Episode 21. Are you a Lumper or a Splitter?
When it comes to learning a language, are you a lumper or a splitter? Which approach is better for learners of a foreign language?
You can download the complete transcript of this episode here.
Key terms used in the recording:
- to lump: to put things together in the same group and consider them as the same even though there are differences between them
- to split: to put similar things in different categories; to focus on differences between things rather than similarities
Other words and phrases used in the recording (in alphabetical order):
- armoury: skills or powers that are available for someone if they need to use it
- continual: continuing without stopping or happening again and again, often in an annoying way
- to convey a meaning: to communicate an idea
- to do justice to something: to represent something fairly, especially in a way that shows how good or attractive something is
- a fossilised error: an error that is fixed and difficult to get rid of
- a groundbreaking theory: a theory that changes the way we understand things; theory that leads to new discoveries
- to feel superior: to feel better than someone else
- hair-splitting: arguing about unimportant details or differences
- insight: a deeper understanding of what something is like
- inquisitively: showing interest; wanting to learn things
- the latter: the second of the two things that have just been mentioned
- to mansplain something: When a man mansplains something, he explains it to a woman in a way that shows he knows more about it than she does.
- matter-of-fact: said or done without showing emotion
- a merger of two words: a word created from combining two separate words
- minutiae: very small or unimportant details
- a nitpicking perfectionist: a person who focuses on small unimportant details trying to do things perfectly
- misinterpretation: a wrong way of understanding of a message
- nuanced: taking account of small but important differences
- to overthink something: to think about something too much
- to pay off: to bring some benefit; to be advantageous
- peckish: a little bit hungry
- to ponder something: to think carefully about something for a long time
- to reason with sb: to talk to someone trying to convince them or persuade them to do something
- to retaliate: to attack someone because they've attacked you first
- a shift: a change in something, for example in someone's ideas or methods
- to tell something apart: to see the difference between two things that are very similar
- trout: a fish that lives in rivers and lakes
- turquoise: bright green-blue in colour
- the upper hand: an advantage over someone or something
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enJanuary 07, 2023
