Ladder of Language Mastery

The Principle: The brain's working memory can only hold about 7 items. Novice: "Je" + "ne" + "sais" + "pas" = 4 items. (High cognitive load). Expert: "Je ne sais pas" = 1 item. (Low cognitive load).
The Learning Tactic: Stop learning lists of nouns. Learn Collocations (the collocation web). Learn "Prendre une décision" as a single unit, not three separate words.
The Collocation Web: It forces the user to see the "social circle" of the word, effectively "chunking" the word with its related words.

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Click on the + markers on the diagram to reveal the techniques for that specific level of the ladder.