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Sunday, 22 March 2020

Ideal duration

My thoughts below confirmed by the article this image comes from

I've previously spoken about spending 10 minutes at a time cycling from one language to another. But is that realistic? Would any learning take place in such a short amount of time?

When I turn the page, say from Arabic to Chinese, it takes me about 3 minutes to get up to speed, I find. I maintain that level for the next 5 minutes, but then my concentration/motivation/interest level declines. If I spend much more than 15 minutes, I'm at 50%.

So for me 10 minutes is the best.

My style of acquisition requires the freshest of brains - by which I mean that my brain needs to be at its freshest, NOT that compared to other people my brain is fresher. So that's a clue bout the process right there. It is a whole brain type of activity. I need to access all of it. It is active, multi-focus, fuzzy logic, high instinct. You need the right hemisphere contributing.

My system is non-analytical. It does not process via useless busy-work. It isn't unimaginative plodding. It's not something that you rack up wasted hours over. You don't force yourself to stay up late, awake by drinking coffee.

You spend quality time; quantity doesn't hack it. You work with a sharp sword, not a dull instrument.

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