290. Conversations with a Polyglot: What does it take to learn a language effectively?

Steve Kaufmann is a Canadian polyglot who speaks around 12 languages and knows around 8 more.  And in this interview, he’s going to share valuable advice on language learning, and joins me for a conversation about the different aspects of learning and speaking a second language. Watch our interview on Steve’s channel: https://youtu.be/S7WpN34YQjk Steve’s learning platform – LingQ: https://www.lingq.com/  Check out these other videos! Will reading books help you get fluent? https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/reading-books-and-fluency/  Want to Speak Well in Your Target Language? Read More https://youtu.be/FQD80QeWwx4   How To Sound More Confident In English (Even When You’re Not!) https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/sound-more-confident-in-english/  Change Your Mindset Change Your English https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/fixed-mindset-vs-growth-mindset/

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The InFluency podcast is your go-to resource for learning, speaking and teaching English. Hadar Shemesh is a pronunciation expert and fluency coach with thousands of students around the world, though she herself was an intermediate speaker of English once. In this podcast she will share her best strategies for learning English, speaking English with confidence and mastering the American accent. Discover how becoming fluent has everything to do with acquiring the right mindset, setting goals and learning how to overcome challenges. Hadar will also share her teaching philosophy and techniques to support English teachers looking to help their students become fluent.