I had never heard of François Gouin and yet I had a sort of déjà-vu as this is something countless people have done (and failed at).
The Gouin series you mentioned makes me think of a sort of already-built elaboration practice method, something I often do to improve my languages. Taking a short sentence and adding extra details over and over to make it longer is like creating a pyramid of blocks, each one supporting the ones above.
Love your point about using a similar method to practice on your own -- definitely a great exercise to practice putting together all the pieces of a language you're learning!
Great read!
I had never heard of François Gouin and yet I had a sort of déjà-vu as this is something countless people have done (and failed at).
The Gouin series you mentioned makes me think of a sort of already-built elaboration practice method, something I often do to improve my languages. Taking a short sentence and adding extra details over and over to make it longer is like creating a pyramid of blocks, each one supporting the ones above.
Love your point about using a similar method to practice on your own -- definitely a great exercise to practice putting together all the pieces of a language you're learning!