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Title: Interesting book
Review: I think Kaufmann's book is very interesting. He tells his story about his life of language learning and how he didn't rely on grammar lessons. This book is similar to Barry Farber's book who also rejected learning grammar; he accepted learning by communicating. I wrote a book in which I wrote down how I learn languages. I'm very traditional; I like to know the grammar. My book is more like a primer that can be use with another grammar book.One thing I had a serious problem with in this book is Kaufmann's definition of the word "linguist." A linguist is not anybody who can speak two or more languages. That's the old definition of "linguist." A person who speaks two or more languages is called a "polyglot." A linguist is a person who studies the science and mechanics of language (gerund, past participle, phonetics, morphology, etc.). One my professors used to be a linguist, and he told me that people have a skewed definition of the word "linguist."Brandon Simpson
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