Language Learning & The Inverted Hockey Stick

06/08/22 • 10 min

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There are two stages in language learning: the initial intense study of a limited number of words, and the later more extensive approach to learning in order to acquire the up to 10,000 words needed to function at a professional level. These two stages make up the upside down hockey stick.

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