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CC subtitles available in: English, Russian, Spanish and Urdu. I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: Algazhan https://youtube.com/channel/UCnmzrgdzNMvFZkBokdXsbMw Fake Polyglot https://youtube.com/channel/UCnmzrgdzNMvFZkBokdXsbMw Muniza Elizabeth Gomez Can we learn several languages at the same time? Are we better off to focus on one? It all depends on your goals and personal preferences. You will progress faster if you focus on one language, however you will give up the chance to explore other languages during that same period. 0:00 The advantages of learning multiple languages at the same time. 3:00 My progress has suffered since I decided to study multiple languages. 5:44 Brushing up on my Korean. 7:56 Should you study one language or multiple languages at once? ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3roGqRT Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3Gu5tHA 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 #learningmultiplelanguages #languages #polyglot

CC subtitles available in English. Daria teaches Russian and looks for learning material that is of interest to the learners. Learn Russian with Star Wars! More important than insisting on correct grammar, especially in the early stages. 0:00 How does Daria motivate her Russian students? 5:56 The language learning plateau. 9:21 Daria's tips on dealing with the difficult aspects of Russian. 12:13 What attracts Daria's students to the Russian language? Daria on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyJznKYS9kkP7RWWq3YAbFw My chat with Daria on her channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uMzq866UtE ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3gaM57N Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/35EK55Q 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 #learnrussian #russian #languages

CC subtitles available in: English, Russian, Malay, French and Spanish. I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: Sergey  https://www.youtube.com/c/SpeakEnglishYourself  Izzah Fernando Elizabeth When we start a new language, we're excited to discover new sounds, new words, new structures. Early there is a sense of achievement as what was just noise is starting to become meaning. Certain words repeat often enough that we learn them. But after a few months we start to feel we're stuck. It's the doldrums. What can be done? Jordanian YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH57cHjdlS4 0:00 What causes language learning burnout? 1:15 We're too hard on ourselves when learning a new language. 2:08 Do you have unrealistic expectations? 3:42 You need to enjoy the content you are using to study a language. 4:10 Want to avoid burnout? You need to always have variety. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3ABAXKJ Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3o6dTyp 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 #learnlanguages #languages #polyglot

CC subtitles available in: English, Russian, Malay and Portuguese. I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: Sergey https://www.youtube.com/c/SpeakEnglishYourself Izzah Zahin https://www.instagram.com/sezakiza_bahasa/ Anne The difficulty level of any language depends on the learner. How motivated is the learner to acquire a certain language? Is he or she confident of their ability to acquire the language? To a confident and motivated learner, no language is really difficult. In fact, the learning process becomes its own reward. 0:00 The first factor that determines whether or not you will find a language easy: motivation. 0:58 The second factor: how interesting do you find the language learning content? 1:41 How interested are you in the language? 2:33 What languages do you already know? 3:12 Vocabulary is the most important consideration. 4:32 How the target language's writing system factors in. 5:36 What about grammar? 6:51 What is the easiest language to learn for an English speaker? ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3rO1ro2 Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3FYjVqY 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 #easiestlanguagetolearn #languages #polyglot

CC subtitles available in: English and Chinese. 我在这个视频里以自己学习中文的经验，讲述学习中文的客观和主观难处。In this video I talk about what influences our perception of Chinese as an easy or difficult language to learn. 00:00 觉得中文难学的主观因素 (Subjective factors that can make learning Chinese easy or difficult) 02:36 我以前是如何学中文的 (How I learned Chinese.) 04:08 觉得中文难学的客观因素 (Objective factors that can make learning Chinese easy or difficult) 09:09 中文简单的地方 (Why learning Chinese may be easier than you think.) ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3qKhyDO 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 #learnchinese #chinese #polyglot

In acquiring a foreign language, reading is often underrated as a goal, and as a learning activity. When I learned Chinese, over 50 years ago, I did a lot more reading than I’m doing now in Arabic and Persian. Today I rely on the audio to help me read. In 2022 I plan to focus more on reading, even in sentence mode, but without the constant help of audio. 0:00 The languages I will focus on in 2022. 1:13 I will read more in the languages I am learning this year. 2:26 I will do more shadowing this year. 4:48 I will also use flashcards for phrases in my language learning in 2022. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/34LgHu3 Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3FvqGR2 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

CC subtitles available in: English, Italian, Portuguese, Vietnamese and Spanish. I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: Sara Jackson Fernando Arancibia Instagram: @fegggno PhoL Huỳnh https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyZtbsU1wvxgiOHiVXyb6Jg https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100073324195996 ___ Language learning is about acquiring words. The number of words we know, if they are acquired through lots of listening and reading, is a good measure of our familiarity with the language. 0:00 What is the simplest evaluation of where we are in a language? 1:36 Some books I have read on learning languages. 2:58 It's all about learning vocabulary naturally. 3:56 How many words I know in the languages I can speak. 7:51 The way I recommend you use flashcards to learn vocabulary. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3GquTXy Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/34TFk8d 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 #learnvocabulary #vocabulary #languages

CC subtitles available in: English, Mandarin, Russian, Portuguese and Spanish. I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: Mario Fernando Gadelha Braga https://www.facebook.com/mario.braga.88/ Sergey https://www.youtube.com/c/SpeakEnglishYourself Jackson M E Jackson Fernando Arancibia Augusto Silva instagram.com/augusto.silvamg We often hear that speakers of certain languages have trouble losing their accents, speakers of English or Slavic languages, for example. Iryna sounds Mexican, both in English and Spanish, yet is a native speaker of Russian and Ukrainian. Best to avoid generalizations. 0:00 How did Iryna find herself in Mexico? 2:27 How Iryna learned Spanish. 4:10 Learning languages makes the brain more open and flexible. 5:49 How Iryna worked on her Spanish accent and pronunciation. 11:04 What Iryna does at her YouTube channel. Iryna on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/IrynaFedchenkoVlog/featured My chat with Iryna in Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjmWlu_LBmA&t=70s Iryna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iryna_fedchenko/ ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3GfRCVY Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3GdYLGx 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 #pronunciation #learnlanguages #languages

CC subtitles available in: English, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Turkish and Malay. I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: Yoko Yagura Nisanur Zengin https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6_W7oHYnHI4o1AFV1PI93Q Jackson M E jackson.jazzpiano@gmail.com Mario Fernando Gadelha Braga https://www.facebook.com/mario.braga.88/ Izzah Zahin https://www.instagram.com/sezakiza_bahasa/ ___ I started Standard Arabic, Persian & Turkish to better understand the region. Dropped Turkish to focus on reading Arabic script. Now I'm doing more colloquial Arabic. Things change. 0:00 I am optimistic about 2022. 2:20 What will I do with Arabic and Persian in 2022? 7:37 The new languages we will hopefully add to LingQ this year. 8:53 The new languages I will start learning in 2022. 12:00 This will be the year I start to explore the languages of India. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3HKaBrZ Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3t4h8ty 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 #learnlanguages #languages #polyglot

CC subtitles available in English. I hitchhiked in Italy in the 60's, getting by with French and Spanish. In the '70s I got a Linguaphone Italian course. I avoided the exercises but listened over and over again, occasionally reviewing the grammar explanations. That was it until I discovered the power of audio books. 0:00 Why I decided to learn Italian. 1:36 The books I used when studying Italian. 5:28 The discovery that boosted my Italian level. 7:56 How I study Italian on LingQ. 9:54 Where do I want to get to with Italian? ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3sYY2oG Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3pSFODC 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 #learnItalian #Italian #languages

CC subtitles available in: English, Japanese, Malay, and Mandarin Chinese. I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: Mario Fernando Gadelha Braga (Mandarin) (https://www.facebook.com/mario.braga.88/) Izzah Zahin (Malay) https://www.instagram.com/sezakiza_bahasa/ Yukari (Japanese) When I learn a language I'm curious about the culture. However, I first need to get a sense of the new language using subject matter familiar to me. More exotic details of the culture can wait. Unfortunately these are often included in beginner texts. 0:00 When I start learning a new language, I'm not interested in the cultural nuances so much. 2:07 A focus on these cultural aspects of the languages just adds difficulty. 4:13 We should focus on massive input when starting to learn a language. 5:51 Culturally neutral language learning content? 9:08 Don't learn slang in the beginner stage of learning a language. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/32eAfWM Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3En0dV8 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 #languageandculture #languages #polyglot

CC subtitles available in: English, French, Malay, Chinese, and Japanese. *We apologize for our geographical typo on the map of Africa. I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: Mario: https://www.facebook.com/mario.braga.88/ Yukari Elizabeth Izzah Augusto de Paula Silva Sergey: https://www.youtube.com/c/SpeakEnglishYourself Many people need English for the workplace, including immigrants in English speaking countries. To learn the technical language mine the many publications, articles, YouTube videos, podcasts etc. from the Internet for the words and phrases you need to learn. 0:00 The business English you need to work in the language is actually rather limited. 3:00 Work on improving your social English. 4:51 It's easy to find content in English to help you improve. 6:46 Technical English is important, but also focus on social English. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3sq4Ye8 Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3pkISbf 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 #businessEnglish #learnlanguages #languages