#AskSteve

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/3ELY5J5 CC subtitles available in multiple languages. 🎬 What is the best way to start a new language? 🥾 How do you break through the intermediate plateau? 🧑‍🍳 The short answer: mix up your language learning activities! 🚀 In this video, I share what I do at various levels in the language learning journey and the best way to get up to the delightful upper-intermediate stage where your fluency really starts to take off. 📺 WATCH NEXT: 3 Big Benefits of Learning Languages the Natural Way https://youtu.be/5E-irLznecE ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - What Are the Most Effective Activities at Different Levels? 0:25 - What Are the Standard Language Levels? 1:41 - Why I Aim for the B2 Level 2:17 - Canada's 12 Language Levels 3:00 - What I Do as a Complete Beginner 3:34 - The Power of "Grazing" (Repetition Without Boredom) 4:01 - Focus on High-Frequency Vocabulary 5:35 - What I Do as an Intermediate Learner 7:20 - What I Do as an Advanced Learner 🎙️ 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

🤨 What's the point of learning a foreign language? Don't I have better things to do with my time?

😎 Popular entertainer, polyglot, and self-proclaimed "gigachad" @LanguageSimp joins me to talk about why you should ditch perfectionism, have more fun, and "date" multiple languages. Watch the whole interview here: https://youtu.be/MiaZTFWLeS4

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/48icOcj 💡 Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/3EzMj4J CC subtitles available in multiple languages. 🙀 Popular entertainer and polyglot @LanguageSimp joins me to talk about why language learning should be fun and how he got started in languages, TikTok, and YouTube. He also teaches this 77-year-old language grandpa the meaning of the Gen Z term "simp" (it is NOT what I assumed)... 📺 WATCH NEXT: My interview on Language Simp's channel: Guess the Language w/ STEVE KAUFMANN (Dream Come True) 👉🏼 https://youtu.be/m6g05LIpRxo?si=UqcXkXlegIN8gC2R ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Who is Language Simp? 0:54 - What does "Simp" mean? 1:44 - You can have fun in a language at any level 2:10 - Dating multiple languages at the same time 3:14 - A simp pirate with an eye patch 4:19 - Language learning efficiency & burnout 5:04 - Have fun & make mistakes 5:28 - A goofy guy who is seriously good at languages 6:14 - How Language Simp got started in languages 7:10 - What languages does Language Simp speak? 8:09 - Ignoring linguistic jargon 8:54 - The words Language Simp wished he'd heard in 2019 9:39 - How language YouTubers can help other learners 10:09 - Why language learning is inherently funny 12:07 - Viral success on TikTok & YouTube 13:25 - Do you need previous experience to become multilingual? 🎙️ 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

🤔 Don't doubt yourself when speaking a language! Trust your instincts and use the word, phrase, or structure that feels right. You may be wrong, but then you learn! Hesitation and overthinking are the real killers. They block your progress and slow you down.

📚 A lot of language learning resources make false promises like ”Get to B2 after completing this book!” The truth is that the brain needs MASSIVE quantities of input (listening and reading content) to get used to a language. One book or course will NEVER be enough. You need to read and listen widely so your brain can acquire vocabulary and make sense of the underlying patterns. Fortunately, modern technology is moving language learning forward, unlocking all the input we could ever want!

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/3LhVBpB 💡 Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/45HtgBo CC subtitles available in multiple languages. 📚 In this video, I explain the best way to improve your speaking skills, why vocabulary tends to be more important than grammar, why second-guessing grammar harms your ability to communicate, and why you don't need to STUDY grammar rules to correctly FOLLOW them. 📺 WATCH NEXT: Should You Start Speaking a Foreign Language Before You’re Ready? https://youtu.be/wXP-dxU8EKc ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Is studying grammar a help or a hindrance in speaking? 1:16 - Speaking a language well is like playing chess 1:26 - What happens in our brain when we speak? 3:20 - What we need to speak well 3:32 - What do we mean by "speaking well"? 4:44 - Correct collocations and using words with precision 6:40 - Do grammar books have any benefits? 7:20 - The interconnection between input and output 8:50 - Myelin, neural interconnectedness & the power of interest 9:40 - Why active readers are better speakers 10:18 - Why you should work up to reading paper books 🎙️ 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: 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

🤪 I just spoke to a dental assistant that spent 5 years studying dentistry in Poland but never learned any Polish. And that was true of the other North Americans in his program, too. I've only spent 6 days in Poland, but thanks to lots of Polish listening and reading right here in Canada, I have acquired a decent amount of the language. I am frequently astounded by how little interest most people seem to have in learning languages, despite living abroad for many years. Perhaps I am just a language freak...

📕 The smaller grammar book, the better. Keep things Simple. You may need to understand some more complicated constructions in the language you're learning, but you don't need to consciously KNOW the rules to FOLLOW the rules.

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/44xZXj6 CC subtitles available in multiple languages. ⏳ Some people swear by "spaced repetition systems" (SRS). Others think they are waste of time. What's my take? I've learned 20 languages so far in my life, but have only relied on spaced repetition for a few specific needs in language learning. Watch on to see what those use cases are and what approach I think is generally more effective than using an SRS app. 📺 WATCH NEXT: Don't Study Language Rules! https://youtu.be/MoV7T05K4r4 🧐 STUDIES & CORPORA: Karpicke, Jeffrey D.; Bauernschmidt, Althea (2011). "Spaced retrieval: absolute spacing enhances learning regardless of relative spacing". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 37 (5): 1250–1257. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21574747 Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) https://www.english-corpora.org/coca ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - What is "Spaced Repetition"? 0:59 - How I Learned Chinese Characters 2:09 - What Does the Research Say About Spaced Repetition? 2:41 - Applying Spaced Repetition in Language Learning 3:20 - Input, Comprehension & Production 3:43 - Event-Related Potential (ERP) 4:26 - Contexts Matters More than Lexical Frequency 5:28 - Spitzer's 3 Ingredients of Successful Learning 6:49 - Language Production 8:00 - Attitude, Time & Focus 8:48 - The Rapid Decline of Word Frequency 10:22 - The SRS Dilemma 10:51 - How I Study Languages 12:38 - The Key Takeaway 🎙️ 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

📲 The app I use to learn languages 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/3Z3KiHq 🆓 My 10 FREE secrets to language learning 👉🏼 https://www.thelinguist.com 🧠 The brain automatically learns underlying language rules when we give it enough input. This approach is more natural, more effective, and much more fun than tedious grammar study. 🎬 Watch the full video 👉🏼 https://youtu.be/MoV7T05K4r4

📲 The app I use to learn languages 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/3OS03fT 🆓 My 10 FREE secrets to language learning 👉🏼 https://www.thelinguist.com 🏃🏽‍♂️ Language learning starts with you! With action! Every big decision I’ve made in life has brought me countless rewards that I could not have anticipated. When I was 19, I was let go from my job working on a construction site in Montreal. So I went down to the dock and asked to see the captains of various ships. On day three, I found work on a German freighter called the Gerda Schnell, and then I worked my way across to Europe. This one decision changed the entire trajectory of my life for the better! But I had to make the leap. Want to learn a language? Start now! Find content of interest and just do it! 💪 🎬 Watch the full video 👉🏼 https://youtu.be/IMOXHnviCH4