Reflecting on the ‘It’s just like learning to swim’ Analogy

Abstract

Author(s): Roebuck, Regina; Merschel, Lisa; Ceo-DiFrancesco, Diane; Jacovkis, Natalia; Rossomondo, Amy | Abstract: A Spanish professor on sabbatical enrolls in a beginning swim class and comes face to face with old adage that learning a language is like learning to swim.Responses from: Lisa Merschel, Diane Ceo-DiFrancesco, Natalia Jacovkis, and Amy Rossomondo