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In this episode of the podcast, Steve Kaufmann, a very popular language blogger, shares his experience learning languages for over 50 years. Steve spoke only English until the age of seventeen and now he’s able to speak 12 languages at the age of 68.
In this episode of the podcast we discuss:
- Whether it is easier or harder to learn a language with age
- How experience shapes the learning process in language learning
- The psychological barriers people have to face when learning languages later in life
- The personality traits of successful language learners
- How to stop resisting a new language and it’s differences
- How and why language learning becomes easier with time
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