Learn Languages with Steve Kaufmann

Steve Kaufmann

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About Learn Languages with Steve Kaufmann

I speak 20 languages. I've been learning languages for over 50 years and I've tried all kinds of approaches. I talk about my experiences, my approach to language learning, what I enjoy about learning languages and all manner of other topics related to language. If you love languages, or think you would if you hadn't been discouraged by past experiences, this is the podcast for you. Anyone can learn a language. You just need the right attitude and the right approach!

Language: English
Type: podcast

Latest episodes(50)

1Should you learn low-frequency words? My approach as a polyglot
6 Oct 20269m
Many learners are told to focus on the 1,000 most common words and stop there. I've never done that. In Arabic I now have over 35,000 known words at LingQ, and while I can't use most of them yet, they…
2You don’t need a perfect language learning routine
6 Oct 20268m
Some of my best language learning material came from a random book I pulled off my library shelf. A history of Portugal, a book about Prague, a Swedish novel. A little Portuguese here, a little Czech…
3Why You Can Speak a Language But Still Can’t Understand It
23 Sept 20267m
Someone told me they can speak their second language but cannot understand what people say back to them. I know this one well, because my wife can hold a social conversation in French and Spanish…
4Do This if You Understand But Can't Speak
23 Sept 20269m
I meet a lot of people who tell me, almost with pride, that they understand a language well but can't speak it. Usually two things are going on. Their comprehension isn't as broad as they believe,…
5The best way to read in another language
10 Sept 202611m
When I start reading in a new language, I accept that I am not going to understand most of it. My brother compared it to mowing a lawn: if the grass is high, you set the blades high on the first pass…
6Spain vs Latin America: how different is their Spanish?
29 Aug 202619m
Spanish is spoken across three continents, and learners worry constantly about picking the wrong version. But compared to English or Portuguese, the variation is surprisingly small. The vowels stay…
7Why paper books beat screens for learning (backed by research)
29 Aug 20266m
I have somewhere between 60 and 70 shelves of books in this house, well over a thousand of them, in several languages, and I have finally started cataloguing the lot. Going through them reminded me…
8Why your reasons NOT to learn a language are just EXCUSES
17 Aug 20267m
I was with some Canadians recently who all agreed that French would help them professionally. Within a few minutes I had heard three reasons why they hadn't learned it: I can read but I can't speak,…
9Why reading in some languages is harder than in others
17 Aug 202610m
Reading is a huge part of how I learn languages, but it is not equally easy in every language. In Spanish or Turkish I can sound out almost any word the first time I see it. In Arabic and Persian I…
10Starting A New Language (Facing The Unknown)
4 Aug 202620m
Visit my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/lingosteve Learn a new language on LingQ: www.lingq.com My blog: www.blog.thelinguist.com/

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