Écouter et répéter is SO last century
summary
Argues that programmers can leverage programming-style abstraction to learn spoken languages; presents evidence that many attendees already use a second language and describes two practical tools: Duolingo’s voice-feedback for automated pronunciation checks and a DIY Skype meetup method called “polyglot pair swapping an hour a day.” Reports a simple peer-exchange pilot using that feedback-loop model and claims it speeds up acquiring usable conversational skills.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Start
- 0:14communication
- 2:34Scary audience participation time
- 5:38Vocabulary
- 6:03Morphology
- 8:16Porting is translation
- 8:55What about...
- 9:32Equivalent, right?
- 9:50Translation is porting
- 10:39Feedback loop
- 11:54Real people aren't Klingons
- 12:18Close the loop
- 12:50Make friends
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