Are you currently studying a foreign language? Or do you feel you are making no more progress? Then you have found the right podcast. Psychologist, author, polyglot and language teacher Gerhard Ohrband shows you tips and strategies on how to take your language skills to the next level. Intro music: “Go down fighting” by Cleveland classic metal band Shok Paris, from the album “Steel and Starlight”. With kind permission from Bill Peters (Auburn Records). Please check them out: https://www.face ...
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Episode 95 Why do we make mistakes Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1673536964 Canada…
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The fixed mindset in language learning (part 2)
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Episode 94 The fixed mindset in language learning (part 2) Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co…
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Episode 93 The fixed mindset in language learning Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/16…
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Why this is a stupid question: How long did it take to learn a foreign language?
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Episode 92 Why this is a stupid question: How long did it take to learn a foreign language? Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT…
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Episode 91 The power of slowing down Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1673536964 Cana…
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Low and high context cultures and their language use (part 2)
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Low and high context cultures and their language use (part 2) Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon…
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Low and high context cultures and their language use
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Episode 89 Low and high context cultures and their language use Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amaz…
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Episode 88 The danger of easy methods Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1673536964 Can…
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Episode 87 Neuroplasticity and foreign languages Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/167…
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The investment trap in language learning
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Episode 86 The investment trap in language learning Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/…
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Episode 85 No one needs to motivate you Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1673536964 C…
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Why foreigners are better language teachers
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Episode 84 Why foreigners are better language teachers Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/…
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The advantages of not being a native speaker
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Episode 83 The advantages of not being a native speaker Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk…
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The fear of being corrected in front of others
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Episode 82 The fear of being corrected in front of others Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.…
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How do I know that I have learned enough?
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Episode 82 How do I know that I have learned enough Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/…
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The Dunning-Kruger effect and the danger of following confident teachers
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Episode 80 The Dunning-Kruger effect and the danger of following confident teachers The Dunning-Kruger Effect: https://mohamadkoteich.com/2019/08/28/the-dunning-kruger-effect/ Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: ht…
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Episode 79 Learning languages in times of panic Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1673…
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Episode 78 The Ebbinghaus illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebbinghaus_illusion Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperb…
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How obsessed should you be with your process of learning a language?
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Episode 77 How obsessed should you be with your process of learning a language Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: h…
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Episode 76 How to work with audio material Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/167353696…
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How to discover suitable reading material in a foreign language
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Episode 75 How to discover suitable reading material in a foreign language Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https…
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Why should I learn a language well if there are so many free translation programs?
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Episode 74 Why should I learn a language well if there are so many free translation programs? Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8…
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Should I focus more on speaking or on writing?
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Episode 73 Should I focus more on speaking or on writing Your free book on Amazon: Making Language Teaching Productive Again: The Psychology and Quality Management of Language Teaching (2018) Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K9NJ7G2 Kindle: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07K9NJ7G2 Or look for Gerhard Ohrband on your Amazon site. Gerhard J. Ohrband H…
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Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in learning foreign languages
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Episode 72 Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in learning foreign languages Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: http…
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Is it counterproductive to learn more than one foreign language at the same time
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Episode 71 Is it counterproductive to learn more than one foreign language at the same time Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT…
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Fake gurus in the language teaching industry
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Episode 70 Fake gurus in the language teaching industry Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk…
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Is repetition of words really a bad strategy for memorizing
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Episode 69 Is repetition of words really a bad strategy for memorizing Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://w…
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How to overcome the fear of public speaking
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Episode 68 How to overcome the fear of public speaking Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/…
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Five strategies to adapt better in a foreign country
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Episode 67 Five strategies to adapt better in a foreign country Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amaz…
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Why you should use less idioms and proverbs
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Episode 66 Why you should use less idioms and proverbs Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/…
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How to react if somebody laughs at your accent or voice
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Episode 65 How to react if somebody laughs at your accent or voice Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.a…
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Gabriele Oettingen’s Theory of Mental Contrasting
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Episode 64 Gabriele Oettingen’s Theory of Mental Contrasting First chapter of my latest book: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_s-O-zOS6NkTQNgtPslqJ61Em8dGkUlN/view?usp=sharing Further reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/opinion/sunday/the-problem-with-positive-thinking.html https://positivepsychology.com/mental-contrasting/ The GO Method “…
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Episode 63 The advantage of speaking slowly The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to ge…
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Foreign languages and mental health improvement
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Episode 62 Foreign languages and mental health improvement First chapter of my latest book: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_s-O-zOS6NkTQNgtPslqJ61Em8dGkUlN/view?usp=sharing Publications by James Pennebaker: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/psychology/faculty/pennebak#publications The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone t…
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The wrong strategy of avoiding mistakes
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Episode 61 The wrong strategy of avoiding mistakes The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroa…
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The advantage of outdated techniques for learning foreign languages
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Episode 60 The advantage of outdated techniques for learning foreign languages The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes on…
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What you can learn from the fact that I make a weekly podcast in twenty-one languages
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Episode 59 What you can learn from the fact that I make a weekly podcast in twenty-one languages The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign lan…
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Episode 58 Correct and incorrect comparisons The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to g…
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What to do - People say they hate my accent
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Episode 57 What to do - People say they hate my accent The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living a…
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Episode 56 How to formulate SMART goals for language learning
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The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to get fluent. To learn the last (!) 5% and to sp…
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Episode 55 Carol Dweck’s theories - fixed and growth mindsets
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The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to get fluent. To learn the last (!) 5% and to sp…
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Episode 54 The importance of setting upper limits
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The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to get fluent. To learn the last (!) 5% and to sp…
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Episode 21 Language learning myth #3: I need a teacher
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Latest episode of The Psychology of Learning Foreign Languages
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Episode 23 10 critical mistakes in the classroom and how to avoid them
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Latest episode of The Psychology of Learning Foreign Languages
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Episode 53 Why should I care about grammar if even native speakers do not
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Episode 52 My personal secrets to learning 21 languages – part III
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Episode 51 My personal secrets to learning 21 languages – part II
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Episode 50 My personal secrets to learning 21 languages – part I
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The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to get fluent. To learn the last (!) 5% and to sp…
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Episode 49 Is the plateau effect in foreign languages real?
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Free book: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PovXmiHF-TobdXdIsDj2hpG-RXqSgZfe/view?usp=sharing The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign langua…
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Episode 48 Strategies and techniques to overcome the fear of public speaking in foreign languages (part 4)
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The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to get fluent. To learn the last (!) 5% and to sp…
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