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I don't think we disagree. I didn't mean to imply that its 'harder' to learn new languages. I was just saying that it's too easy and tempting to not learn, and
by eigenspace 2y ago
I don't think we disagree. I didn't mean to imply that its 'harder' to learn new languages. I was just saying that it's too easy and tempting to not learn, and I find this to be a bad impulse.
I fully agree that one can still simply motivate oneself to learn and I have done so myself (though I'm still far from perfect, I think I'm quite good for only being here 1.5 years)
- timr 2y agoYeah, I wasn't intending to imply disagreement. Comment just sorta wandered on me to a broad-based reaction to lots of comments I saw on the thread. You see so many people who get stuck while language learning for whatever reason, and I've become convinced it's basically just about motivation. When I was younger I completely failed to learn to speak French because of embarrassment/shyness, so I do understand why people say that English is a crutch. I think part of the reason I was more successful with Japanese was that I was having more fun while I was doing it!
- eigenspace 2y agoAh I see. I thought you meant that you had mixed feelings on the truth of the claim I was making, sorry for misinterpreting.
- timr 2y agoNono, it's definitely a real thing. Just mixed feelings on it as a cause, if that makes sense. My fault for not being clear.