What Do You Think About Learning Online?

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I asked a variety of people what they thought about learning online.  Here are their responses:

It can't replace the importance of face to face online.  I tried to learn Chinese and Hindi,  but I still know better which I asked from my friends about these languages.

 I guess it depends on how much practice the learner is really getting "out of the classroom" and off the computer; without that they won't remember it for long.

The facts: I've learned English, French, Greek and Latin online.
I'm currently learning Italian and German.

The theory: Some people simply don't need a classroom;  we call ourselves self-learners. To be one of us, you have to have a great discipline. That's all.

If you study a language one hour a day you'll learn it in four months,  and if you are very intelligent you can learn it in much less.

Here is my method.   I grabbed it from the European Standarized Language Program.

Listening: This is basic;  without it you won't learn.

Reading: Even if you don't understand what you're reading you should try, it gives you confidence and the thing goes straight to your mind.

Writing: Try to write everything that comes to your mind, even if it does not have a syntaxis.

Speaking: When you have practiced those three things you must try to speak.

It's a lot more complicated,  but it really works.