Learn Languages with Steve Kaufmann Should you learn similar languages? Pros and cons
Jan 11, 2024
The podcast explores the pros and cons of learning similar languages. They discuss the advantages and challenges, including examples of English and French, Spanish and Italian, and Russian and Czech. They also highlight the difficulties and pitfalls of learning similar languages and explain the three steps our brain goes through when speaking a language.
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Relating New to Known
- Relating new language elements to familiar ones aids learning.
- Building confidence and expanding into unknown areas leads to improvement.
Vocabulary Acquisition
- Vocabulary acquisition is the biggest task in language learning.
- Similar languages offer an advantage due to shared vocabulary.
Romance and Arabic Languages
- Romance languages share similarities, making them easier to learn together.
- Kaufmann uses his Arabic knowledge to learn different Arabic dialects.