The Importance of Active Learning

There's a certain degree of that. But one of the problems with sponge theory, which has generally been discarded, is that it really underestimates the importance of active learning. I read there was like a New York Times blog post about kids learning L1. And somebody was pointing out just how poor an analogy the sponge theory is by they put a picture up during one of their talks. There's a bucket of water and then a sponge like on the table next to it. It's like the proximity isn't enough. There must be some sort of action and activity as well.