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A person who studies a language for years and cannot speak it was taught the wrong method; it is not a failure of talent or of effort.

Drawn from what Steve Kaufmann said

language learning How an adult picks up a second language: input against speaking practice, immersion against slow habit, and whether a teacher can do it for you.

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  1. Steve Kaufmann

    Canadian former diplomat and lumber trader who speaks twenty languages

    Most people hear that story and think: he must have lacked talent, or commitment. I don’t think that’s the right conclusion. I think he was never taught how second language acquisition actually works, and so he spent hundreds of hours doing the wrong things.

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