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A review by brianzhamilton
Becoming Fluent: How Cognitive Science Can Help Adults Learn a Foreign Language by Roger Kreuz, Richard Roberts
5.0
This book has some great principles for learning new languages, along with some perspectives on what to prioritize in language learning that I’d never thought about. For instance, while idioms in another language may be difficult to understand when new to a language, they make your usage of the language more natural and the experience of learning it more fun, providing greater motivation to keep up the language learning.
Additionally, I was pleasantly surprised that a book on language learning went into Grice’s Maxims (which I’d only ever heard about from a Tom Scott YT video) and the Zone of Proximal Development (which I’ve only ever heard talked about by Jordan Peterson), both of which are just evidence to me that this book is both accurate and practical in its information and approach to language learning.
Additionally, I was pleasantly surprised that a book on language learning went into Grice’s Maxims (which I’d only ever heard about from a Tom Scott YT video) and the Zone of Proximal Development (which I’ve only ever heard talked about by Jordan Peterson), both of which are just evidence to me that this book is both accurate and practical in its information and approach to language learning.