Scott H. Young
Canadian writer on learning who taught himself MIT's computer-science curriculum in a year, then spent the following year travelling through Spain, Brazil, China and Korea trying not to speak English. Author of Ultralearning.
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Their wordsThe main takeaway I made from all of this was: Asian languages are hard, and attempting full-immersion without sufficient preparation is usually not going to work.
↗Looking Back at a Year (Almost) Without Englishscotthyoung.com 1st of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsThe no-English rule was largely what made the difference. Although there are many ways of learning a language, going for full immersion made it possible to learn what would have taken years in just a few months.
↗Looking Back at a Year (Almost) Without Englishscotthyoung.com 3rd of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsJust because we attempted to learn with intensity, doesn’t denigrate learning languages through slow, patient habit.
↗Looking Back at a Year (Almost) Without Englishscotthyoung.com 4th of 4 in this piece