The worst thing about being a polyglot
September 19 2024

The worst thing about being a polyglot

πŸ”₯ Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://tinyurl.com/ys3ky3hw πŸ†“ My 10 FREE secrets to language learning: https://tinyurl.com/4yecnzft CC subtitles available in multiple languages. In this video, I discuss the pros and cons of learning many languages, from cultural connections to language interference. SOURCES: 1. Second language acquisition may depend on how brain talks to itself: https://healthenews.mcgill.ca/second-language-acquisition-may-depend-on-how-brain-talks-to-itself/ 2. Consequences of multilingualism for neural architecture: https://behavioralandbrainfunctions.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12993-019-0157-z 3. How our brains cope with speaking more than one language: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220719-how-speaking-other-languages-changes-your-brain 4. How Learning a Language Changes Your Brain: https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/how-learning-a-language-changes-your-brain 5. Degree of multilingual engagement modulates resting state oscillatory activity across the lifespan: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2024.04.009 ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:54 Learning languages to learn about the world 3:24 One language at a time or exploring many? 4:12 Flexibility 4:51 Confidence 5:56 Interference from other languages 7:16 Executive function 8:43 The takeaway πŸ“Ί WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/-jz-DbQu804?si=qEiurKXhXe-8di45 https://youtu.be/FRK-cRbyh28?si=8UzYgF3SQsU08hMT πŸŽ™οΈ LISTEN TO MY PODCAST: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3iZsbic Apple: https://apple.co/3z1F1lD Google: https://bit.ly/2W3DYmK Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK πŸ’‘ LEARN MORE: Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: https://www.thelinguist.com Download my FREE grammar guides: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/ Join the LingQ Discord server: https://discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN Read my language learning blog on The Linguist: https://bit.ly/2MW83Ab Read the LingQ language learning blog: https://bit.ly/35yvaqK βœ… FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve
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How to use ChatGPT to learn a language: tips and prompts
September 5 2024

How to use ChatGPT to learn a language: tips and prompts

πŸ”₯ Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://bit.ly/4ebD1LN πŸ†“ My 10 FREE secrets to language learning: https://bit.ly/3TjCH5F CC subtitles available in multiple languages. In today's video I talk about how I'm using ChatGPT to learn languages with a focus on comprehensible input. βœ… MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO: Matt Brooks-Green's video: https://youtu.be/rC-rBgGy5XE Turkish Coffee Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/79BbYi9Q89GSy451GcG1j9?si=d784a4bca6dd4701 ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:46 Use case 1: summarizing self-help books 3:40 Use case 2: summarizing periods of history 4:38 Use case 3: summarizing literature 5:55 Why I wouldn't use ChatGPT for speaking practice πŸ“Ί WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/vHKCsrYkpNk?si=QQJsi5tya4d0Nt3w https://youtu.be/2AEHjZJL5Bg?si=5MJPuhaXnChjeFsL πŸŽ™οΈ LISTEN TO MY PODCAST: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3iZsbic Apple: https://apple.co/3z1F1lD Google: https://bit.ly/2W3DYmK Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK πŸ’‘ LEARN MORE: Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: https://www.thelinguist.com Download my FREE grammar guides: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/ Join the LingQ Discord server: https://discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN Read my language learning blog on The Linguist: https://bit.ly/2MW83Ab Read the LingQ language learning blog: https://bit.ly/35yvaqK βœ… FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve
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Why extensive reading is so effective for language learning
August 22 2024

Why extensive reading is so effective for language learning

πŸ”₯ Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://bit.ly/4cEM9rf πŸ†“ My 10 FREE secrets to language learning: https://bit.ly/46V9sf2 CC subtitles available in multiple languages. Have you heard of extensive reading? If not, in today's video you'll learn what it is and how I use this strategy to acquire vocabulary and grammar! SOURCES: A Cambridge paper on extensive reading: https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Extensive-Reading-whitepaper_72dpi.pdf ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 1:23 What is extensive reading? 1:49 The benefits of extensive reading 3:00 Obstacles to extensive reading 3:42 What I see as the main obstacle 6:18 My strategy for reading extensively (part 1) 8:08 My strategy (part 2) 8:43 What I think about video and language learning πŸ“Ί WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/Ig7fTYANWe8?si=snWwS2m_dJ8IFZNs https://youtu.be/IFNkhFEpWNI?si=rVMtLblzEgCS0_Jh πŸŽ™οΈ LISTEN TO MY PODCAST: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3iZsbic Apple: https://apple.co/3z1F1lD Google: https://bit.ly/2W3DYmK Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK πŸ’‘ LEARN MORE: Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: https://www.thelinguist.com Download my FREE grammar guides: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/ Join the LingQ Discord server: https://discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN Read my language learning blog on The Linguist: https://bit.ly/2MW83Ab Read the LingQ language learning blog: https://bit.ly/35yvaqK βœ… FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve
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Do I really know 20 languages?
August 8 2024

Do I really know 20 languages?

πŸ”₯ Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://tinyurl.com/yckpzme6 πŸ†“ My 10 FREE secrets to language learning: https://tinyurl.com/yjckh4ey CC subtitles available in multiple languages. In today's video, I discuss how many languages I really know and what it truly means to know a language. The blog post I mention in the video: https://blog.thelinguist.com/learning-a-language/ ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:51 How I would categorize my languages (Group 1) 1:16 Group 2 2:04 Group 3 2:54 Can I really say I know these languages? 3:39 Is learning languages similar to falling in love? 4:58 How many words do I know in these languages? 5:50 Why your language journey might look different 6:21 Trying to speak Turkish πŸ“Ί WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/tSOgRtl-T7s?si=hXlqMx6EJ7Qd1AD- https://youtu.be/uNgW4y946Dg?si=CluZit6gLajD5U10 πŸŽ™οΈ LISTEN TO MY PODCAST: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3iZsbic Apple: https://apple.co/3z1F1lD Google: https://bit.ly/2W3DYmK Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK πŸ’‘ LEARN MORE: Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: https://www.thelinguist.com Download my FREE grammar guides: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/ Join the LingQ Discord server: https://discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN Read my language learning blog on The Linguist: https://bit.ly/2MW83Ab Read the LingQ language learning blog: https://bit.ly/35yvaqK βœ… FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve
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How to learn a new language as an immigrant
July 25 2024

How to learn a new language as an immigrant

πŸ”₯ Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://bit.ly/3yo5nDj πŸ†“ My 10 FREE secrets to language learning: https://bit.ly/3WnaZ8O CC subtitles available in multiple languages. Today's video is all about learning a language as an immigrant! I'll discuss why your language skills are crucial, how to break the language barrier, and why traditional classes might not be the best solution. Sources: 1. Five Key Facts About Immigrants with Limited English Proficiency: https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/five-key-facts-about-immigrants-with-limited-english-proficiency/ 2. Zuwanderer: Sprachniveau ist entscheidend: https://www.iwd.de/artikel/zuwanderer-sprachniveau-ist-entscheidend-447362/ 3. Losing one’s mother tongue in multicultural Canada: https://www.newcanadianmedia.ca/losing-ones-mother-tongue-in-multicultural-canada/ 4. Canadian Language Benchmarks: https://www.clb-osa.ca/benchmarks/overview ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 introduction 0:43 the importance of learning the new language as an immigrant 1:22 the most important thing about learning as an immigrant 3:29 what to do if you're past the honeymoon phase 5:41 HOW to learn a language as an immigrant 8:23 ESL classes 10:28 losing your heritage language πŸ“Ί WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/DIEsIUVnerI?si=q2fzTJof_dm9PvYJ https://youtu.be/bVaaSa-Gu6Q?si=qJZzkKUeDXZBrpWQ πŸŽ™οΈ LISTEN TO MY PODCAST: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3iZsbic Apple: https://apple.co/3z1F1lD Google: https://bit.ly/2W3DYmK Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK πŸ’‘ LEARN MORE: Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: https://www.thelinguist.com Download my FREE grammar guides: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/ Join the LingQ Discord server: https://discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN Read my language learning blog on The Linguist: https://bit.ly/2MW83Ab Read the LingQ language learning blog: https://bit.ly/35yvaqK βœ… FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve
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Reading or listening: what’s the best way to learn?
July 18 2024

Reading or listening: what’s the best way to learn?

πŸ”₯ Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://bit.ly/46cflnV πŸ†“ My 10 FREE secrets to language learning: https://bit.ly/46dexPt CC subtitles available in multiple languages. Can listening to books be as effective as reading them for learning? In this video, I'll explain why you don't have to choose just one. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Is listening as effective as reading? 0:27 Is reading better? 1:32 Audiobooks 3:10 To read or to listen 4:07 How reading and listening reinforce each other 6:39 Literacy strategies πŸ“ŒSOURCES: 1. Why Listening to a Book Is Not the Same as Reading It: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/friendly-interest/201812/why-listening-book-is-not-the-same-reading-it 2. They Hear, But Do Not Listen: Retention for Podcasted Material in a Classroom Context: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00986283.2010.488542 3. Investigating differences in general comprehension skill: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2140402/ 4. U.S. Audiobook Sales Hit $2 Billion in 2024: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/audio-books/article/95187-u-s-audiobook-sales-hit-2-billion-in-2024.html 5. Is Listening to a Book the Same Thing as Reading It? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/08/opinion/sunday/audiobooks-reading-cheating-listening.html πŸ“Ί WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/dD-7_D-8q7I?si=w5Y0u3laFS3kYYz1 https://youtu.be/i8oDLO7GPsk?si=nJXBj9R6Pf1DKF0L πŸŽ™οΈ LISTEN TO MY PODCAST: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3iZsbic Apple: https://apple.co/3z1F1lD Google: https://bit.ly/2W3DYmK Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK πŸ’‘ LEARN MORE: Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: https://www.thelinguist.com Download my FREE grammar guides: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/ Join the LingQ Discord server: https://discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN Read my language learning blog on The Linguist: https://bit.ly/2MW83Ab Read the LingQ language learning blog: https://bit.ly/35yvaqK βœ… FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve
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