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Comment author: ESRogs 02 March 2014 11:28:17PM 0 points [-]

Obviously getting literature on language acquisition is out of the question. I wouldn't even know where to start.

I'm not sure I understood this part. Are you saying that the general advice, "Read stuff about how to learn languages" is not helpful because you wouldn't know what to read? Whereas, if someone had a specific recommendation for something to read, that would be the sort of thing you're looking for?

(Note that I don't actually have a recommendation, I'm just following the somewhat questionable policy of always asking for clarification when I don't understand something someone has written :P)

Comment author: Eitan_Zohar 02 March 2014 11:40:16PM *  0 points [-]

Sorry for being opaque. No, I'm definitely not interested. It might be useful to understand how language acquisition works when I've moved on to others, but right now I just need a simple strategy for learning.

Comment author: ESRogs 03 March 2014 12:21:53AM 0 points [-]

Gotcha, you don't want the abstract theory for how to learn languages in general, you want specific tips. Makes sense.