Learn Languages with Steve Kaufmann
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!
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!
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Jan 26, 2021 • 9min
BTS Speaking Chinese & English A Polyglot's Reaction
BTS, the popular Korean pop group, has an appeal that represents a desire in the world for everyone to just get along and accept each other. Here I talk about how they have fun speaking different languages, especially Chinese and English.
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Learn Korean with BTS on LingQ: https://bit.ly/2MimLRD
Jan 22, 2021 • 13min
How To Learn A Language On Your Own
For all the languages that I have learned, I only attended school twice. However, in every case it was becoming an independent language learner that brought me success.
Jan 19, 2021 • 14min
How I Learned Chinese
As with all the languages I’ve learned, my passion for the language, and all that surrounds it, was key to success in learning Mandarin. But lots of reading and listening helped me achieve my goals.
Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3oX5egl
Jan 4, 2021 • 8min
My Language Learning Goals For 2021
It’s a New Year. 2021. What do I hope to achieve this year? I’ll stay on Persian and Arabic for a while and maybe go back to Turkish in the summer. We’ll see how I do.
Learn a new language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3rS6YcC
Jan 4, 2021 • 14min
How I Learned French
I got turned on to French long ago and my passion for the language has stayed with me for over 50 years. In this video I share my journey to French fluency.
Learn a new language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/2WX9NuL
Dec 31, 2020 • 10min
Talking Our Way To Fluency
We don’t need more language textbooks, with limited language content, drills and explanations. We just need each other to talk about what interests us, record it, transcribe it and offer it to learners of our language.
Learn a new language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/2Ma2U70
Dec 21, 2020 • 10min
Language & History
History is one of my major motivations for learning languages, and learning languages motivates me to learn history. In this video I discuss my interest in languages, different peoples, and the course of history, with special reference to the languages I am now learning, Persian, Arabic and Turkish.
Learn a new language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3phQkkB
Dec 15, 2020 • 8min
Do We Learn About The Culture In The New Language Or Our Own?
When I learn languages I get into the culture and history of that language. Listening to the history in the language connects me emotionally, but I get most of my information reading in English.
Learn a new language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3gNGHHh
Dec 9, 2020 • 5min
Overcoming Cultural Obstacles In Language Learning
When we learn a foreign language we imitate an aspect of another culture. In other words, we are entering into a foreign cultural space. This can sometimes cause difficulties.
Learn a new language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/2JMPahF
Nov 27, 2020 • 19min
Overcoming Language Learning Obstacles
We all have language habits, ingrained from our native languages, or languages we speak well. How do we get outside these and develop new language habits? Jeremy discusses this with reference to Korean.
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