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I am curious. How do we say that a language is hard/easy to learn
by thewhitetulip 9y ago
I am curious. How do we say that a language is hard/easy to learn
- Cyph0n 9y agoThe average time it takes an English learner to reach some level of proficiency?
- thewhitetulip 9y agoOkay. Cool, so we average out based on the students that particular site/course teaches. But that can't really be the national average right? Thousands vs millions in the set of students vs those who never applied for learning. but yes, we can average it out.
- khedoros1 9y agoFor a few of examples: Two languages with some shared history will have a lot of words from similar roots. That makes the vocabulary of the new language easier to learn. If the grammar is similar, it takes less practice to get used to the word order. If the grammar of the new language is more regular, it means fewer special cases to remember. And obviously, things will be easier if you don't have to learn a new writing system, or if the writing system is quick to learn.
- learc83 9y agoThe FSI, which is where this chart comes from rates languages based on how long it takes them to teach the language to their (native English speaking) students on average.