Language stacking

· from English

Definition

Language stacking is building a strong foundation in one language and then using it as the base on which the next foreign language is learned.

The picture is a stack: each language rests on the one below it. In practice it overlaps with language laddering (learning a new language through a foreign language you already know) and language chaining (linking each new language to the one learned just before it). Some writers also use stacking for studying several languages in separate time blocks.

Examples

Kungfucius says: Build the ground floor properly before you order the penthouse.