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Foreign Languages
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Burnout is also why passive language learning activities can sometimes be very beneficial. For example, relaxing to a song, movie, book, or conversation in a target language without looking up any words or preoccupying the mind with linguistic minutiae. In these moments, learners can focus on mastering what they already know. As for the unknown, they can draw inferences based solely on context without racking their brains. Passive language activities are doubly productive when learners have acqu
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― The Art of Learning a Foreign Language: 25 Things I Wish They Told Me
― The Art of Learning a Foreign Language: 25 Things I Wish They Told Me
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The hardest foreign language you will ever learn is your first one. And the second hardest foreign language you will ever learn is your second one. In other words, language learning gets easier with each subsequent iteration. This phenomenon owes to the fact that languages, especially those belonging to the same family, share a great deal in terms of grammar, syntax, phonetics, and vocabulary. . . Not only are many of the concepts repetitive across languages, but learners become more adept at re
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― The Art of Learning a Foreign Language: 25 Things I Wish They Told Me
― The Art of Learning a Foreign Language: 25 Things I Wish They Told Me
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