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…
Language Learning Content and Why It’s Important
This video was first published on January, 30th 2012 Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here again at my blog The Linguist on Language and, of course, the website LingQ.com. Today, I want…
Do We Need the Language Classroom?
This video was first published on 29 Jul 2012 First of all, I should say that I have my son and his family visiting from London, so I have two additional little…
Answering Language Learning Questions
Language Learning Questions was uploaded onto Steve’s YouTube channel on Jan 13th, 2013 Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here. I’m going to follow up with another video. I received a comment from a…
Can You Sound like a Native Speaker?
Check out this video of an American speaking excellent Spanish, and I mean excellent. His name is Richard Vaughan, of the Vaughan language schools in Spain. (He should plug LingQ for me since I am plugging Vaughan, but then I was just so impressed…
My Language Learning “Credo”
Language learning is a personal activity. I do it for myself. I learn the language for my own reasons and in my own ways. I focus my efforts on those aspects of the language that interest me the most. Confidence, strong motivation and a positive a…
