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Nov 2023
6m 21s

Is There a LAZY Way to Learn a Language?

Steve Kaufmann
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Lazy language learning has been a hot topic lately. In this video, Steve explains why he considers lazy learning to be the best approach to learning a language, even if some researchers say otherwise. 
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