Becoming Fluent: How Cognitive Science Can Help Adults Learn A Foreign Language
by Richard Roberts /
2015 / English / PDF
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[Read by P. J. Ochlan]
Learning a language takes effort. But if adult learners apply the
tools acquired over a lifetime, it can be enjoyable and
rewarding.
Learning a language takes effort. But if adult learners apply the
tools acquired over a lifetime, it can be enjoyable and
rewarding.
Adults who want to learn a foreign language are often discouraged
because they believe they cannot do so as easily as children, or
they find the methods used to teach children don't seem to work for
them. What is an adult language learner to do? In
Adults who want to learn a foreign language are often discouraged
because they believe they cannot do so as easily as children, or
they find the methods used to teach children don't seem to work for
them. What is an adult language learner to do? InBecoming
Fluent
Becoming
Fluent, Richard Roberts and Roger Kreuz draw on insights
from psychology and cognitive science to show that adults can
master a foreign language if they bring to bear the skills and
knowledge they have honed over a lifetime. Adults shouldn't try to
learn as children do, they should learn like adults. Evidence shows
that adults can actually learn new languages even more easily than
children if they can overcome their self-defeating anxiety about
the process. Roberts and Kreuz show how to leverage various
advantages adults have over children in learning a new
language.
, Richard Roberts and Roger Kreuz draw on insights
from psychology and cognitive science to show that adults can
master a foreign language if they bring to bear the skills and
knowledge they have honed over a lifetime. Adults shouldn't try to
learn as children do, they should learn like adults. Evidence shows
that adults can actually learn new languages even more easily than
children if they can overcome their self-defeating anxiety about
the process. Roberts and Kreuz show how to leverage various
advantages adults have over children in learning a new
language.
