I found this blog and found the insight shared about the difficulties of learning languages to be spot on:
What really makes it hard: personal context
It was me.
I made Spanish hard – I had the wrong attitude, I studied in such a way as to focus on what made it so “impossible”, when I tried to speak it I would constantly think how stupid I sounded and I kept reminding myself how hard it was.
The fact of the matter is; if you tell yourself the language is the “hardest one in the world” you are right! That mantra will keep you locked in an inescapable feedback loop that will make it the hardest language. You will set your filter to negative and find many reasons that support your claim.
A language is not an academic subject, it’s a means of communication between human beings. Communication is hard for reasons of shyness, inexperience, no good motivation and lack of confidence. By propagating this myth of hardest language you are doing nothing more than adding to people’s lack of confidence.
The full blog post can be found at http://www.fluentin3months.com/most-difficult-language/
I'm going to remember this tonight when I speak Spanish, it's all a matter of thinking and pwwwwah Spanish ain't no thing. Or Chinese, 无 疑, wú yí.
Edit: That night I meant Lola, who gave me her number and also offered to teach me Spanish, a local dance and let me stay at her place, if I wanted. Bonus--she also mentioned she has a pool! ¡Toma!
Edit: That night I meant Lola, who gave me her number and also offered to teach me Spanish, a local dance and let me stay at her place, if I wanted. Bonus--she also mentioned she has a pool! ¡Toma!
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