On the way to the airport, a funny thing happened. I came across a book—Gabriel Wyner’s Fluent Forever. It’s about ‘how to learn any language fast (sic) and never forget it’.
Well, I like the concept. It’s good that it gives universal language training advice. It contains a number of interesting ideas. However, there’s a lot that I disagree with.
It falls into the trap of breaking language down into words and single sound bytes. There’s an emphasis on memorization. It treats a language as something artificial. And it approaches acquisition as deliberate learning.
Nevertheless, it’s a worthwhile read.
Today: P1 G1
Total: J225 D121 G41 P37 Sp21 F20 Da1 A1
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