I like to follow your work because I believe you did something really great and rare with the Mimic Method: when experience showed you that mimicry per se wasn't a good way to improve pronunciation, you went 180° and used an articulatory approach that really hit the mark. I especially love that you did a lot of research and came up with very precise and technical guidance about proprioception and phoneme production. This time again, I think you've got something very important right: speaking a language is a skill, a 'know-how', and neither memorization nor analytical rules play a central role in it. However, I believe there are some aspects that warrant further consideration. First of all, you dismissed self-expression as 'boring' a bit too quickly. There's a funny quote from Louise de Vilmorin that I like, when she told the interviewer: "Parle-moi de moi, il n'y a que ça qui m'intéresse" ("Tell me about myself, that's all I'm interested in"). Most people want to speak a language so that they can tell others what they think, and talk about their life, in a precise and meaningful way. As a beginner, using the new language to talk about your daily life isn't boring in itself, and it's actually a powerful learning tool. On the other hand, most will tell you after a few back and forth of non-sensical questions and answers, that it gets quickly tiring. A Game without actual rules nor winner/looser, and that tries to make language a lifeless exchange of noises that could be simulated by a parrot, or... a chatbot indeed. But you know better than that. You know language is about expression, it's an human experience, it comes from within and gets its value when it's anchored in reality. And there's more: I'm sure you know many who've learned a language at an intermediate level with very broken grammar, syntax or pronunciation, and then had to fix the mess because they wanted to sound right and to say exactly what they meant to say. And you know it's twice the work to go back and fix all the problems that have already been ingrained into solid bad habits. Beginners need immediate feedback, so that they can learn to say things the right way early on. And even while working on something as mundane as "What will you do during the weekend?", the challenge become thrilling and we feel that we've learning something useful when we know every sentence we say must be both completely true and correct. I admire your dedication to innovation and experimentation in language teaching. Your project undoubtedly holds promise, but I believe integrating elements that foster meaningful self-expression and providing quality control on the production could enhance its efficacy. I hope these reflections contribute positively to your ongoing endeavors. Remember, speaking always starts from within.
Love the content! Honestly I got a little motion sickness watching the video, but I love the adventure spirit of using face tracking in language learning videos😊
No theme - you're just responding to the last statement the person said. You can however, pre-decide to work with a certain set of vocab words, or with certain grammar tenses. In later videos, I will demonstrate what this looks like.
I like to follow your work because I believe you did something really great and rare with the Mimic Method: when experience showed you that mimicry per se wasn't a good way to improve pronunciation, you went 180° and used an articulatory approach that really hit the mark. I especially love that you did a lot of research and came up with very precise and technical guidance about proprioception and phoneme production.
This time again, I think you've got something very important right: speaking a language is a skill, a 'know-how', and neither memorization nor analytical rules play a central role in it. However, I believe there are some aspects that warrant further consideration.
First of all, you dismissed self-expression as 'boring' a bit too quickly. There's a funny quote from Louise de Vilmorin that I like, when she told the interviewer: "Parle-moi de moi, il n'y a que ça qui m'intéresse" ("Tell me about myself, that's all I'm interested in"). Most people want to speak a language so that they can tell others what they think, and talk about their life, in a precise and meaningful way. As a beginner, using the new language to talk about your daily life isn't boring in itself, and it's actually a powerful learning tool.
On the other hand, most will tell you after a few back and forth of non-sensical questions and answers, that it gets quickly tiring. A Game without actual rules nor winner/looser, and that tries to make language a lifeless exchange of noises that could be simulated by a parrot, or... a chatbot indeed. But you know better than that. You know language is about expression, it's an human experience, it comes from within and gets its value when it's anchored in reality.
And there's more: I'm sure you know many who've learned a language at an intermediate level with very broken grammar, syntax or pronunciation, and then had to fix the mess because they wanted to sound right and to say exactly what they meant to say. And you know it's twice the work to go back and fix all the problems that have already been ingrained into solid bad habits. Beginners need immediate feedback, so that they can learn to say things the right way early on. And even while working on something as mundane as "What will you do during the weekend?", the challenge become thrilling and we feel that we've learning something useful when we know every sentence we say must be both completely true and correct.
I admire your dedication to innovation and experimentation in language teaching. Your project undoubtedly holds promise, but I believe integrating elements that foster meaningful self-expression and providing quality control on the production could enhance its efficacy.
I hope these reflections contribute positively to your ongoing endeavors. Remember, speaking always starts from within.
Awesome video idahosa! Great to see you back brother
Very helpful. Great to see you!
Love the content! Honestly I got a little motion sickness watching the video, but I love the adventure spirit of using face tracking in language learning videos😊
Yeah i'll stop doing that for now on
This is totally something I need!
Great video! Ok engage in a similar exercise daily using audio recordings and substitution drills. HIGHLY recommend this approach!
In the next video I show how you can program a AI chatbot to play with you. So can practice all the time.
@@MimicMethod I look forward to it. And I've been spreading the Mimic Method gospel. Keep up the good work 👍
Is the conversation on a theme or can it go anywhere? For example " likes and dislikes" or free flowing
No theme - you're just responding to the last statement the person said.
You can however, pre-decide to work with a certain set of vocab words, or with certain grammar tenses.
In later videos, I will demonstrate what this looks like.
What is wrong with your camera it's made me dizzy
WHY DON'T YOU LEARN MASONIC LANGUAGE??