🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: CC subtitles available in multiple languages. Stephen Krashen's website: Many people are put off learning languages because they think it is difficult to do. Language educators often don’t help, but instead complicate the process with jargon, seeking to describe the minute details of the natural and enjoyable process of language acquisition. 0:00 Books on language learning complicate the process unnecessarily. 2:07 Some examples from Second Language Acquisition by Rod Ellis. 3:55 The importance of exposing yourself to the culture or cultures of your target language. 7:36 I never guess when learning a language. 10:05 Some comments on Norbert Schmitt's Vocabulary in Langauge Teaching. 11:50 In my opinion there is only one source you need for writing on language learning. ___ Study a language on LingQ: Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: My Podcast: Soundcloud: Apple: Google: Spotify: Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: FREE grammar guides: Join the LingQ Discord server: My language learning blog on The Linguist: My Instagram page: My TikTok: @lingosteve The LingQ language learning blog: #languagelearning #languages #polyglot