In the book "Thinking, Fast and Slow", Daniel Kahneman explains very clearly the difference between conscious thinking, that allows us to do exams, and the intuitive thinking that allows us to actually acquire and speak a language.
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Very interesting. Does he go into great detail on this topic? Would you recommend this to our team and students?
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The book doesn't specifically talk about languages. Somebody needs to do it though!
I recall with interest talking during his old radio show about a paper that he or someone else was going to or had just published on this distinction. Maybe he’ll chime in here to clarify.
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