How long does it take to read Language Acquisition Made Practical?
Tom Brewster
Language Acquisition Made Practical by Tom Brewster takes about 7 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours
A weekend read
First published 1976. 382 pages, about 105,050 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Still probably the best field guide to language and culture acquisition in a self-directed and non-academic context. The technology is dated, it still suggests that learners use hand-held tape recorders rather than a digital MP3 recorder or one of the many other high-tech developments available to learners today. But the principles behind the method are the most solid and best explained I've ever seen. I used this method to learn Japanese for 2 years and then facilitated many others' use of it as well. Language learning isn't an academic subject, it's a social enterprise.
Subjects: Modern Languages, Programmed instruction, Self-instruction, Field Guide, Long Now Manual for Civilization
