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Default Re: Learning solo is better than classroom learning?

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And personally I think that learning grammar rules and doing exercises are necessary to speak a language.( the words and the grammar structures don't come automatically after listening to someone!)
I kind of disagree with this. My students (college in China) are absolutely full of grammar rules and exercises and can't speak or write to save their lives. And (personally) I learned grammar "automatically" by listening and reading. I had almost no explicit grammar instruction. Just my two cents.

That said, the website seems like a total scam to me. At the same time, I don't believe you need classes to learn a language well. They do help a lot of people, though, especially folks who (like myself) have trouble motivating themselves.
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