Matt Vs Japan on why your accent matters, Stephen Krashen, the input hypothesis and much more
I'm Learning Mandarin
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Matt versus Japan is a fluent Japanese speaker. He's risen to prominence in recent years thanks to his insightful YouTube videos which explain how he managed to reach a near native level in Japanese while living in the US. Like me he's on a mission to popularise language learning methods which prioritise the importance of getting lots of reading and listening input. More recently he's taken a keen interest in the question of how we should go about acquiring native-like accents when studying a new language as an adult. We discussed all this and more in a very wide ranging interview. One of the most fascinating interviews I've ever done.
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