Learn Languages with Steve Kaufmann
Steve Kaufmann
I speak 20 languages. I've been learning languages for over 50 years and I've tried all kinds of approaches. I talk about my experiences, my approach to language learning, what I enjoy about learning languages and all manner of other topics related to language.
If you love languages, or think you would if you hadn't been discouraged by past experiences, this is the podcast for you. Anyone can learn a language. You just need the right attitude and the right approach!
If you love languages, or think you would if you hadn't been discouraged by past experiences, this is the podcast for you. Anyone can learn a language. You just need the right attitude and the right approach!
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Jan 4, 2021 • 8min
My Language Learning Goals For 2021
It’s a New Year. 2021. What do I hope to achieve this year? I’ll stay on Persian and Arabic for a while and maybe go back to Turkish in the summer. We’ll see how I do.
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Jan 4, 2021 • 14min
How I Learned French
I got turned on to French long ago and my passion for the language has stayed with me for over 50 years. In this video I share my journey to French fluency.
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Dec 31, 2020 • 10min
Talking Our Way To Fluency
We don’t need more language textbooks, with limited language content, drills and explanations. We just need each other to talk about what interests us, record it, transcribe it and offer it to learners of our language.
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Dec 21, 2020 • 10min
Language & History
History is one of my major motivations for learning languages, and learning languages motivates me to learn history. In this video I discuss my interest in languages, different peoples, and the course of history, with special reference to the languages I am now learning, Persian, Arabic and Turkish.
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Dec 15, 2020 • 8min
Do We Learn About The Culture In The New Language Or Our Own?
When I learn languages I get into the culture and history of that language. Listening to the history in the language connects me emotionally, but I get most of my information reading in English.
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Dec 9, 2020 • 5min
Overcoming Cultural Obstacles In Language Learning
When we learn a foreign language we imitate an aspect of another culture. In other words, we are entering into a foreign cultural space. This can sometimes cause difficulties.
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Nov 27, 2020 • 19min
Overcoming Language Learning Obstacles
We all have language habits, ingrained from our native languages, or languages we speak well. How do we get outside these and develop new language habits? Jeremy discusses this with reference to Korean.
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Nov 18, 2020 • 7min
Is Language Learning A Bit Like Fishing?
When I learn languages I enjoy the process, even when I’m not sure I’m progressing. People who love fishing enjoy it even when the fish aren’t biting.
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Nov 17, 2020 • 7min
How to React When Native Speakers Answer You in English
It's always fun to practice a language we are learning with a native speaker, wherever we may find them. We shouldn't be disappointed, however, if they reply in our language. There can be many reasons for this.
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Oct 13, 2020 • 6min
When Learning a New Language the Language is the Teacher
In learning languages, we discover all the many ways that people from different cultures are the same. During the process of discovering this we can learn a new language, and learning the language teaches us about the new culture.
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