Hippo Family Club Staff
Description
Originally published as articles in a major Japanese newspaper, this translation allows English-speakers to learn about LEX Language Project's (former
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ly Hippo Family Club) unique approach to language. These clubs were formed in Japan in 1981 as part of LEX: the Institute for Language Experience, Experiment and Exchange, an organization that continues to do groundbreaking research into the process of language acquisition.
Anyone who has struggled to learn languages in a classroom, tried in vain to memorize verb conjugations or felt at the mercy of a foreign language dictionary will welcome the revolutionary approach to language acquisition described in Anyone Can Speak 7 Languages!
In the past, language has served as a barrier, separating people from different lands. LEX views language as a dynamic network that exists so that all human beings can communicate with each other. With the hope of overcoming language obstacles and building bridges between nations, LEX has developed an enjoyable way to acquire several languages, more akin to the way we learned our first languages.
As these authors immerse their families into a sea of language, they describe how their attitudes towards so-called "foreign" languages are transformed. Along this journey, they regain their childlike sense of wonder lost during years of traditional classroom learning, and discover the fundamental similarities shared by all languages and human beings.
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