popular Ideas about language learning

In chapter 7 of L&S, the author discasses both sides of the learning a langauge through imitation. this is true that imitation is not the only strategy of learning a langauge but no doubt it is the best ways of learning L2 especially for begining learners. I have learned a lot of vocabulary and phrases, idiomatic expresions and even grammatical structures through listening to news, movies and even songs. I have learned them all in the context. I used to listen to these sources attentively and then think of its meaning while comparing them to the same thing in my language and finally repeating them loudly. This has helped me save time and energy because through this strategy not only did I learn the thought groups but also I learned the approperiate meaning, pronunciation, and use pragmatically. Thus, According to my experience in learning a foreign language, I came to believe that immitation is one of the most effective strategies in learning a languge especially in the beginning stage where learners dont have any idea about pragmatics, appropriate us and meaning according to the context.