Nobody Knows How to Learn a Language

Everybody wants to speak new languages, but nobody knows how to deliberately learn them to the point of robust fluency, close to if not indistinguishable from a native speaker, in a way that is practical for a capable adult. I studied French in elementary school — supposedly the “ideal” age to learn a new language, according to some people — and somehow continued to get As and Bs while retaining almost no ability to speak the language at all. Institutional instruction is a dead end when it comes to deliberately learning a new language to the point of robust fluency in a way that is practical for a capable adult.

Source: blog.usejournal.com