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ARE INTROVERTS BETTER LANGUAGE LEARNERS?
While traveling to Europe on business, I read Manfred Spitzer's book "Lernen" on how the brain learns!
I thought about the myth that extroverts make better language learners than introverts.
Our brain learns all the time. It can't do otherwise as long as it gets the right stimulus.
A motivated person, who spends enough time with interesting content, listening and reading, is sure to acquire the languag...
VOCABULARY A large vocabulary and good comprehension, acquired through input, are the keys to fluency.
This is true for extroverts and introverts.
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Are Introverts Better Language Learners?

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Is the myth that extroverts make better language learners than introverts true? Read more on my blog: http://blog.thelinguist.com/
While traveling to Europe on business, I read Manfred Spitzer's book "Lernen" on how the brain learns!
I thought about the myth that extroverts make better language learners than introverts.
Our brain learns all the time. It can't do otherwise as long as it gets the right stimulus.
A motivated person, who spends enough time with interesting content, listening and reading, is sure to acquire the language. An extrovert may start speaking earlier than an introvert, but that won't matter in the long run.
A large vocabulary and good comprehension, acquired through input, are the keys to fluency. This is true for extroverts and introverts.

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Are Introverts Better Language Learners?

  1. 1. ARE INTROVERTS BETTER LANGUAGE LEARNERS?
  2. 2. While traveling to Europe on business, I read Manfred Spitzer's book "Lernen" on how the brain learns!
  3. 3. I thought about the myth that extroverts make better language learners than introverts.
  4. 4. Our brain learns all the time. It can't do otherwise as long as it gets the right stimulus.
  5. 5. A motivated person, who spends enough time with interesting content, listening and reading, is sure to acquire the language. An extrovert may start speaking earlier than an introvert, but that won't matter in the long run.
  6. 6. VOCABULARY A large vocabulary and good comprehension, acquired through input, are the keys to fluency.
  7. 7. This is true for extroverts and introverts.

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