You don't have to master stuff when you first go at it. Make it easy for yourself. So a nice short lawn with short grass is the goal. You want the grass to be cut so it's all neat and short. But since you've been in Palm Springs, and you haven't been mowing the lawn in Vancouver, you've left it, led it to grow quite long. How do you mow your lawn afteryou've left it for ages? You skim it and then you skim it again and you keep skimming it until you get to the desired. That's what I'm doing right now. And I might add that, you know, we have these mini
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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