Around 1880, Francois decided he wanted to learn German. So he left his teaching position for an entire year and moved to Hamburg, Germany. Good idea? Smart? I think so.
He then spent the first ten days studying German in his room. While in his room for ten days, he first learned 248irregular German verbs, studied a grammar book, and he refused to leave until he had committed it all to memory. Wow! After ten days, he left his room, and finally tried to test out his knowledge. He went to the university and listened in on classes.
How do you think he did? Could he understand German?
Not at all. In fact, he phrased it like this:” Not a word, not a single word would penetrate to my understanding. More than this, I did not even distinguish a single one of the grammatical forms so newly studied. I did not recognize even a single one of the irregular verbs just freshly learned, though they certainly must have fallen in crowds from the lips of the speaker.”
So, Francois went back to his room and shut the door again for another eight days. This time he memorized 800 Germany roots and committed to memory the grammar book and irregular verbs again. And off to the university again. Any guesses? Could he understand any words this time?
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