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How Refold Aims to Make Immersive Language Learning Mainstream

I'm Learning Mandarin

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The Refold Method vs the Benny Lewis Method

The refold method appeals to introverted people, whereas the Benny Lewis method perhaps more to extroverted people. At a lower level of comprehension you will naturally get more probably input than output because there's not many things that you know how to say. In my first attempt at learning Spanish, I did exactly what Ben Lewis described. I put myself in social situations and almost felt like fighting with the language,. And I did not feel like I was getting enough exposure to understand native speakers.

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