How To Improve Your Listening Skills
July 1 2021

How To Improve Your Listening Skills

CC subtitles available in: Portuguese Arabic Chinese Chinese (Traditional) Dutch French German Indonesian Italian Japanese Portuguese (Brazil) Russian Spanish Spanish (Latin America) Spanish (Mexico) Swedish Thai Vietnamese Albanian Polish Malay 0:00 - Listening comprehension is a very important skill in language learning. 2:38 - You can't focus 100% when listening and that's okay. 4:33 - The brain requires repetition and novelty. 5:47 - Keep challenging and rewarding your brain when learning a new language. 7:29 - If you listen and you don't understand, don't get frustrated! ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/36CCIfU Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3jREkVW 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 ___ I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: Mohammed Assad: www.facebook.com/iassad99 Uyên: https://twitter.com/NguyenU96899838 Pedro Lorenzo: https://bit.ly/3AdRmUW Yi-Ming: https://twitter.com/yi_mingHu Francesco: https://www.instagram.com/framox2/ Jesús: https://www.instagram.com/jesus_quinter07/ Rita Hai Sherry: https://www.instagram.com/xujuan____/ Sin Ying: https://www.instagram.com/sy__yip/ Nicholas: @nicholasgeniar (Line) Alexis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-acevedo-1774a8212/ Vladislav: @somebodyhuh (Telegram) Germán José: https://twitter.com/Jose33066931 Marc Pedro: @academiasaber Sara Anne: https://www.instagram.com/annelafrancophonie/ Letícia Joshua Lu: @inglesforreal Alejo: alejomorichetti at lingq @alejomorichetti instagram Daniel Bañuelos Torres Isaac: https://www.instagram.com/lerne_deutsch_mit_isaac/ Júlia A Mariel Aprhil Yukari Victor: https://www.instagram.com/93.viktor.93/ Bayu: facebook.com/bayu.marsal.3 Juan Benedicte Elizabeth Rifhani Rita Alia Kadri Anna Rolanda Leon Elwira: https://www.instagram.com/languaging.academy/ Sam Izzah: https://www.instagram.com/sezakiza_bahasa/ Kwanphat Сергей Kira Sarai Victoria Celmo Mario Andres Leticia Anderson: www.instagram.com/andersson.alves/ Misaki: https://www.instagram.com/mi_chan25 Gerrit: https://www.instagram.com/gerrit_bndr/ #listeningskills #languages #polyglot
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DO NOT Go to Language School
June 28 2021

DO NOT Go to Language School

CC subtitles available in: English, Swedish, German, Vietnamese, and Italian. I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: Oscar (Swedish) https://twitter.com/OscarLagrosen Uyên (Vietnamese) https://twitter.com/NguyenU96899838 Christopher (German) https://www.instagram.com/christophermockl/ Andrea (Italian) https://instagram.com/andr3cpt Mohamed (Arabic) 7amai_dllshad Most people learn languages at school. How important are they to learning a language? It depends on the individual. I wouldn't go to one but recognize that for many people they are necessary. 0:00 - How beneficial language school is depends on the personality of the learner. 2:02 - Why language schools have never been a good fit for me. 3:28 - We should be in control of the content we learn a language from, not a teacher. 4:56 - Language schools do provide some benefits. 7:11 - Immersing yourself in the language versus being in a classroom in a country where your target language is spoken. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3A3EZdU Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3m2CgwQ 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 #languageschool #languages #polyglot
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Novak Djokovic Communicates So Well In French! Even With Mistakes.
June 25 2021

Novak Djokovic Communicates So Well In French! Even With Mistakes.

CC subtitles available in: English, Swedish, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, German, Russian, German, Vietnamese, Italian. I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: Swedish Oscar https://twitter.com/OscarLagrosenhttps://www.instagram.com/poliling7/https:// Japanese Kazuki https://www.instagram.com/poliling7/ Spanish Cristina https://www.instagram.com/cristina_aroni_28 Russian Marina https://www.instagram.com/sanmarineo/ German Christopher https://www.instagram.com/christophermockl/ Vietnamese Nguyễn https://twitter.com/NguyenU96899838 Italian Andrea https://www.instagram.com/andr3cpt/ I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: Languages are for communicating, not for competing with others. Novak Djokovic competes in tennis but communicates wonderfully in different languages, despite the odd mistake. 0:00 - In language learning, like in tennis, the pursuit of perfection is futile. 2:25 - Novak Djokovic spoke wonderful French to the audience at the French Open 3:55 - Making mistakes is fine when speaking a new language, it's communication that is most important. 4:52 - When I was on Ukrainian TV I made mistakes, but the audience understood me. 6:39 - Give yourself credit for what you are able to do in a language. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3gTEvzs Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/2VSYHtC 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 #NovakDjokovic #languages #polyglot
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Critical Thinking Skills: Can They Really Be Taught?
June 21 2021

Critical Thinking Skills: Can They Really Be Taught?

CC subtitles available in: Swedish, Japanese, Russian, German, Vietnamese and Italian. I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: Swedish Oscar https://twitter.com/OscarLagrosen Japanese Kazuki https://www.instagram.com/poliling7/ Russian Marina https://www.instagram.com/sanmarineo/ German Christopher https://www.instagram.com/christophermockl/ Vietnamese Nguyễn https://twitter.com/NguyenU96899838 Italian Andrea https://www.instagram.com/andr3cpt/ Speaking skills in a language rely on massive input, listening and reading. Critical thinking skills rely on knowledge of the subject matter, acquired through massive input, reading and listening. I don't think these skills can be taught without massive input. 0:00 - When it comes to critical thinking, first we need to get the language into us. 2:04 - The job of a teacher should be to inspire a thirst for knowledge: reading and listening. 4:02 - The more knowledgeable a person is on a subject, the more I value their opinion. 5:30 - Language study needs to be more directed by the student and not the teacher. 5:50 - My Persian tutor Sahra helps me learn from content that interests me. 8:06 - Is the idea of teaching critical thinking a fad? ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3iZ56wt Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3xKCefq 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 #criticalthinking #languages #polyglot
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Learning Arabic and Persian: Language Challenge Week 2
June 17 2021

Learning Arabic and Persian: Language Challenge Week 2

CC subtitles available in: English, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Vietnamese. I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: German Christopher Möckl (@christophermockl) • Instagram-Fotos und -Videos Italian Andrea (@andr3cpt) • Instagram photos and videos Turkish Yusuf https://www.instagram.com/yusufyiillmaz/?hl=tr https://www.instagram.com/yagizardaguney/ Japanese Kazuki (@poliling7) • Instagram photos and videos Polish Daria https://www.facebook.com/dariadziedzic99/ Russian Marina https://www.instagram.com/sanmarineo/ Sergei Telegram - @urstepdad Serbian Milan https://www.instagram.com/ja_sam_milan/ Spanish Stefan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOB8HI1Ip1ztKf1xa_K3aAA Cristina https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002894712079 Swedish Oscar https://twitter.com/OscarLagrosen Vietnamese Nguyễn https://twitter.com/NguyenU96899838 The most important function of a teacher, any teacher, including online language teachers, is to either feed the enthusiasm of the student, or, where that is lacking, to trigger and inspire the desire to learn. 0:00 - The most important role anyone involved in teaching languages has. 1:22 - My week learning Farsi/Persian. 3:01 - Focussing on the verbs in Farsi. 4:13 - Listening to the LingQ mini stories in Farsi. 5:54 - Some of the wonderful Farsi content available on LingQ. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3iOYeSk Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3yMgIYQ 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
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How to Learn a Language the LAZY Way
June 14 2021

How to Learn a Language the LAZY Way

CC subtitles available in: English, Arabic, Swedish, Russian, Norwegian, Romanian, Vietnamese, Turkish, German, Dutch, Italian, Serbian, Polish, Chinese, Japanese. I'd like to thank the volunteers who created this video's translations: Rembrandt Fluyt (Dutch) Christopher (German) https://www.instagram.com/christophermockl Kazuki (Japanese) https://www.instagram.com/poliling Alina (Romanian) https://www.instagram.com Marina (Russian) https://www.instagram.com/sanmarineo Oscar (Swedish) https://twitter.com/OscarLagrosen Selin (Turkish) Yusuf (Turkish) https://www.instagram.com/yusufyiillmaz/ Nguyễn (Vietnamese) https://twitter.com/NguyenU96899838 Frank (Chinese) Andrea (Italian) https://www.instagram.com/andr3cpt Trym (Norwegian) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSYEjp28mjv0mWMdk7c_FmA Daria (Polish) https://www.facebook.com/dariadziedzic99 Sergei (Russian) https://www.facebook.com/sergei.arhipenko.56 Milan (Serbian) https://www.instagram.com/ja_sam_milan Mohamed (Arabic) https://www.instagram.com/7amai_dllshad/ ___ Can we be lazy and learn languages? I think so. Here are my seven hints on how to be a successful yet lazy language learner. 0:00 - There are seven habits we need to acquire to become effective, successful, lazy language learners. 0:36 - Habit 1 - Set low goals 1:24 - Habit 2 - Don't compete with others. 2:00 - Habit 3 - Go with the flow. 2:54 - Habit 4 - Treat language learning as a form of entertainment. 3:55 - Habit 5 - Don't prepare for lessons with a tutor. 4:48 - Habit 6 - When you're tired of doing something, go do something else. 5:42 - Habit 7 - Don't measure yourself. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3gnyACM Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3iLKs37 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
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Pitch Accent: Is It Important?
May 31 2021

Pitch Accent: Is It Important?

Want to learn a language like I do? Join LingQ today: https://bit.ly/3yPzU8w Pitch accent has received more attention recently, especially for learners of Japanese. Do I think pitch accent is important? No. Not important. Definition of pitch accent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch-accent_language Dogen Japanese Phonetics #1: Introduction to Japanese Phonetics (Pitch-accent and Pronunciation) https://youtu.be/jakXVEUTT48 Learn Japanese From Zero! Pitch Accent is Stupid. Change My Mind. https://youtu.be/3LCuSU-gFjY 0:00 - Is it necessary to spend time worrying about pitch accent when studying Japanese? I didn't. 3:35 - Every language has its own intonation. 5:35 - My adventure getting back into the Canada after a visit to the states. 9:44 - We simply need to imitate what we hear when learning a language. 11:46 - Language learning is about communication not performance. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/34MLl3f Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/2VZJnLM 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 #pitchaccent #learnlanguages #languages
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