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0:40 to 5:19 why do people underestimate the time required to learn a language?
5:20 to 10:47 how many times do you need to hear a word before you start using it in your own speech?
10:48 to 14:29 are some dialects of a language harder to learn than others?
14:29 to 21:36 should we tailor our language studies around topics you know well in your first language or should you use the target language to about new topics you don't know anything about at all, regardless of the language?
Feel free to contact me @polyglotazren if you have any follow up questions or comments to what I said in this video, or email me by visiting https://azrenthelanguagenerd.com/contact.
0:40 to 5:19 why do people underestimate the time required to learn a language?
5:20 to 10:47 how many times do you need to hear a word before you start using it in your own speech?
10:48 to 14:29 are some dialects of a language harder to learn than others?
14:29 to 21:36 should we tailor our language studies around topics you know well in your first language or should you use the target language to about new topics you don't know anything about at all, regardless of the language?
Feel free to contact me @polyglotazren if you have any follow up questions or comments to what I said in this video, or email me by visiting https://azrenthelanguagenerd.com/contact.
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