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There are different valid approaches, but there are certainly techniques that are ineffective; I think the popular "just do something" advice is harmful as it s

• hiptobecubic 5y ago
  There is a huge gap between "something is better than nothing" and "all things are equally good."
  • davidzweig 5y ago
    'Language learning advice is conflicting,' 'Stick with a language, Whatever your method is, don't give up.' 'If your method doesn't work for you, change it.' I agree with the author. I think a lot of language learning advice is of poor quality, or it's hard to establish complex behaviours simply from reading an article. It's hard to write stuff down that you could expect to improve the odds of the student. Learning a language on your own is a kind of a funny hack, it's like learning to program without access to a computer, it can be done but it needs specific techniques. I make software for learning languages, writing proper instructions for using it is something that I consider difficult and I don't attempt it. :)