weeks results?
Seems like failure. No new phrases and expressions. So when failure occurs, its time to reassess the idea....
what is it that is occurring?
Coupled with living a regular life of work, exercise, play and study; 50 expressions is too much. Also, if the assumption is that language = memory + creativity, then we must ask, where is the creativity? I was supposed to put it into practice this week, but have found that it is too heavy, the mind loses focus too quickly. While a few people might be able to step up the quantity, the vast majority of people won't be able to handle it.
Therefore, dropping the level of memory items and increasing time to manipulate them seems the logical path forward.
Revised syllabus
10 expressions per week (to maximise this, they must include one or more new vocabulary items, for which synonyms and similar parts of speech are know, so as to aid the creativity section)
Day 1
insert the phrases using mnemonics
Day 2
repetition of the phrases, focussing on word count and accuracy of form/ construction
Day 3&4
repetition of phrases, increasing speed and fluency, focussing on accuracy and natural pronunciation
Day 5&6
repetition of phrases, focussing on manipulation of phrases, exchanging words in accordance with multiple pre-selected contexts.
Day 7
repetition of all know phrases
conditions?
All repetitions should ideally be verbalised as it increasing muscular familiarity between meaning and actual sounds.
Pre-selected contexts should be areas of interest.
The above outlines active practice of language. Passive study such as movies, songs, reading, conversations and the like must still be included. Whether language is produced or received is not a major issue.
Week coming?
10 expressions, high repetitions, quality driven, with manipulation of phrases into pre-selected contexts.
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