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Originally Posted by HarryT
Have you tried to learn a modern language recently? Modern teaching methods are completely different from those that used to be employed in schools, and are extremely effective. I really do not believe that there is anybody who genuinely "cannot" learn a foreign language if they really set their mind to it! You need a genuine motivation, though, and the opportunity to use it "for real". The only way to make language "stick" is to use it.
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I, too, don't really believe that there are people who are incapable of learning a language. In fact, I worry that it's sometimes an excuse (yes, I plead guilty) for not trying hard enough. But could you please suggest a link to a description to the modern teaching methods you've mentioned, Harry? I'd like to find out how they differ from the way I "learned" Russian decades ago in college which was brutal and not very successful.