Challenging myself to learn 100 WORDS EVERY DAY
In my last video, I shared my goal of learning 20,000 words before my trip to Turkey in September. Today, I'm going to show you exactly how I'm making that happen!
4 Heinä 202413min
I’ve learned 20 languages: what keeps me going?
I reflect on my language-learning journey and discuss the importance of various types of connections: linguistic, emotional, neural, and more.
27 Kesä 202410min
Challenging myself to learn 20,000 words before my trip to Turkey
In today's video, I'm reflecting on what has and hasn't worked for boosting my language skills for travel and sharing my (quite ambitious!) Turkish learning plan.
21 Kesä 20249min
Speaking or comprehension: which comes first?
In this video, I discuss the differences between comprehensible input and the output hypothesis and explain why speaking a foreign language isn't always the same as engaging in meaningful communicatio...
14 Kesä 202410min
Fluent in one language or good in many?
I often get asked whether it's better to focus on one language and become fluent in it or to explore many languages. In this video I talk about why I don't think there's one answer to this question.
25 Huhti 202411min
I’ve read books in 12 languages. Here’s how I do it
Reading books has many benefits for our brain, and it's also a great way to learn a language. In this video I talk about my approach to reading in different languages and how I manage to enjoy the pro...
19 Huhti 202416min
Don’t memorize vocabulary. Do this instead
In this video I discuss some common misconceptions about language and vocabulary acquisition and share my strategy for learning vocabulary in a new language.
28 Maalis 202416min
My Arabic journey: why it’s been so difficult
I have been learning Arabic since 2017 and I have to admit that it hasn't been easy. In this video you'll learn why I find Arabic so challenging and what I do to keep going despite the obstacles.
22 Maalis 202418min
