Crosstalk and the AUA Thai ProgramĪlthough its use is more limited than the kind of one-on-one conversations that I had been having with Mandarin, Crosstalk is definitely a part of the AUA Thai Program’s implementation of ALG. I put my Mandarin learning on hold when I decided to go to Bangkok, Thailand and experience firsthand the AUA Thai Program, where ALG has mainly been implemented since it was originated there by Dr. ![]() While most of my experience with Crosstalk has been with Mandarin, I also have some experience with Crosstalk as part of learning the Thai language. This suggests that adult speakers of different languages could use Crosstalk to communicate, gradually gain understanding of each other’s language, and with this, have the basis to go on and approach native-like fluency in their new languages. ![]() ![]() In my previous post I detailed my experiences learning Mandarin Chinese using Crosstalk, a method where each person speaks their own language using non-verbal tools as needed to communicate.Ĭrosstalk provides a way to implement the Automatic Language Growth approach, which theorizes that adults can learn languages as well and as easily as children if they pick them up like children, through understandable experiences without study or practice, and letting speaking emerge on its own.
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