I previously shared my thoughts on language acquisition. One of the ideas is to maximize the amount of “input” (text or audio) we consume, as long as the input is interesting and mostly understandable. The linguist Stephen Krashen phrased it as “We acquire language in one way and only one way: whe...
Continue reading...In January, I explored the language learning literature and discovered concepts that have reshaped my perspective. So I decided to share my thoughts here.
One interesting idea is the distinction between language learning and language acquisition. Learning refers to the conscious process of studyin...
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