everyone knows that subliminal sleep learning needs backward audio.

[tarvos]

In this debate I am tempted to say: A plague on both your houses. The idea that immersion means trying to absorb a language just by sheer exposure has been totally discredited. There was a chap from Brazil on HTLAL who attempted to learn Mandarin from scratch simply by watching Chinese videos for an hour a day with his daughter. I wonder what ever happened to that.

For those who weren't around back then:
Learning exclusively with authentic video (There is a summary in the last post of the thread.)

I did always wonder what happened to that guy.

I'm getting the impression you all feel that listening to Japanese podcasts while I sleep isn't helping me?

I'm pretty sure the evidence runs contrary to the idea.

[smallwhite]

I'm getting the impression you all feel that listening to Japanese podcasts while I sleep isn't helping me?

Only if you listen to them in reverse. Everyone knows that subliminal sleep learning needs backward audio.

But Japanese is already SOV

[rdearman]

I'm getting the impression you all feel that listening to Japanese podcasts while I sleep isn't helping me?

Only if you listen to them in reverse. Everyone knows that subliminal sleep learning needs backward audio.

But Japanese is already SOV

That actually made me laugh out loud and everyone turned to look at me!

[reineke]

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[romeo.alpha]

When I heard Olly's podcast my eyes rolled at first - but he's sort of redefined what he means by immersion in such a way that he sort of makes sense. Yes, comprehensible immersion is better than just noise.

I don't think he's the one doing the redefining, rather the rest of us are. His definition of immersion is correct, when we say immersion what we really mean is "some immersion". That does mean we're talking about different things, but when someone with no experience with learning languages comes across the notion of immersion, the first thing they'll imagine is what Olly is talking about.

[zenmonkey]

When I heard Olly's podcast my eyes rolled at first - but he's sort of redefined what he means by immersion in such a way that he sort of makes sense. Yes, comprehensible immersion is better than just noise.

I don't think he's the one doing the redefining, rather the rest of us are. His definition of immersion is correct, when we say immersion what we really mean is "some immersion". That does mean we're talking about different things, but when someone with no experience with learning languages comes across the notion of immersion, the first thing they'll imagine is what Olly is talking about.

No, he’s actually said he intended it as a provocation. As someone else stated, it’s two ships talking past each other. Also, this is a year old discussion about very little indeed.

No one mean immersion to mean “10 000 hours of incomprehensible input” as he states in the video. Later confronted, he noted he exaggerates about this. He’s even spoken in his podcast about it.

I wouldn’t presume to assume that someone coming across the idea of immersion is thinking about artificially creating an incomprehensible environment locally vs thinking about someone who is moving abroad for a short period and taking classes locally with a mix of both. How do you you know what someone will imagine or not?

[romeo.alpha]

No, he’s actually said he intended it as a provocation. As someone else stated, it’s two ships talking past each other. Also, this is a year old discussion about very little indeed.

The post prior to mine is February 25th, 2019. So, today. You've got a funny definition of "year old".

No one mean immersion to mean “10 000 hours of incomprehensible input” as he states in the video. Later confronted, he noted he exaggerates about this. He’s even spoken in his podcast about it.

You've never heard of AJATT I suppose?

[zenmonkey]

No, he’s actually said he intended it as a provocation. As someone else stated, it’s two ships talking past each other. Also, this is a year old discussion about very little indeed.

The post prior to mine is February 25th, 2019. So, today. You've got a funny definition of "year old".

Did you even read it? It has nothing to do with the main topic of the thread - it's a response to rdearman's joke about learning in your sleep. My post, that you quoted, and the main content of the thread and EVEN the joke are over a year old.

No one mean immersion to mean “10 000 hours of incomprehensible input” as he states in the video. Later confronted, he noted he exaggerates about this. He’s even spoken in his podcast about it.

You've never heard of AJATT I suppose?

No, never.

Are you saying that AJATT recommends 10 000 hours of incomprehensible input?
If so, you've completely missed the intent of his method or website.
Yes, he talks somewhere about listening to 10 000 hours of Japanese in 18 months, listening when you sleep, listening all the time...

But for those over-the-top posts Khatzumoto is mostly talking about comprehensible immersion and comprehensible study. For example, when he writes about using 10 000 sentences Khatzumoto explicitly states that you should "know the meaning of every word in the sentence." The AJATT site, for all its faults, is still very clear about one thing ... if it is boring material, it isn't good material. The listening to 10 000 hours is incidental (even while you sleep ...), it's also a way of reinforcing the concept of All Japanese All The Time.