How to learn a language
Meet the people who speak many languages. How do they do it, and why?
Simon Calder asks how to go about acquiring a new tongue. He gets tips from those who know - innovative teachers and polyglots. The answers are surprising. At school, it is repetitive drills, shouted out loud by the whole class, that seem to lodge the grammar and pronunciation in the pupils鈥� brains. But if you are an adult learning by yourself, then, on the contrary, don鈥檛 stress about grammar and pronunciation, there are better, and more fun things to focus on. Simon has a go at learning Slovenian, can he order coffee and cake after just one lesson?
(Photo: Olly Richards and Katie Harris, with kind permission from both)
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