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Francois Gouin wanted to learn German, and decided
that a year in Germany would be just the thing. At the
time of his trip to Germany, you would have found a rather
well-prepared, confident Francois Gouin who, despite his
young age, is already a gifted Latin and Greek professor.
With language learning already part of his career, he is
encouraged by his advisors at the College of Caen (Normandy,
France) to follow his pursuit of German and deepen his
studies at the University of Berlin. Excited with his prospects,
Gouin takes his determination and suitcases, and sets off for
Hamburg.
Once in beautiful Hamburg, with its countless shops and
bustling academic centers, Gouin unpacks his suitcases, and
immediately begins his language journey. He spends the first
10 days in seclusion studying in his room. With him, he has
a grammar book and a dictionary. He believes languages are
learned using “the classical process”, a process he says he
used for mastering Latin and Greek. To Gouin, the classical
process is the study of language through “an acquaintance of
its forms.” In other words, to learn a language, he feels it best
to faithfully study grammar and vocabulary!
After ten days of seclusion, he feels supremely confident,
and is anxious to try out his skills. To experiment with his new
knowledge, he decides to visit some university classes. Any
guesses how that went? Well, Gouin is in for a surprise. Here
are his own words: “But alas! In vain did I strain my ears; in
vain my eye strove to interpret the slightest movements of the
lips of the professor; in vain I passed from the first classroom
to a second; not a word, not a single word would penetrate to
my understanding.”
(Shane Dixon. The language learner guidebook: powerful tools to help you
conquer any language. [S.l.]: Wayzgoose, 2018.)