127 Native Speakers are Overrated - Reading has Helped Christina Learn 10 Foreign Languages so Far

Episode • Jun 11, 2023 • 52m

Christina's Language Journey

Christina has been learning many languages such as

In this interview, you'll learn about how Christina learn these languages. We also talk about

- dialects, twitter for language learning, Toki Pona (constructed language) and more.

Some quotes:

"all my English teachers for all my school years were German. So that's why I say learning from native speakers is overrated because I learned my English completely from German people."
"Nothing improves your language skills faster than a captivating story."
"you don't need to learn a dictionary by heart. You just read a book. Let the story grip you. And you'll have to look up a word now and then, of course, but it doesn't feel like studying."

Table of Contents:

Intro by Daniel Goodson (0:00)
Start Interview (01:40)
Glossika challenge - snippet from episode 120 (5:21)
Grammar is important (6:35)
Horror of Learning Spanish (Blog) (12:33
Have the courage to abandon a book (15:16)
Dialects are beautiful (18:26)
Toki Pona, a language with 120 words (27:53)
Using Twitter to learning languages (42:17)
Favorite idioms/expressions (45:54)
- To Lose One's Marbels

Vocabulary:

More to come...

Links and Resources:

The Pluriglot: Christina's Twitter account.🐦For language enthusiasts.
The Horror of Learning Spanish: Nothing improves your language skills faster than a captivating story. Christina's Blog on Substack for Spanish leaners.

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