[stephenhuey]

My linguistics professors tended to believe children pick up languages more easily not because they’re being coached more but because they practice with fewer inhibitions than adults. Whereas adults might feel more self-conscious about making mistakes, kids more often don’t worry about it and just try to communicate all day with whatever tools they have, and practice—even with lots of mistakes—helps the brain get better at using the language.

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The disinhibition is why pub conversations are so effective for language learning.

Imbobo xunyam gut. Imbobo rowm oso, keya? (The classroom is important. But also the pub, innit?)