As a student, after six months or so, the Canadian government sent me up there. I would sit in meetings and yeah, I would struggle at first to translate. But you struggle and then she gets better - that's all. You never had one of those days where kind of things didn't sort of come out right...You may have felt like you made a fool of yourself. Did you ever feel like terribly bad at the end of the day? No!
Steve Kaufmann is a very prolific language learner. He has learned at least 20 languages to varying degrees during his life. Some of them he learned during his career as an international diplomat and businessman, and others he has learned during his (semi) retirement. In this interview Steve talks about his language learning experiences, methods and motivations. We talk about various metaphors and similes for language learning including ocean voyages ๐ข, cows ๐ฎ, skiing โท and cutting grass๐ก and and I ask Steve about cross-cultural experiences he has had during his career.
There is a video version on YouTube but only the audio version contains my intro and ending rambles about getting my hair cut and how you need to remember that you're a baby cow-shark on skis ๐๐ฆ๐ฟ๐
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