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Luca was raised in a unilingual Italian speaking environment and yet is a remarkable polyglot. Here we discuss our approaches to language learning in English. In future recordings we continue the discussion in French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese, if I remember correctly. Check out Luca's channel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3w8yHrqFiQ and blog http://thepolyglotdream.com/ Timelines: 0:05 Luca Lampariello’s presentation. 1:04 How Luca Lampariello got interested in language learning. 2:00 When Luca Lampariello started learning English. 2:27 Reading can change your life. 3:44 A tip to start learning a language. 5:19 First 6 months of language learning are the most delicate. 6:02 Graded readers VS Original texts. 7:01 Visual VS Oral learning. 9:11 Michelle Thomas and Pimsleur review. 9:52 Bilingual translation technique by Luca Lampariello. 12:10 Flashcard reverse translation technique by Steve Kaufmann. 15:10 Necessary amount of input and output. 17:48 Speaking from day one causes resistance. 18:33 After you have enough words, get started speaking. 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

Learn a language at: http://www.lingq.com Visit my blog: http://blog.thelinguist.com

Learn a language at: http://www.lingq.com Visit my blog: http://blog.thelinguist.com

Meet-up dates and details: Auckland changed to Mar 3, not Mar 2. Auckland Mar 3 Melbourne Mar 9 Sydney Mar 16 Brisbane Mar 21 Auckland meet up location: Aristotles North Shore Address 20C Link Drive, North Shore Auckland, 0627 Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane locations to be determined. Any suggestions? Learn a language at: http://www.lingq.com Visit my blog: http://blog.thelinguist.com

How many words do we need to know in order to be fluent in a language? Lots. But it does depend on your goals. Timelines: 0:03 Number of known words is the simplest indicator of your progress. 1:55 My goal is always to understand. 3:36 Are 1000 most common words enough? 4:19 Go for 95% high-frequency words in the beginning. 4:52 Aim towards a more normal content. 5:17 Learn words within a context. 5:36 Build-up a solid foundation of words. 7:08 Without comprehension you can’t participate in a conversation. 7:33 There is no point to learn deliberate phrases. 8:55 Summary. 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

L'esprit du "non-agir" des Taoistes est plus efficace que tout effort delibéré. Faites ce qui est facile et agréable et vous apprendrez plus vite, parce que vous y mettrez le temps et vous ne résisterez pas à l'apprentissage de la langue. Learn a language at: http://www.lingq.com Visit my blog: http://blog.thelinguist.com

Full transcript for this video: https://blog.thelinguist.com/learning-a-second-language I am not convinced that hard work and deliberate learning is more effective than taking the easy way. Timelines: 0:02 I do things taking the least time. 0:34 Effortless English by AJ Hoge. 0:59 Taoist principles applied to language learning. 2:24 I don’t like looking words up in a dictionary. 3:19 Don’t try to remember any grammar when you read explanations. 3:42 Never do the grammar questions, read the answers instead. 4:40 Don’t spoil the pleasure of reading with comprehension questions. 5:30 An effortless way of working with flashcards. 6:05 Gold list. 6:37 Don’t use a monolingual dictionary. 7:39 Don’t worry about things you don’t understand. 9:21 Trust the brain. 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

勉強は楽しいほど効果的です。 Timelines: 0:06 効果的な言葉の勉強のために非常に大事のことは？/ What is an essential condition for effective language learning? 1:23 言葉の勉強に苦労しないで方がいい。/ Don’t go hard in your language learning. 2:38 辞書に知らない言葉を調べなくてもいい。/ You don’t have to look up every unknown word in a dictionary. 3:43 文法のルールは時々だけ。/ Refer to grammar occasionally. 4：58 文法に介する質問より返事に注意して方がいい。/ Instead of grammar questions focus on answers. 7:05 フラッシュカードの効果的な使い方。/ The efficient way of using flashcards. 7:58 オンライン辞書の効果的な使い方。/ The efficient way of using online dictionaries. 8:58 要約。/ Summary. 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

🔥 Learn Languages Like I Do with LingQ: https://bit.ly/39d3UTx There is lots of research and discussion on the most effective way to learn languages. The answer is, whatever you enjoy doing with the language. Transcript: Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here. First of all, I want to say that I did a webcam interview with Luca, the wonderful Italian polyglot. We are going to put it up here at my YouTube channel, but I’m waiting until I’m away because while I’m away I can’t do any videos. I’m going to be in Australia and New Zealand and so Alex is going to put up some pictures. I think Luca and I went at it for about 40 minutes or so, so it’s going to be at least four sessions. So that’s when you’ll be seeing those interviews that I did with Luca, just so there’s not a blank for a whole month. 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 key to language learning and I may have used this before, I don’t know, but it suddenly dawned on me that the most important thing is, is it fun. Do you enjoy doing it? I mentioned this in my 7 Secrets to Language Learning, I think the first one was spend the time and the second was to do things that you enjoy doing. Study the full transcript on LingQ: https://goo.gl/pRgnrD Timelines: 0:04 web-cam interview with Luca Lampariello. 0:42 The most important thing is fun. 1:22 The gold-list method by David James review. 4:05 My experience with the gold-list method. 4:49 It works if you enjoy it. 5:42 Time is the most important criteria. 6:09 Does the gold list method work for me? 7:00 Is listening worth spending time? 7:56 You have to find what you actually like doing. 8:19 My way of doing flashcards. 9:10 Creating Lists VS Reading & Listening. 10:46 Passive vocabulary will activate when it’s necessary. 12:46 Finding the content you enjoy is crucial. LingQ: https://bit.ly/39d3UTx My Blog: http://blog.thelinguist.com/ My Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/lingosteve My Twitter: https://twitter.com/lingosteve

Here are the dates: Auckland March 2, Melbourne March 9, Sydney March 15, and Brisbane March 21. I hope to meet some of you there. Learn a language at: http://www.lingq.com Visit my blog: http://blog.thelinguist.com

Full audio and transcript download: https://blog.thelinguist.com/learning-a-language-as-an-adult How does age affect language learning? This was a question on my blog. Here is my answer. I don't think it affects it very much. Timelines: 0:13 Age is in your mind. 1:38 The way children, adults and seniors learn a language. 2:52 Noticing beats memory. 4:31 Does age has an influence on the way I learn languages? 5:30 Why children pick languages up naturally. 6:08 Are you going to struggle with language learning when you pass 20? 8:00 When I am ripe enough to study grammar. 8:34 Is age a really big deal? Visit https://www.LingQ.com My Blog: http://blog.thelinguist.com/ My Twitter: https://twitter.com/lingosteve l:

How long does it take to learn a language? I get asked this often. Another frequent question is whether it is a good idea to learn more than one language at a time. Here I answer these questions. Timelines: 0:18 Can you learn 2 languages at the same time? 0:52 It takes a long time. 1:48 US Foreign Institute Language Difficulty Rankings. 3:02 What are your objectives in language learning? 3:32 How much time Russian and Czech took me? 4:28 How many hours does a language require? 5:23 How much time Chinese took me. 5:53 How much time you should spend studying per day. 7:12 Reaching the comfort level is not the end. 8:08 Do what you enjoy. 9:02 Listening, reading and grammar. 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