CONLANG: Strategies for acquiring a second language (from Fillmore)

[John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>]

(Source:  Fillmore, L.  1976.  The second time around: cognitive and social
strategies in second-language acquisition.  PhD diss. Stanford Univ.)

Cognitive strategies:

1.  Assume that what people are saying is directly relevant to the situation
	at hand or to what they (or you) are experiencing.

2.  Get some expressions you understand and start talking.

3.  Look for recurring parts in the formulas you know.

4.  Make the most of what you've got.

5.  Work on big things; save the details for later.

Social strategies:

6.  Join a group and act as if you understand what is going on, even if you
	don't.

7.  Give the impression, with a few well-chosen words, that you can speak
	the language.

8.  Count on your friends for help.

-- 
John Cowan					cowan@ccil.org
		e'osai ko sarji la lojban.