Everybody who tried to expand his own view for the world, strive to learn a foreign language. Since a very young age we are conditioned to search for a “course” or school, which will do the job. The mainstream educational system tends to avoid the usual, natural way of learning a foreign language.
For everybody is clear, that the kids are the best language learners and the parents are trying in every possible way to make the kids learn foreign languages, while they are still very young. And if you remember the time, when you were a kid, you will understand how difficult is to study a foreign language in class, and immediate after the lesson you are back to your native language, until the next day/week lesson. But if you have a friend, who speaks foreign language and you want to play with him – you pick up the language very fast. My understanding is that this is the natural way of learning language – by having a friend, with who you can talk, exchange ideas, discus things that are of common interest. There are no artificial topics, created by the book writer, or suggested by the teacher. It is just you and your friend – and your common universe, full with the things you have in common, or the things you always wanted to do. And not to forget – your “teacher” is a native speaker – this mean you can actually learn the real language in use, not some artificial outdated book version. …