Steve Kaufmann - lingosteve | Why Some Language Learners Are Afraid to Speak @Thelinguist | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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Lev mere tænk mindre (Danish) - bit.ly/3IgYGVD
Live More think Less (English) - bit.ly/42H2Ca2


It’s easy to get caught up in negative thinking when learning a new language: I make so many mistakes, my speaking is so unnatural, I don’t understand when people speak to me, etc. What if we chose to break away from that thinking and believe instead that these things are part of the process and nothing to worry about? What if we chose to focus on the good instead of the “bad”?


0:00 Lev mere tænk mindre, a fascinating Danish book.
1:40 What is metacognitive therapy?
4:12 How can we use the strategies put forward by metacognitive therapy to become better language learners?
4:41 We need to be mindful language learners.

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