Do You Really Need a Teacher to Get Fluent in a Language?
July 4 2023

Do You Really Need a Teacher to Get Fluent in a Language?

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://shorturl.at/AJTY2 CC subtitles available in multiple languages. Some people argue that you must work with a teacher to get fluent in a language, others claim that teachers are unnecessary and that you can learn on your own. So which is correct? Like most things in language learning (and life!) the answer isn’t black and white. 00:00 Can we benefit from teachers when learning a language? 01:17 The two types of language learner and how they should utilize teachers. 03:10 The teacher doesn't need to be the source of knowledge in language learning. 04:47 We need teachers when we're ready to speak our target language. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://shorturl.at/AJTY2 Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://shorturl.at/koDTX My Podcast: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3iZsbic Apple: https://apple.co/3z1F1lD Google: https://bit.ly/2W3DYmK Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: https://www.thelinguist.com FREE grammar guides: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/ Join the LingQ Discord server: https://discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN My language learning blog on The Linguist: https://bit.ly/2MW83Ab My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_/ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve The LingQ language learning blog: https://bit.ly/35yvaqK #languagelearning #languages #polyglot
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Language Learning is Like an Iceberg
June 27 2023

Language Learning is Like an Iceberg

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://shorturl.at/aDOQ5 CC subtitles available in multiple languages. I like analogies, they help us understand. An analogy I thought of recently was how our knowledge of a language is like an iceberg: what we can produce or think we know at any given moment is just the tip of the iceberg and there is deep familiarity with the language underneath. 00:00 How is language learning like an iceberg? 01:00 Your familiarity with the language runs deep and is always there beneath the surface. 02:17 Traditional language learning is aimed at the tip of the iceberg, but this is not a good way to see our progress. 03:53 We need to give ourselves credit for all we have done to engage with the target language. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://shorturl.at/aDOQ5 Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://shorturl.at/kpIU4 My Podcast: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3iZsbic Apple: https://apple.co/3z1F1lD Google: https://bit.ly/2W3DYmK Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: https://www.thelinguist.com FREE grammar guides: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/ Join the LingQ Discord server: https://discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN My language learning blog on The Linguist: https://bit.ly/2MW83Ab My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_/ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve The LingQ language learning blog: https://bit.ly/35yvaqK #languagelearning #languages #polyglot
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Active & Passive Vocabulary: When Do We Know a Word?
June 20 2023

Active & Passive Vocabulary: When Do We Know a Word?

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://shorturl.at/uJSU7 CC subtitles available in multiple languages. When do we know a word? Who cares? Just keep pumping words into your brain. Keep on actively pursuing words. That’s what we measure at LingQ. How many words you have grabbed and thrown into your brain. How many stick or when they stick is largely out of our control. 00:00 Active vocabulary is more important? 01:08 The process of vocabulary acquisition is fuzzy! 02:03 We may not be able to say tomorrow what we are able to say today. 03:16 The importance of keeping track of your vocabulary. 04:44 Want to learn lots of vocabulary? Keep loading those words in your brain! ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://shorturl.at/uJSU7 Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://shorturl.at/rwz18 My Podcast: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3iZsbic Apple: https://apple.co/3z1F1lD Google: https://bit.ly/2W3DYmK Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: https://www.thelinguist.com FREE grammar guides: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/ Join the LingQ Discord server: https://discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN My language learning blog on The Linguist: https://bit.ly/2MW83Ab My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_/ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve The LingQ language learning blog: https://bit.ly/35yvaqK #vocabulary #languagelearning #languages
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