How to Learn a Language Quickly

[Francis Hult]

Physics



How to Learn a Language Quickly



Simulations show that you can learn the meaning of words rapidly if you assume that every object has only one word associated with it.



Children learn the meanings of about ten words per day, but it isn’t clear which techniques they use to achieve this fast rate. A research team simulated word learning and showed that a specific strategy, where the learner assumes there are no exact synonyms, is so effective that it can reduce the total learning time to the shortest time possible, which is just as soon as every word has been heard at least once.



Full story:
http://physics.aps.org/articles/v6/70
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