[Edling] How The French Foreign Legion Learns Languages Fast

[Francis M. Hult via Edling]

How The French Foreign Legion Learns Languages Fast

Each year, thousands of men from all over the world join the French Foreign
Legion (Légion étrangère). Most come for adventure. Some for a better life.
Many to earn a French passport.

But no matter their reason for enroling, ALL candidates must accomplish one
key thing by the end of basic training if they want to receive any of the
Légionnaire perks: learning enough French to function as a soldier!

It turns out that most of these men arrive at the recruitment center in
France unable to speak a lick of French, and yet manage to get fluent
enough in mere months to understand orders, describe the workings of their
HK416F service rifle, and have conversations with fellow Légionnaires.

So how do they learn so fast? And what can we non-Légionnaires learn from
their method?

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBZxE_RUabM
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