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Sep 2022
8m 14s

Combine These Language Learning Strategi...

Steve Kaufmann
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Language learning is forgiving. It allows for errors and forgetting. We slowly become better by doing mostly top down, big picture learning, but sometimes we need to look at the details. We just shouldn't expect to remember them. 
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