The Importance of Motivation in Language Teaching

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There is not a universal, an infallible method of language teaching or language learning. But that, you know, what it often comes down to is motivation and whatever help. You've got to learn language in context, and you've got to focus on being able to do English rather than just understanding or knowing English. It might be a secondary or sort of,you know, to polish your language for instance.

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Carlos Soares, from the University of Aveiro in Portugal, is doing a master's degree dissertation all about language learning podcasts. He contacted me to conduct an interview as part of his research, and he agreed for me to publish it as an episode of my podcast. Carlos asks me about my thoughts on learning English through listening, my approach to making my podcast and some other details.

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