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Over the years I have created a vast amount of videos and articles where I talk about language learning. Find them here.

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Italki Review: How Does italki Work for Language Learners?
July 23 2025

Italki Review: How Does italki Work for Language Learners?

TL;DR Summary italki connects you with real humans — a resource you shouldn’t overlook. It’s not magic: your gains depend heavily on how well you prepare and follow up. Use it to…
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How to Learn Vocabulary: A Polyglot’s Guide to Making Words Stick
July 20 2025

How to Learn Vocabulary: A Polyglot’s Guide to Making Words Stick

TL;DR Summary Don’t force your brain to store lists; your brain learns by patterns and exposure. Mix passive intake (read / listen) with occasional active work (review, check usage) — but don’t…
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AI won’t replace critical thinking (unless you let it)
July 17 2025

AI won’t replace critical thinking (unless you let it)

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://tinyurl.com/4tz7nmkj CC subtitles available in multiple languages. A recent study from MIT suggests that using AI might weaken our cognitive skills. But is that always true? In this video, I share how I use AI tools without giving up the focus and critical thinking that real learning requires. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:08 Is ChatGPT making us dumb and lazy? 1:48 How I use AI for language learning 📺 WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/t3IUkVbx3vs?si=AZnHsFccUfJUZhQ4 https://youtu.be/mrVczP0yigk?si=un-ZJjOq2zXESJTn 📌 SOURCES: https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/ 🎙️ 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 💡 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 ✅ FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve
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How To Learn Portuguese
July 17 2025

How To Learn Portuguese

Many of us are watching the Olympics in Brazil. Despite all of the bad reports that we always get in the lead up to any Olympic Games – some British newspaper called the 2010 Vancouver Winter games the worst Olympics in the world ever, then there were all the problems with toilets in Sochi and now pollution in Rio – it looks like actually things are proceeding swimmingly, so to speak. People ask, if I go to Brazil, can I communicate? What language do they speak? First of all, some may not know that Brazilians speak Portuguese. There’s no Brazilian language, there is Portuguese.
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Struggle with language anxiety? Try this approach
July 10 2025

Struggle with language anxiety? Try this approach

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://tinyurl.com/yc2py27y CC subtitles available in multiple languages. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:38 What is foreign language anxiety 2:32 The framework 3:13 RELAX 3:25 RELY ON 4:45 RHYTHM 5:20 BE HAPPY 6:21 Conclusion 📺 WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/xJ566pD8_C8?si=2f7FBPB99eZzKDQ8 https://youtu.be/pEIerEELdVE?si=V8A0vBAm2Aofo2md 📌 SOURCES: Reno's golf videos: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Ow5YGUM87s en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_language_anxiety https://theconversation.com/learning-a-new-language-your-mindset-matters-more-than-having-a-knack-246825 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763416301208 🎙️ 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 💡 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 ✅ FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve
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How Long Should it Take to Learn a Language?
July 10 2025

How Long Should it Take to Learn a Language?

Language learning depends mostly on three factors, the attitude of the learner, the time available, and learner’s attentiveness to the language. If we assume a positive attitude on the part of the learner, and a reasonable and growing attentivenes…
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AI won’t REPLACE language learning, but it WILL CHANGE it
July 3 2025

AI won’t REPLACE language learning, but it WILL CHANGE it

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://tinyurl.com/3nts8sr3 CC subtitles available in multiple languages. In this video, I share why I'm optimistic about the future of language learning and how we can use tools like ChatGPT or NotebookLM to create our own learning materials. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:09 Is AI going to change language learning? 1:00 Will AI kill language learning 1:53 How does AI work? 3:34 How AI is changing language learning 7:28 Language learning as a holistic experience 9:03 AI for practicing speaking 📺 WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/mrVczP0yigk?si=4XTtCQ0uFAnySscJ https://youtu.be/QlLz4WV7xLU?si=cdv1Rm9g3O-xSTK5 📌 SOURCES: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model 2. https://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/tools/articles/learning-language-with-llm-eng.aspx 🎙️ 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 💡 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 ✅ FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve
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How To Improve Your Speaking Skills
July 3 2025

How To Improve Your Speaking Skills

You are unlikely to learn to speak a new language perfectly, but perfection should not be your goal. Your main goal should be effective communication. I am not perfect in any of the languages that I speak, but I can communicate. And whenever I communicate in another language I’m satisfied. I also know from experience that my ability to speak and to pronounce well will only improve with time, as long as I remain alert to what I hear and read, and how I use the language.
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Why I skip language drills (even though everyone recommends them)
June 26 2025

Why I skip language drills (even though everyone recommends them)

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://tinyurl.com/zj9ptmpa CC subtitles available in multiple languages. In this video, I talk about the role of questions in language learning—when they’re helpful, and when they can actually get in the way of enjoyable, low-stress learning. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:15 The role of questions in language learning 1:27 Questions in learning materials 4:20 Questions during tutoring sessions 📺 WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/i4oeCayFvPY?si=JJVxD4hPxUHeHd8f https://youtu.be/pEIerEELdVE?si=MI2ug8Sv32ifRwzC 🎙️ 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 💡 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 ✅ FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve
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My 7 Goals of Language Learning
June 26 2025

My 7 Goals of Language Learning

My hierarchy of goals is what I consider to be more important at what stage in my learning. There are seven of them and I’m going talk about the seven today, and then I’ve been giving some thought to doing one video on each of these seven goals. In other words, how do we achieve those goals? How do we use those goals to improve our ability in the language that we’re learning?
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How to Think in Another Language (Without Forcing It)
June 23 2025

How to Think in Another Language (Without Forcing It)

One of the most common questions I hear is: “How do I learn to think in another language?” It’s a great question—and it touches on something deeper: our desire to achieve perfection…
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Why I’m still learning languages in my 70s
June 19 2025

Why I’m still learning languages in my 70s

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://tinyurl.com/2ejymwjh CC subtitles available in multiple languages. In this video, I talk about how memory changes as we age and what that means for older adults learning languages. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:40 Age and memory 1:49 What influences our progress 4:25 Can older adults still learn languages? 📺 WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/i4oeCayFvPY?si=xqPVwRnJEWkJL4aA https://youtu.be/mrVczP0yigk?si=cEqaBZx2oQJxlnO6 📌 SOURCES: 1. https://nicenews.com/health-and-wellness/tip-of-the-tongue-phenomenon-aging-and-memory/ 2. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5952984/ 3. https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/tip-of-the-tongue-phenomenon/ 4. https://academic.oup.com/acn/article/32/8/972/3074003 5. https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-019-01649-y#Sec16 🎙️ 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 💡 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 ✅ FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve
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