230: My strategy for learning a language from scratch

 Mark asks: "How should I start learning Mongolian from scratch?"

Episode Summary:

• Get a strong foundation in the basics first
• Work your way through a textbook
• Listen to the audio
• Don't get distracted by other tools

Resources Mentioned in Today's Episode:

• Blue Snowball - A great entry-level microphone that I used for episodes 75-229
• Shure MV5 - My new mic (what you can hear on the episode today
• French Foundations - my new book that teaches you the basics of French in two weeks

Today's Quote:

I know how to learn anything I want to learn. I absolutely know that I could learn how to fly the space shuttle because someone else knows how to fly it, and they put it in a book. Give me the book, and I do not need somebody to stand up in front of the class. - Will Smith

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