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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

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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.

language learningunder our view: The language goes in before it comes out, and understanding is what does the teaching

What Steve Kaufmann actually said

  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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