Paul Coffey: Most people learn to speak English as a first language not by studying the grammar, but just by engaging with the language in a real sense. He says his lived experience of getting to fluency in two new languages matches very closely the methods that Chris is talking about. For example, he talked about acquiring the language based on prior understanding, i.e. the comprehensible input approach. Based on my experience in China, I found that watching movies in their original English and then repeatedly watching them with the Chinese audio dubbing was very useful to me.
This episode is based on a TEDx presentation by Chris Lonsdale, who claims that any normal adult can learn a language within 6 months. Is that really possible? How method of learning does Chris propose? How does this relate to listening to Luke's English Podcast? You can see the video of Chris Lonsdale's talk, with a transcript by clicking here
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