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4 Post author: Eitan_Zohar 02 March 2014 03:57PM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 06 March 2014 02:53:38AM 1 point [-]

Related question:

Suppose your goal in learning a language was not to acquire conversational fluency, but rather to read untranslated literature in its original language. For example, nobody learns Latin in order to go to a country where Latin is spoken. What might you do differently in this case?

Comment author: Eitan_Zohar 06 March 2014 09:59:44AM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure?