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The first 3 steps are introductory. They take little time. The next 3 steps take longer. They don’t take more time, but by recycling them you spend longer.

Because they are new, they also take time to get used to.

For the 4^th step, I listened to a passage in Spanish without pausing while skim reading that same text in English.

This went easily—almost too easily. It didn’t feel that I was achieving anything. It took no effort.

However, in just minutes I reviewed thousands of words and hundreds of patterns. I began to ‘internalize’ the vocabulary and grammar.