Steve Kaufmann - lingosteve | Don't Study Language Rules! @Thelinguist | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
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📖 If we want to speak a language fluently, we first have to memorize a bunch of rules, right? Wrong!
🧠 It turns out that our brains will automatically internalize a language's underlying patterns when we get enough exposure and practice. So instead of spending all your time memorizing rules, focus on reading and listening. This approach is more natural AND more fun.
To be clear, I am not saying that you shouldn't use proper grammar in your target language. Syntax certainly DOES matter. What I am saying is that you will naturally pick up the correct patterns with time. As polyglot Barry Farber put it, "You do not have to KNOW grammar to OBEY grammar.”
⏲️ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - The Mind Within the Net
0:33 - The natural order of acquisition
2:07 - The failure of explicit rule instruction
2:29 - The power of play
3:13 - Lessons from text-to-speech technology
4:37 - We need exposure, not instruction
5:47 - Learning rules won't help us speak
6:12 - The hippocampus & cortex
7:31 - Where to focus our effort
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When Learning a Language DON'T Study the "Basics"
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💡 LEARN MORE:
Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: thelinguist.com
Download my FREE grammar guides: lingq.com/en/grammar-resource
Join the LingQ Discord server: discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN
Read my language learning blog on The Linguist: bit.ly/2MW83Ab
Read the LingQ language learning blog: bit.ly/35yvaqK
✅ FOLLOW ME:
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🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ 👉🏼 bit.ly/451N7ee
CC subtitles available in multiple languages.
📖 If we want to speak a language fluently, we first have to memorize a bunch of rules, right? Wrong!
🧠 It turns out that our brains will automatically internalize a language's underlying patterns when we get enough exposure and practice. So instead of spending all your time memorizing rules, focus on reading and listening. This approach is more natural AND more fun.
To be clear, I am not saying that you shouldn't use proper grammar in your target language. Syntax certainly DOES matter. What I am saying is that you will naturally pick up the correct patterns with time. As polyglot Barry Farber put it, "You do not have to KNOW grammar to OBEY grammar.”
⏲️ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - The Mind Within the Net
0:33 - The natural order of acquisition
2:07 - The failure of explicit rule instruction
2:29 - The power of play
3:13 - Lessons from text-to-speech technology
4:37 - We need exposure, not instruction
5:47 - Learning rules won't help us speak
6:12 - The hippocampus & cortex
7:31 - Where to focus our effort
📺 WATCH NEXT:
When Learning a Language DON'T Study the "Basics"
youtu.be/B2zRk4PqMSA
🎙️ LISTEN TO MY PODCAST:
Soundcloud: bit.ly/3iZsbic
Apple: apple.co/3z1F1lD
Google: bit.ly/2W3DYmK
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK
💡 LEARN MORE:
Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: thelinguist.com
Download my FREE grammar guides: lingq.com/en/grammar-resource
Join the LingQ Discord server: discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN
Read my language learning blog on The Linguist: bit.ly/2MW83Ab
Read the LingQ language learning blog: bit.ly/35yvaqK
✅ FOLLOW ME:
My Instagram page: instagram.com/lingosteve_
My TikTok: tiktok.com/@lingosteve
📑 ATTRIBUTIONS:
“Noam Chomsky portrait 2017 retouched.png” by Σ is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noam_Chomsky_portrait_2017_retouched.png
