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twowheel
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| Knedliki wrote: |
| It must have been a real struggle before a new magical methodology appeared every fortnight to make things much easier! |
...lots of snakesoil to be had in the "be fluent in language X in less than a month" minefield.
por ejemplo:
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=11109
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scot47
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| "snakesoil" sounds disgusting. Is that soil produced by a snake ? |
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Teacher in Rome
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Poly: French and Italian. (French is rusty, but I get back into it within a couple of days, usually.) I fear my linguistic abilities end there. I was pretty rubbish at Dutch and completely nonplussed by Cantonese. I'd love to learn Arabic - any recommendations?
Has anyone come across Benny Lewis? (Fluent in 3 months guy):
https://www.fluentin3months.com/about/
His tips boil down to: start speaking and don't be afraid to make mistakes. |
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