How we learn a language

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How we learn a language @ryanstenhouse http://www.freeagent.com

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Hello! • @ryanstenhouse • http://ryanstenhouse.eu

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How we learn a language

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http://ryanstenhouse.eu/talks/how-we-learn-a-language for picture credits.

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You’ve already learned another language! http://ryanstenhouse.eu/talks/how-we-learn-a-language for picture credits.

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You’ve done it before!

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écoutez et répétez

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http://ryanstenhouse.eu/talks/how-we-learn-a-language for picture credits.

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Programming Ruby is available at http://pragprog.com

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Shibuya, 2005 (I’m an awful photographer) ? ? ? ? ?

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Osaka Tokyo ~250 miles apart Sounds like a different language

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We’re problem solvers

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Pragmatic Thinking & Learning is available at http://pragprog.com

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Pragmatic Thinking & Learning is available at http://pragprog.com “Programming is all about problem solving. It requires creativity, ingenuity, and invention.”

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Pragmatic Thinking & Learning is available at http://pragprog.com “… we need to look at the really hard problems of social interaction in and between teams and even at the harder issues of just plain old thinking. No project is an island; software can’t be built or perform in isolation.”

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Pragmatic Thinking & Learning is available at http://pragprog.com “Programmers have to learn constantly—not just the stereotypical new technologies but also the problem domain of the application, the whims of the user community, the quirks of their teammates, the shifting sands of the industry, and the evolving characteristics of the project itself as it is built.”

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Pragmatic Thinking & Learning is available at http://pragprog.com “We have to learn—and relearn— constantly. Then we have to apply this learning to the daily barrage of both old and new problems.”

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Pragmatic Thinking & Learning is available at http://pragprog.com “It sounds easy enough in principle perhaps, but learning, critical thinking, creativity, and invention—all those mind-expanding skills— are all up to you. You don’t get taught; you have to learn.”

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Pragmatic Thinking & Learning is available at http://pragprog.com “We tend to look at the teacher/learner relationship the wrong way around: it’s not that the teacher teaches; it’s that the student learns. The learning is always up to you.”

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Pragmatic Thinking & Learning is available at http://pragprog.com

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Why not treat it like a software problem?

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BALLE BALL Ϙʔϧ

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BALLE Ϙʔϧ

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Vocabulary + Grammar

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Vocabulary + Grammar

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It’s all in your head

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It’s all communication.

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Break it down

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Iterate

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Engage

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Try it.

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More Online + Credits • http://ryanstenhouse.eu/talks/how-we- learn-a-language

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