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When it comes to learning a language, are you a lumper or a splitter? Which approach is better for learners of a foreign language?

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Key terms used in the recording: 

• to lump: to put things together in the same group and consider them as the same even though there are differences between them
• to split: to put similar things in different categories; to focus on differences between things rather than similarities

Other words and phrases used in the recording (in alphabetical order): 

• armoury: skills or powers that are available for someone if they need to use it
• continual: continuing without stopping or happening again and again, often in an annoying way
• to convey a meaning: to communicate an idea
• to do justice to something: to represent something fairly, especially in a way that shows how good or attractive something is
• a fossilised error: an error that is fixed and difficult to get rid of
• a groundbreaking theory: a theory that changes the way we understand things; theory that leads to new discoveries
• to feel superior: to feel better than someone else
• hair-splitting: arguing about unimportant details or differences
• insight: a deeper understanding of what something is like
• inquisitively: showing interest; wanting to learn things
• the latter: the second of the two things that have just been mentioned
• to mansplain something: When a man mansplains something, he explains it to a woman in a way that shows he knows more about it than she does.
• matter-of-fact: said or done without showing emotion
• a merger of two words: a word created from combining two separate words
• minutiae: very small or unimportant details
• a nitpicking perfectionist: a person who focuses on small unimportant details trying to do things perfectly
• misinterpretation: a wrong way of understanding of a message
• nuanced: taking account of small but important differences
• to overthink something: to think about something too much
• to pay off: to bring some benefit; to be advantageous
• peckish: a little bit hungry
• to ponder something: to think carefully about something for a long time
• to reason with sb: to talk to someone trying to convince them or persuade them to do something
• to retaliate: to attack someone because they've attacked you first
• a shift: a change in something, for example in someone's ideas or methods
• to tell something apart: to see the difference between two things that are very similar
• trout: a fish that lives in rivers and lakes
• turquoise: bright green-blue in colour
• the upper hand: an advantage over someone or something

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