Steve Kaufmann is WRONG about Language Learning (Debunking Polyglot Myths)

Steve Kaufmann recently made a video about Tim Ferriss and the idea of becoming conversational fast in a foreign language.

Original video:    • Is there a shortcut to conversational flue...  

I'll explain why he's wrong and you can do it and how to do it, if you want to learn a language fast.

Might not be the most enjoyable way to learn, but you can definitely do it.

I have nothing but respect for Steve, he's a legend in the online language learning world and I agree with him 9 times out of 10.

I 100% recommend using Steve's website LingQ to learn, by the way. By far the best tool out there to learn languages.

But when he's wrong, he's wrong.

There are people who are able to learn ridiculous amounts of vocabulary with mnemonic associations. I can learn vocabulary way faster than most people and there are people who are way faster than me.

Everyone can improve at memorising vocab, with training.

I don't say you should memorise vocab with mnemonic associations instead of learning through input, I say that you can use mnemonic associations to speed up your learning by making input much more comprehensible.

00:00 intro
01:05 comprehension
01:30 becoming conversational
01:45 acquiring vocabulary
02:30 spaced repetition
04:24 how to get good at speaking
06:18 is this for you?
06:58 why input is important
07:33 final thoughts

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