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🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://bit.ly/44gJIYX CC subtitles available in multiple languages. Language learning isn’t easy, but it doesn’t have to made more difficult. In this video I go over the 10 most common mistakes language learners make that I have noticed over the decades. Would you add any? 0:00 Mistake 1: Expecting to learn fast. 1:23 Mistake 2: Thinking we won't forget words and phrases. 2:09 Mistake 3: Trying to master the grammar. 3:29 Mistake 4: Expecting the language to become clear instantly. 4:06 Mistake 5: Staying with easy content for too long. 5:19 Mistake 6: Thinking we can get by with a few words. 6:43 Mistake 7: Expecting to speak well without speaking often. 7:43 Mistake 8: Being afraid of making mistakes. 8:24 Mistake 9: Not speaking with native speakers. 9:21 Mistake 10: Expecting native speakers to reply in the language we are learning. __ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/44gJIYX Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/41SpvqK 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

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://bit.ly/41Hy5IM CC subtitles available in multiple languages. Stephen Krashen's website: https://www.sdkrashen.com/ Many people are put off learning languages because they think it is difficult to do. Language educators often don’t help, but instead complicate the process with jargon, seeking to describe the minute details of the natural and enjoyable process of language acquisition. 0:00 Books on language learning complicate the process unnecessarily. 2:07 Some examples from Second Language Acquisition by Rod Ellis. 3:55 The importance of exposing yourself to the culture or cultures of your target language. 7:36 I never guess when learning a language. 10:05 Some comments on Norbert Schmitt's Vocabulary in Langauge Teaching. 11:50 In my opinion there is only one source you need for writing on language learning. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/41Hy5IM Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3AB5OYE 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

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://bit.ly/3L6Xogj CC subtitles available in multiple languages. My recent reading on the topic of learning as we age: https://www.wgu.edu/blog/adult-learning-theories-principles2004.html#close https://www.nature.com/articles/s43587-021-00131-6 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211222153035.htm https://bit.ly/3V8pFri It is so important to stay curious and keep learning new things as you age. I have most certainly found this to be the case. I don’t just learn languages, I am curious about many topics and I feed this curiosity every day. 0:00 The audiobook I listened to recently on the topic of learning as we age. 1:25 Learning is a huge issue in our lives today. 2:32 The quickest and easiest way to acquire knowledge. 3:28 A lot of advice online for learning as we age is over complicated. 4:26 If you continue learning, you will strengthen cognitive function. 5:51 If we are genuinely curious, we derive great satisfaction from learning. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3L6Xogj Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/41Go9zs 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

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://bit.ly/3oxTRjo CC subtitles available in multiple languages. Learning a language means leaving the comfort of your native language and confronting the challenges of a new language and its uncertainty. Call it the learning zone. How do we make it more comfortable? 0:00 What is the comfort zone? 1:03 What happens in the learning zone? 1:47 It is important to bring some of the comfort zone into the learning zone when learning languages. 2:46 How I always start in a new language (how I bring comfort into my learning zone). 4:03 How I bring comfort to my reading activities. 5:29 Practicing writing in Polish. Articles I read about the comfort zone and learning zone: https://www.mindtools.com/a0bop9z/the-learning-zone-model https://positivepsychology.com/comfort-zone/ ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3oxTRjo Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3mV3BUA 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

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://bit.ly/3osildR CC subtitles available in multiple languages. People often ask me which language they should learn and my answer is always the same: learn the language you are keenest to learn. Even if you learn for a few months then move on to another language, you don’t lose what you gained. Enjoy the language buffet! 0:00 Sometimes we have no choice but to study a certain language. 1:09 If you do have a choice, this is the most important thing to consider. 2:33 Some things that can motivate you to learn a language. 3:49 One time I got language learning motivation wrong. 5:12 It's okay to spend a short amount of time with a language; you won't lose what you learn. 7:47 "Language is the one thing worth knowing even poorly." - Lomb Kato ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3osildR Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3MUReT5 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