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- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
I think it’s more about shifting what’s good enough and having empathy for those who struggle. A lot of racism in Europe is focused around immigrants “not trying hard enough”, like refusing to speak to people that have an accent. “Why can’t they just learn? It’s not that hard.” It actually is that hard, Cathrine. Try navigating Swedish bureaucracy with your Duolingo food-ordering skills and you’ll see. Some people won’t ever learn proper grammar and tiny nuances and that’s okay, you can have a full conversation anyway.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
“Dump 100 average 10-year-olds in Spain and most will be able to reach near-native fluency without much effort. Dump 100 average 35-year-olds in Spain and most won’t reach near-native fluency without struggling a great deal.”
is NOT saying
“Having an accent is bad; only perfect pronunciation is good enough.”
“Hard = impossible”
“There is no point in learning a language if you struggle.”
“35-year-olds shouldn’t even try.”
I got a bunch of downvotes for my comment. I guess you’re not the only one reading “it’s much harder” = “there is no point”. I did not say that. The article I linked did not say that. On the contrary, the article talks about hos the critical period seems to be logner than they previously thought.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
For near-native fluency, there is an age cap at around 10 years. It’s much harder for adults, as their critical learning period is closed: news.mit.edu/…/cognitive-scientists-define-critic…
However there is evidence that psychadelics can open up critical periods for social learning (www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06204-3) and ongoing research about other critical periods, language learning being one of them.
- Comment on Student visa applicants will now be forced to make their social media accounts public 2 weeks ago:
Nuke accounts 2021
Create new accounts 2022
¯\(ツ)/¯
- Comment on Dr. Hanks the goat 3 months ago:
"How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense"
- Hanks (probably)
- Comment on 5 months ago:
Sounds like a Pokémon