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← Refusing to speak English is what makes immersion work: it compresses years of language learning into months.

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Everything filed under language learning language learning Everything filed under education education Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under America America In tensionSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Refusing to speak English is what makes immersion work: it compresses years of language learning into months. Refusing to speak English is what makesimmersion work: it compresses years oflanguage learning into months. Last stated 12 years ago 2 Sept 2014 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2014-09-02 — tap for who they are In tension: Learning a language happens through exposure to language you can mostly understand; classroom drills feel productive and build nothing. — tap to centre the map on it Learning a language happens throughexposure to language you can mostlyunderstand; classroom drills feelproductive and build nothing. Last stated 6 months ago 13 Apr 2026 SK Steve Kaufmann — holds since 2026-04-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A beginner cannot learn from material made for native speakers: at the start, authentic media is noise. — tap to centre the map on it A beginner cannot learn frommaterial made for native speakers:at the start, authentic media isnoise. Last stated 3 months ago by 20 Jul 2026 SK Steve Kaufmann — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language is a set of skills to be built, not a body of facts to be known. — tap to centre the map on it A language is a set of skills to bebuilt, not a body of facts to beknown. Last stated 5 years ago 19 Aug 2021 LL Luca Lampariello — holds since 2021-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: 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. — tap to centre the map on it A person who studies a language foryears and cannot speak it was taughtthe wrong method; it is not afailure of talent or of effort. Last stated 6 months ago 13 Apr 2026 SK Steve Kaufmann — holds since 2026-04-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A teacher who does not insist on the target language is a bad teacher. — tap to centre the map on it A teacher who does not insist on thetarget language is a bad teacher. Last stated 14 years ago by 12 Oct 2012 BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2012-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Conversation with native speakers teaches a language far better than a classroom. — tap to centre the map on it Conversation with native speakersteaches a language far better than aclassroom. Last stated 5 years ago 24 Sept 2021 DP David Perell — holds since 2021-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Displaying a moral code that carries no meaning is like hanging a poster in a foreign language — tap to centre the map on it Displaying a moral code that carriesno meaning is like hanging a posterin a foreign language Last stated 2 years ago 13 Jul 2024 DA Dan Ariely — holds since 2024-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Duolingo's real competence is motivation and habit formation, and language learning was only the first thing it applied that to. — tap to centre the map on it Duolingo's real competence ismotivation and habit formation, andlanguage learning was only the firstthing it applied that to. Last stated a year ago 5 Oct 2025 AC Albert Cheng — holds since 2025-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everything other than talking to a native speaker is auxiliary, and none of it will get you speaking on its own. — tap to centre the map on it Everything other than talking to anative speaker is auxiliary, andnone of it will get you speaking onits own. Last stated 15 years ago by 3 Oct 2011 BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2011-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not areason to stop learning it:practising what machines already dois often the stepping stone to whatonly people can do. Last stated 11 months ago 18 Nov 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it A well-written email does not needan AI summary, and an executive whodelegates his reading to one hasstopped doing the job. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Refusing to speak English is what makes immersion work: it compresses years of language learning into months. Last stated 2 Sept 2014 · 12 years ago Holds Scott H. Young Read this korrent →