Did You Use the TV Show “Friends” to Learn English?
<p>“You’ll never guess how I learned English,” said my new Slovenian friend, before describing the same method I’d heard used by at least a hundred other language learners.</p>
<p>“From the TV show, <em>Friends</em>!”</p>
<p>I’m a linguist who has studied language acquisition, in various capacities, for over a decade. I’ve tried dozens of strategies myself, to learn languages from Korean to Venetian to Nicaraguan Sign Language.</p>
<p>But this strategy continues to stand out to me, not just for its peculiarity, but also its effectiveness.</p>
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