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Three background things: | |
1. Stephen Krashen’s Theory of Second Language Acquisition: | |
https://www.sk.com.br/sk-krash-english.html | |
Pretty much boils down to: | |
- Excessive-self monitoring and learning via grammar-first (see: duolingo) makes language acquisition way harder. | |
- We learn language via comprehensible input, “i + 1”, you need to find input that is + 1 past what you already know | |
- Stress, doubt, and basically being afraid to fuck up also kill language acquisition. | |
Here’s a lecture on his theories if you are interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3lv7ExApHM&t=101s | |
Edit: Actually, this may be a better video. I’m having trouble finding one where he succinctly goes through his theories: | |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn2k8I8by8o |
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