Why I Enjoy Learning Languages
Because learning languages is a big part of success, people who don’t enjoy learning languages are less likely to be successful. You can’t force yourself to do something that involves your emotions,…
How Many Languages Can You Really Speak?
TL;DR Summary People often ask me how many languages I speak. The truth is — it depends what you mean by speak.I can comfortably converse in about a dozen languages. There are…
Corrections in Language Learning…One More Time
I want to continue on the subject of correction because it seems to generate quite a bit of interest from people commenting on my YouTube channel. People say why are you so…
Language-Learning Basics, Again and Again
I want to talk about language learning, the basics that is. The basics in a language are important. It is important to speak correctly, it is important to focus on key patterns,…
The Most Effective Language Learning Method
I want to talk today, in the subject of language learning, about something that’s kind of been running around in my mind. I come up with all these things that are the…
First 3 Months Fluency is NOT the Goal
Today I want to talk about three months because three months comes up quite often. We have our 90-day challenges at LingQ. I have done quite a few. I have done it…
Learning Multiple Languages at Once: Is It a Good Idea?
I don’t think it takes any special talent to learn multiple languages. Some people may do better than others, but everyone can do it. Some may pronounce better, some may have a larger vocabulary, different people have different interests, but everyone is capable of doing it. It’s an extremely rewarding thing to do.
The Language Learning Tripod: Noticing
I’m going to talk about the third in my series which I call the language learning tripod. The first one was to have the right attitude. That’s key and I went into…
The Language Learning Tripod: Time
Today I’m going to continue to talk about my series of three videos on what I call the tripod, the three legs that you have to stand on to succeed in language…
Can Older Adult Learners Acquire New Languages?
I often hear this question from adult learners. Sometimes my followers on Youtube, Facebook, or Twitter bring this up. In fact, not so long ago I had the following request from one of my followers.
“I want to do some research on the problems of older language learners and see what I can do to help them.”
I replied by asking. “What do you consider to be an older language learner?” His answer “over 40”.
The Language Learning Tripod: Attitude
Today I want to talk about what I’ve call the three keys of language learning. Let’s call them the tripod, the tripod of language learning. It’s ‘A’ – Attitude, ‘T’ – Time…
Linguistics and Language Learning
Hi there, Steve Kaufmann. Today I’m going to try to be a little controversial. I am sure that I will generate a lot more ‘thumbs down’ than I have in…
