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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Failing to hear alanguage's sounds is whatmakes its words impossible… GW Gabriel Wyner — holds since 2019-07-18 What stops people speaking a new language is not missing vocabulary; it is being unwilling to be heard sounding stupid. What stops peoplespeaking a new language… BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2012-10-12 The hard part of speaking from the start is not the gaps in what you know but making peace with not knowing the simplest words. The hard part ofspeaking from the start… BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2012-10-12 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. A person who studies alanguage for years and… SK Steve Kaufmann — holds since 2026-04-13 A language is a set of skills to be built, not a body of facts to be known. A language is a set ofskills to be built, not… LL Luca Lampariello — holds since 2021-08-19 Asian languages are hard enough that arriving without preparation and refusing to speak English will not work. Asian languages arehard enough that… SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2014-09-02 Forgetting is a feature of a working memory system rather than a failure of it. Forgetting is a featureof a working memory… AC Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 Refusing to speak English is what makes immersion work: it compresses years of language learning into months. Refusing to speakEnglish is what makes… SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2014-09-02 A thought does not fit inside a sound wave, so most of what a person means is lost before it reaches anybody else. A thought does not fitinside a sound wave, so… AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-03-14
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