typical-coral•7mo ago
Fear of immersion
I don't know how to balance free-flow immersion and intensive immersion. I always feel like I won't make progress, and I don't know why. However, what I'm confident about is that people learn a language through input. But I doubt myself and my abilities, and I feel like these two types of immersion won't get me anywhere.
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xenial-black•7mo ago
"Perfection is the enemy of Progress": It's far more useful to just start doing anything, see what works/feels good and adjust from there!
Generally (from what I've heard and what I'm doing too) people tend to start with a lot of intensive immersion (due to the high number of unknown words) and later on tend to gradually increase the amount of free flow immersion.
Starting to learn a new language is a huge deal, so it's absolutely normal to feel intimidated but I and everyone in this discord will tell you that it's worth starting and that your knowledge and confidence will grow other time!