I want to see a lesson series that takes you through all the phrases that you would need for a day. From getting up to going to bed.
This would be a great tool for beginners.
The basic premise is that we follow the typical actions of an individual during a normal work day - such that the language learner can use those phrases every day to describe what they are doing.
Example: Lesson 1, Getting out of bed
Teaches phrases such as.
My alarm went off at 7.
I am awake but I am still in bed.
I am in my bedroom.
I am getting out of bed.
It is sunny today.
I got up at 7.30.
I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth.
After that I had a shower
Even if we ignore grammar and say everything in present simple it is a great way to learn vocab and pronunciation and get comfortable with your target language.
This seems so obvious to me I don't know why I have never seen any website or book do it
Language teachers (books, people, websites) tend to group things up by category. Things in room, what you do for work, rooms in the house, how to say 'after that'. These things often come in disparate lessons and if you want the information early you have to find it.
Why teach, lets get a taxi to the cinema
- when you can teach -
I did not <take a taxi/get a train/etc> to work today. Today I drove.
Given that immersion is so effective I think this is indicative of a problem in general language learning approaches
Through guided teaching I know how to say 'cinema' in German, Cantonese and Japanese, but I'm still not sure of the correct word to use, in this context, for 'work' in any of these languages - even though work is a word I can use 5 days a week to practise on my own.