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Re: Language Fluency

From:Mark P. Line <mark@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 31, 2004, 19:23
Chris Bates said:
> > Well, the question of how much storage space the brain actually has is > still under debate and I doubt there will be an answer any time soon, > but in order to be fluent in a language truly you need to practice it on > a regular basis.
Actually, it turns out that that's not true (if by 'practice' you mean 'speak' and/or 'write') according to the currently most useful models of the (psycho)linguistics of second language acquisition. Check Google or Amazon for 'Stephen Krashen', as I suggested in my earlier response to this thread. -- Mark