The quintessential example of explosive skill acquisition is foreign language learning. It’s standard advice that if you really want to speak Spanish, you should do a language immersion—travel to Mexico and only speak Spanish while there—rather than practicing with apps and textbooks for an hour a week. I’d bet that the person who spent two months hanging around Tijuana—or who immersed themselves in spanish media and telenovellas for a few months, is going to be better at Spanish than the person who has a million Duolingo points.
I did move to a Spanish-speaking country a year ago. I did try to use Spanish with other people in that country wherever I went. And no, after two months my friend with a million Duolingo points but no experience in an actual Spanish-speaking country was still better than me.
I disagree with your claim in general.
But also, more specifically,
I did move to a Spanish-speaking country a year ago. I did try to use Spanish with other people in that country wherever I went. And no, after two months my friend with a million Duolingo points but no experience in an actual Spanish-speaking country was still better than me.
thanks for sharing a data point on that claim