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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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How to Become a Polyglot
September 15 2025

How to Become a Polyglot

Part of becoming a polyglot is accepting that you’re going to be less than perfect. That means you’re going to speak with mistakes. Your pronunciation may not be perfect, but you have this sense of achievement and the intellectual stimulus of discovering a new world, yet another new world with all of the people, and as you learn another language, then the people of that language come alive, the history comes alive.
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Learn a Language in a Month: Is It Possible?
September 12 2025

Learn a Language in a Month: Is It Possible?

TL;DR Summary You can’t truly learn a language in one month — not in the sense of fluency. What you can do is make significant progress if you pour in massive exposure…
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Fluency isn’t linear (and that’s a good thing!)
September 11 2025

Fluency isn’t linear (and that’s a good thing!)

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://tinyurl.com/yk8jbt7k CC subtitles available in multiple languages. In this video I discuss how the complexity theory can be applied to language learning and how even the smallest interaction can make a big difference. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:51 Why this topic 1:33 Randomness and language learning 3:19 Emergence 4:19 Self-organization 4:56 Adaptation 6:18 Non-linearity 6:54 Butterfly effect 📺 WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/zBzwGYtnkB8?si=rU5WfSzACCRQlNh9 https://youtu.be/gzvXdy8daqc?si=vZUnaqoWO-IWhrUb 📌 SOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect https://www.myenglishpages.com/complexity-theory-in-language-learning/ https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/8-ways-chaos-theory-explains-how-we-learn-new-languages-af61889eac40 🎙️ 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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Should Kids Learn their Heritage Language?
September 9 2025

Should Kids Learn their Heritage Language?

TL;DR Summary Kids learn their heritage language best when it’s driven by interest, not pressure. Forcing it often breeds resistance. Instead, foster a warm, low-stress environment where the language is meaningful, fun,…
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The Best Language Learning App: Why LingQ Helps You Learn Faster
September 6 2025

The Best Language Learning App: Why LingQ Helps You Learn Faster

TL;DR Summary LingQ wins because it centers around meaningful input — letting you read and listen to real, interesting content from Day one rather than forcing you through boring drills. It also…
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What golf taught me about language learning
September 4 2025

What golf taught me about language learning

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://tinyurl.com/57cxfr95 CC subtitles available in multiple languages. In this video, I share advice I received from pro golfer Drew Jones that I believe will help anyone learning languages. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:46 Drew Jones and his advice 2:48 Competition vs. mutual support 📺 WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/fetfU7bDMcE?si=q2IlpBGLOpFWErJZ https://youtu.be/Dw2vUANDZXE?si=GQ0lKYWFkql0w82Y 🎙️ 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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3 Stages of Second Language Acquisition
September 3 2025

3 Stages of Second Language Acquisition

TL;DR Summary When we learn a second language, we move through stages that reflect our growing familiarity with it — not a fixed timeline. First, we connect with the sounds and rhythms…
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FOUR easy steps to remembering vocabulary
August 28 2025

FOUR easy steps to remembering vocabulary

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://tinyurl.com/4rhktmjt CC subtitles available in multiple languages. In this video, I talk about what it really means to “know” a word, why forgetting is normal, and the simple steps I use to remember and retrieve vocabulary. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:34 What do we mean when we say we know a word 2:41 Focus 3:45 Organization 4:13 Understanding 5:10 Relating to other things 5:47 When can we say we know a word? 📺 WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/FlARzYY1Mo8?si=aggaT_arix5tDPW4 https://youtu.be/fCPxas3BzD8?si=hmGEjxlnRt7LwQ03 📌 SOURCES: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/02/why-we-remember-and-forget-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/ https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news/why-forgetting-good-your-memory 🎙️ 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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Japanese for Beginners: An Easy Introduction
August 27 2025

Japanese for Beginners: An Easy Introduction

TL;DR Summary Japanese feels mysterious when you begin. I spent lots of time just absorbing — listening, reading, even when I understood little. Slowly the patterns came out of the mist. Don’t…
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Want to get fluent? Focus on daily habits
August 21 2025

Want to get fluent? Focus on daily habits

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://tinyurl.com/mr3zmrdt CC subtitles available in multiple languages. In this video, I share how we can use the concept of leading and lagging indicators to set better goals in language learning. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:16 Leading and lagging indicators in business 1:38 Leading indicators in language learning 3:25 Lagging indicators in language learning 4:24 More lagging indicators 📺 WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/-fjVst-clhM?si=-VE23tHvZxt8thnl https://youtu.be/Y1k8nAY7Wqc?si=yv2xhwAWRRoxo8Oi 🎙️ 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 Method for Learning Languages from Scratch
August 19 2025

My Method for Learning Languages from Scratch

TL;DR Summary When you start a new language, it always feels out of reach at first. I’ve felt that every time. The best thing you can do is just listen and read,…
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Language learning can make you HAPPIER. Here’s how
August 14 2025

Language learning can make you HAPPIER. Here’s how

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://tinyurl.com/ybu5txsd CC subtitles available in multiple languages. In this video, I discuss 4 ways in which learning languages can make us happier. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:55 small wins 2:39 connection 3:57 sense of purpose 4:53 exercise 5:19 sense of autonomy 5:55 other things that make us happy 📺 WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/-fjVst-clhM?si=aEKmwm7YMiUXdRCl https://youtu.be/fetfU7bDMcE?si=FSrkoSMR6cBGobTI 🎙️ 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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