Talkative people are sometimes thought to be more capable because they are more outgoing. I have found, however, in my own teaching of French, that the "silent" or "quiet" ones tend to pick up the language because they are listening for the little idiosyncrasies and really pay attention. I have also found that when speaking a foreign language, quiet students tend to want to try it out because there is less fear of making a mistake in a situation where no one in the class is completely proficient in the language. I've found that the "loud" students have a tendency to be stand-offish when speaking in a language because they can't speak with as much ease as with their native tongue.
2007-12-27 18:02:26
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answered by Lilly Jones-Fair 3
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I speak three acquired languages, two are just "commutative competency" and the third is complete fluency.
The people I know who have had difficulty with a second language are genereally not very expressive in English. Their vocab is restricted and their use of it is unimaginative. I have, for this reason, thought for a long time that a rich and accurate control of ones native tongue is something of an index to success in a second language.
Studies show that a strong attraction to the culture of the second language is the one demonstrable determiner for success.
However, one interesting thing I have seen in several cases is where a speaker of English is very expressive with strong descriptive power but horrible grammar, but learns to speak very gramatically correct French.
2007-12-27 17:33:04
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answered by john s 5
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Talkative people skip over the details. Quiet ones look for the minute details. Who's going to learn better? The more detailed you are, the better to learn a foreign language.
2007-12-28 16:07:56
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answered by bryan_q 7
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Imitative talkative people that are exposed at an early age to language variety, I think, are a bit keener for other languages, especially if they are facilitated with phonetic symbols they use to record speech sounds of an alien nature.
2007-12-28 12:10:01
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answered by Psyengine 7
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I don't think think it has anything to do with how talkative someone is..
I didn't talk very much and I speak better spanish than most of the people that were in my spanish class.
It depends on if the person pays attention and practices.
2007-12-27 17:10:43
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answered by Blood and Iron 6
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it's not that you should necessarily talk the foregin language all the time if you're learning it. listening is also a key. the key which talkative people are deprived of.
2007-12-27 17:16:26
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answered by Anonymous
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I don't think so. I think everyone differs on how fast they learn -- it doesn't matter if they are talkative or quiet.
2007-12-27 17:12:26
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answered by foodjunkie 3
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no, you can think in the language you are learning
2007-12-27 19:25:37
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answered by Anonymous
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that could be!! i´m so talkative! and i can speak italian spanish an english
2007-12-27 17:29:14
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answered by Anonymous
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I think you're right.
2007-12-27 18:16:32
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answered by rene c 4
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