How Immersion Helps to Learn a Language

[Heather Schmitz]

The findings of this study - that immersion helps to learn a language like a native speaker better than class work - makes perfect sense to me. After learning in the classroom and by immersion, I realized that I tend not to use words I have learned unless I have to. For instance, learning French in an English class is good while you are immersed in it, but when you want to order a sandwich after class, you dont need any French vocabulary to do so. When you are in France, and you want to eat, you have to scour your brain for that vocab word or you dont get what you want.