Learning a foreign language by means of "submersion method" (*)

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Hi,I realize that (*) sounds "broken English" to you."Submersion" is used just figuratively here of course.Anyway I hope you do understand what I mean ( "not using your mother tongue at all while learning a foreign language; trying to speak and even "think" in the language you are going to master")So, what is the English for this method/technique?thanksmuscovite

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Perhaps you mean 'immersion'.

eg Here in Toronto, we have French Immersion schools, where English-speaking children have teachers, of all subjects, who speak only French to them.

Clive

MUSCOVITE · Answer

Hi,

Thank you

I indeed meant "language immersion"

To my surprise, the term "language submersion" is ok in its own right :-)

The following is taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_immersion )

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Educators distinguish between language immersion and submersion programs. In the former, the class is composed of students learning the L2 at the same level; while in the latter, one or two students are learning the foreign language, which is the first language(L1) for the rest of the class, thus they are "thrown into the ocean to learn how to swim" instead of gradually immersed in the new language.

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also thanks for your comments on "indispensable"

muscovite

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