Episode 75! What's The Best Way to Learn a Language (With Dave Weller)

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For our 75th episode, we discuss a question which is both very simple and highly complex: What’s the best way to learn a language? We challenged each other to fit everything we could about language learning onto a single page of A4 paper, then compare our notes in a marathon 60-minute discussion. For maximum effect, prepare your own notes on “What’s the Best Way to Learn a Language” before you listen. Scroll to the bottom of this page for links to the sites we mention in the episode.

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What Dave Weller Thinks is The Best Way to Learn a Language

What Dave Weller Thinks is The Best Way to Learn a Language

Links to Resources Mentioned in the Podcast

Paul Nation webpage
Jim Hurford's Website (Author of "Origins of Language")
C is for Contrafibularity - Blackadder
Dave's Barefoot TEFL Teacher Website
Daniel Willingham - Science & Education
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