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Language learning takes time. There are no shortcuts. If you haven't come across a word or a language pattern often enough in your listening and reading, you won't be able to use. So just be patient. Transcript: https://blog.thelinguist.com/patience-in-language-learning

http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/cadre1_en.asp Blog Post on subject: http://blog.thelinguist.com/meaningful-language-learning-goals. Transcript: Hi Steve Kaufmann here. Today I want to talk about goal setting in language learning. It’s important and I think the way we set goals depends on our level in the language. I will give you an example from my own language learning. Recently I decided to work on my Portuguese and particularly to expose myself to more Brazilian Portuguese, so I found some interesting lessons in our library on LingQ, one wonderful series of 20 lessons by one of our members about her travels in Italy with her friend. Read the rest here: https://www.lingq.com/learn/en/workdesk/item/10526125/reader/

Update: Please check out LingQ's grammar guide: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/japanese/ Transcript: Hi there, Steve Kaufmann. Today, I want to give you a very brief introduction to Japanese. I was asked to do this in Chinese from one of my Chinese-speaking viewers, so I thought I would do it first in English just to see what I have to say on the subject. Japanese is perceived as difficult. I don’t think Japanese is difficult. Read the rest of the transcript here: http://blog.thelinguist.com/

这个文法材料又简单又彻底有容易了解。 可惜只有英文。http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/s_jgrammar.html

Visit https://www.LingQ.com My Blog: http://blog.thelinguist.com/ My Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/lingosteve My Twitter: https://twitter.com/lingosteve Follow "Steve's Cafe" Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/SteveKaufmann Record yourself in your target language and share it with native speakers. Transcript: Output and Language Learning Hi there, Steve Kaufmann. Today I want to talk about getting to output. Now, obviously, you know that I’m a believer in input, developing comprehension, developing vocabulary, specifically passive vocabulary, at least initially, but eventually you want to speak well. Well, eventually to speak well, you have to speak a lot. Read the rest of the transcript here: http://blog.thelinguist.com/output-when-you-cant-wait-to-talk

Erfolg beim Sprachenlernen ist vor allem eine Frage der Motivation. For the English please see my blog post. http://blog.thelinguist.com/how-do-we-achieve-fluency-in-a-foreign-language

My effort in Czech to explain the three key questions on motivation. I struggle to find words, and make mistakes, but this is an important part of language learning. Making mistakes and struggling need not in any way be demotivating. Please refer to my blog post for English. http://blog.thelinguist.com/how-do-we-achieve-fluency-in-a-foreign-language

I have played with Duolingo a little, and quite like it... for beginners! Timelines: 0:02 Is Duolingo efficient? 1:10 Why I prefer Audio materials to Videos. 1:49 You don’t need 1000-2000 words to speak a language. 2:09 I can’t use Duolingo while doing other things. 3:27 There is a better way of spending your time than Duolingo. Transcript: Hi there, Steve Kaufmann. Efficiency in language learning is extremely important. I learned that when studying Chinese 45 or 48 years ago. Because there’s so much time involved, even a 50% increase in efficiency has a big impact. And the faster you can learn the language, the more efficient and the more intense, the better you’re going to learn. That was my experience 48 years ago. Read the rest here: http://blog.thelinguist.com/language-learning-efficiency-and-duolingo Visit https://www.LingQ.com My Blog: http://blog.thelinguist.com/ My Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/lingosteve My Twitter: https://twitter.com/lingosteve Follow the new LingQ channel: https://goo.gl/WVnzRS Follow "Steve's Cafe" channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/SteveKaufmann

流暢に話せる為にモチベーションは絶対条件。あなたはこの三つの質問にどう応える？。 For English please refer to: http://blog.thelinguist.com/how-do-we-achieve-fluency-in-a-foreign-language Timelines: 0:43 誰でも流暢になりたい。/ Everybody wants to be fluent in a language. 1:38　第１の質問。『私は本当に流暢に慣れるんですか？』/ Question #1: «Am I really able to reach fluency?» 3:53　第２の質問。『私は使っている方法は効果的ですか？』/ Question #2: «Is the method I am using really efficient?» 4:54　使っている方法に自信が絶対あるはず。/ You must have confidence in the method you are using. 6:48　第３の質問。『やっている事にやる価値があるのか？』/ Question #3: «Is it worth spending time?» 9:13　結論。/ Conclusion. Visit https://www.LingQ.com My Blog: http://blog.thelinguist.com/ My Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/lingosteve My Twitter: https://twitter.com/lingosteve Follow the new LingQ channel: https://goo.gl/WVnzRS Follow "Steve's Cafe" channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/SteveKaufmann

I believe we live in the Golden Age of Language Learning, with so many free amazing resources available to us. Transcript: Hi there, Steve Kaufmann. Today my subject is; The Golden Age of Language Learning. It is something that has dawned on me that we live in The Golden Age of Language Learning, now and things may improve, but compared to 50 years ago, 30 years ago, or hundreds of years ago. And I will give you some reasons why. I decided, or I said or there was a request that I would do videos in other languages, so I have started doing that. Read the rest here: http://blog.thelinguist.com/the-golden-age-of-language-learning

La motivación es la clave. For a rough translation refer to my blog post.http://blog.thelinguist.com/how-do-we-achieve-fluency-in-a-foreign-language