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Originally Posted by JeremyW  Could PhotoReading be applied to learning new languages? |
I've never tried it, but I imagine so. I know people have used it to help learn new programming languages. In one of the PR books there's also a story about a programmer who found more bugs after PhotoReading the computer code he wrote.
When PhotoReading you first get a general overview of a book and then dive into the details. So first you build the context; then you learn the content. I think this model could work well for learning a foreign language -- build a high-level overview of the language constructs and grammar; then begin acquiring the vocabulary and nuances of the language. So instead of learning the language linearly (like I did with 3 years of French in high school, most of which is long forgotten), you would learn it in a more top-down manner.
It seems to me this is how children learn a language through immersion. First, they pick up the gross constructs and a few words. As they age they continue to refine the lower level details and add vocabulary.
One advantage you'd have with learning a language is that it would be relatively easy to define a clear goal, such as being able to watch a movie in that language and understand the plot and dialog.