Benny Lewis: Fluent in 3 month book Flashcards
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Live the language
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Focus on language itself and not side benefits (career advancement etc)
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You always can squeeze in time for language learning
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Spending more doesn’t bring success, but it can create distractions
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One big project at a time
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Language learning can be fun
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There is no one way to learn the language, adjust it accordingly
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Fluency is B2
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Language learning is meassured in hours and not months/weeks/years
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Focus on your bottlenecks via minimissions
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Burn-outs can happen so take breaks once in a while
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Assosiation - Word + meaning joint in a ridiculus scene
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to learn phrases - sing them
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Anki killed dedicated study time - just do it in breaks
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Talking to an actual person is the ultimate language learning course
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Surrond yourself with your target language
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Learn by doing fewer mistakes next time
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Scheduled deadlines makes language learning “real”
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Cheat during first conversations
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Language exchane or teacher must be right, if he isn’t change him
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Use Jack Sparrow to easen awkward pauses when you hesitate
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Modal verbs are helpers to avoid conjugation
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Cognates in roman languages tend to be more formal eanglish words. e.g. Spanish Entrar from English enter
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After reaching conversational level B1 focus on grammar
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Think in yout target language as much as you can form the beginning
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6 things to emulate while pretending to be native
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Use conversational connectors to expand conversations
