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| Message 17 of 17 16 June 2015 at 2:28am | IP Logged |
rdearman wrote:
One thing nobody seems to have mentioned is punishment! If
you have a tutor who is willing to speak with you for 1 hour in your target language
with zero English, pay them in advance for those lessons, and if you don't show up,
they get to keep the money for that hour. And don't just pay them for one lesson pay
them for a LOT of lessons! Same reasoning as a gym membership, they are going to take
the money so you might as well go. If the tutor is charging you £20 per hour, then
give them £200 and tell them if you don't show up for the 1 hour lesson, they keep the
money.
This is known as loss aversion. In economics and decision theory, loss aversion refers
to people's tendency to strongly prefer avoiding losses to acquiring gains. Some
studies suggest losses are twice as powerful, psychologically, as gains. So while you
might not be motivated to gain an hour of language practice, you'd be highly motivated
to avoid the loss of £20 and not get anything in exchange.
If the carrot doesn't work, maybe the whip will. |
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The italki system works that way but not everyone offers discount packages. I do,
though.
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