COVID-19 Accelerates Move to Online Language Learning: A Discussion with Lýdia Machová

[@lfmmacedo]

Exactly! Students should hold themselves accountable for their learning progress . A tutor should guide them in order to obtain their desired results.

[@naturalanguages]

Great Video Steve!! I absolutely agree, I'm having more students than ever wanting to learn Spanish online, so the online teaching trend may be here to stay! Thanks for your awesome videos, specially those on the TPRS method, what a wonderful discovery, it really changed my life and all my students love it!!

[@Fillipe_Mendes]

What is the TPRS method? :)

[@ib3scope]

@@Fillipe_Mendes teaching through story reading

[@Tehui1974]

Another great video. The only measure of success I hold myself accountable for is to study the language for at least 30 - 60 minutes every day. I also put emphasis on reading and listening now which has improved my ability with the language.

[@realenglishconversations]

Great interview and teaching philosophy. Being a strong, independent learner is a huge key to successful language learning and what we encourage as well. Regarding the listening comprehension testing, I can't agree more! I remember my language classes where our teacher would play an audio without ever giving us an audio version of the vocabulary to practice listening before we were tested! It's so frustrating how they evaluate and test in the old school classrooms.

[@vio3366]

21:45 can't agree more! This is how I feel when I test my languages! great conversation!

[@taino20]

Steve! I had a great laugh, when you said that you have an aversion to listening comprehension questions. If you listened to it, it is your business, and if you only understood 50% of it, it is still your business. The most important thing is that you were exposed to it. I feel the same way. Exposure to the language is more important than comprehension in the beginning.

[@Williamottelucas]

Probably the most interesting of all your videos! Give us a Part 2!

[@CaptainP75PCR]

Great ideas and food for thought. And always enjoyable hearing Lydia. Thanks for a great video Steve.

[@no.7711]

So, I'll admit something stupid. I hadn't been using LingQ because I did t understand how to use it and never bothered learning. A year after downloading it I decided to try, and holy crap, LingQ is wonderful.

[@norma3076]

Great topic especially in the minute 12:00, it is definitely more challenging online teaching languages, from my own experience an ideal number for online groups are 4 students or less because it gives everyone a chance to practice speaking with the teacher within the hour. For many students looking for material or grammar rules can be a tedious task which is why many people either give up the language learning or look for another teacher if the one teaching them can't provide that. A teacher will have to really work hard to get their attention and keep them coming back for more. Minute 22:00 totally agree with the fact that tests are not always accurate on the fluency of the learner, a C1 (advance) or C2 student might do wonderfully well on the exam but not be able to communicate or the other way around. Greetings from Spain.

[@lewessays]

well, yeah but, a c2 is way better than an A2...lol

[@norma3076]

@@lewessays For sure :)

[@chalokun1]

Hi Steve, great video; maybe one part of the solution could be changing the nature of those test:if you force people to produce their own sentences, tests will more active thing....

[@AkademiaPanaBogumia]

Hello, I really appreciate the content of your channel. One of my hobbies is foreign languages. I am Polish and I speak English, Spanish, and Hebrew and also little Portuguese, German and Russian. I love Chinese but haven't tried it yet. I also teach the classical guitar on my channel. The idea of teaching how to learn seems to be really helpful. Kind regards.

[@taino20]

Thank you, Steve for the excellent video. Lydia, I send you greetings from Mexico, and wish you continued success.

[@danwan8351]

Love your video!! You two are my biggest language learning inspirations and thanks for sharing your ideas!!! I really enjoyed it!

[@shamimmir361]

I had wrong concept in my mind while I was listening I did mind exercises in mind that was big mistake in learning language. Just train mind to listening and this help lot in learning language

[@hikaronoronha2375]

excellent interview with amazin polyglot Lydia, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us

[@manuelvicenteruiz2286]

The big problem is that students of high school are not motivated enough to learn by themselves.

[@amis1347]

Hi Steve, I just came across your channel and I find the videos you make really useful. I was wondering if you heard of off2class and whether you think it is useful for language learning? Many italki teachers use it. Your opinion is greatly appreciated. Thanks

[@ameliea4508]

Thank you! Such an informative interview for both tutors and students

[@Val-tm5sg]

Lydia , please. what 's the difference between a coach and a mentor?

[@Bucherviews]

A coach forces you to do stuff for your own good, while a mentor gives you advice that you can choose to implement or not yourself. It's about who has responsibility for the person actually doing the work.

[@alexandersebastiangomezdel9985]

My two favourite polyglots

[@richardrhodes7299]

Hi Steve I love your videos and I absolutely love LingQ. I’ve been using it for over a year and I can’t help but tell everyone I know attempting to learn a language about it. I’m beyond thrilled that you guys finally added Catalan!!! Really would have helped me before going to Barcelona but now it gives me the ability to keep up with it while I’m back. Have you ever dabbled in Catalan before?? It’s a very very beautiful language

[@RM-ur2bs]

Hey guys, really hoping someone can give me some advice on this. Right now, I'm really trying to take this extra time on my hands to learn Japanese. If my plans go as expected I'll be heading to Japan later this year so I really want to improve before then. Should I just start an anki deck of the Kanji I come across from reading and listening?

[@michaelrespicio5683]

www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/ is what I used mainly jisho.org/ as a dictionary, but you can download rikaikun extension and helps a lot. That's a pretty big if things clear up before the time...but I want to ask though: whether it's just visiting or moving abroad, why Japan of all places?

[@ib3scope]

Pimsleur+Michel Thomas then move to Assimil, then to Glossika. Supplement this progression w/ Genki

[@ИванПетров-б1ч7о]

Mentoring is a great way of teaching if person is high motivated. But in real life we need do some simple actions with students in traditional way otherwise it doesn't work

[@charlesbolzan118]

Great discussion Steve. It would be also fun if you two had discussed on different languages as you did with Luca lampariello a few years ago

[@erikpavlusik6214]

Thank you for this interview Steve

[@Fsanchez2306]

BEST CROSSOVER EVER

[@casluhimibarra8863]

Steve what's happened with your hebrew?

[@Thelinguist]

On the back burner as I focus on Arabic and Persian.

[@michaelrespicio5683]

Given how much time he actually spent on it, left it and never really came back suggests saying Hebrew is "on the back burner" likely means he doesn't remember that much, probably not enough to carry a conversation for very long. Plus I believe he once said it himself to have forgotten most of Hebrew. Same can be said when he tried Vietnamese. Doesn't matter how much he tried or for how long, came away only knowing one word which he can't even pronounce properly. If he tries Vietnamese again, he's basically starting from scratch so I don't think it counts as being on the back burner

[@Mark-ko8sc]

What do you think about a degree in foreign languages literatures and linguistics ? Is it better to study economy or business instead even if it isn't your real passion tho ?

[@michaelrespicio5683]

As a college dropout, I'd say think long and hard about what you truly want to pursue in life. Formal education is expensive as you may know and most degrees are not worth it and will take you far more than 4 years to break-even. I prefer the word "learn" than "study" because if you study something in college, you're chasing 4+ years of classes and most of them you don't even need, and all that time is spent doing assignments and exams which don't help and only cause you stress, and you're basically paying to do just that and get judged for 4+ years. In schools, grades are a big deal and are treat them as the be-all-end-all. In the real world not so much. With the internet, you can literally learn basically anything you want and resources are easy to find. I found dozens of books on languages, business, economics, and marketing all in pdf format so it's fair game to read on browser or download. With self-education, you may not have a degree/certification, but something even better, which is expecially true in marketing: skills far dominate any degree or certification in this field. You stand out and are not like everyone who pursued the same degree in the same school. You have skills and knowledge custom-tailored to your interests and goals, and THAT is what's valuable, not the degree. As Jim Rohn once said "Formal education makes you a living, self-education makes you a fortune"

[@Re3iRtH]

I did chemistry then got my M.D. Then was board cerified in diagnostic radiology. It's my dream career. But let me tell you, having a job that pays well gives you the time and mental bandwidth to pursue other passions in life. DO NOT get into debt if there is no payoff.

[@prince223681]

I hoping we can work to putting Thai on Lingq 😀

[@lucashenriquedg3364]

yes!

[@michaelrespicio5683]

Thai is a great language but why stop there? Tagalog and Vietnamese too! More likely to have larger communities in your area compared to Thai speakers

[@tschewm1353]

A year ago or such, Steve had some problem with understanding the Russian word "зубрить" in a question of some Russian person. I met the English equivalent of that word today. It's "to bone up" ( greensdictofslang.com/entry/ypoplpq ): He could bone up the early chapters a bit and then drift round and try his convincing talk on me. (Indiscretions of Archie)

[@天竺-h9t]

看你的视频很有魅力，想请教一下如何学好英语，🙏

[@jamescook2412]

kàn nǐde ** hěn yǒu *lì, xiǎng qǐng jiāo yixià rú* xué hǎo yīngwǔ

[@mickwang9199]

其实方法你应该很清楚了，Steve一直在强调，多听多读，关键是你感不感兴趣。

[@thetakeover51]

yeee boii

[@mohamedmohie5638]

Good Anyone here polygot?

[@estrafalario5612]

19:00

[@maxhope7691]

nice

[@skillzilla111]

The amount of naivete in this video is mind boggling

[@johncates6215]

I would like to know more of your opinion, would you mind to have some discussion?

[@skillzilla111]

@@johncates6215 sure

[@internetstranger3686]

Why is it so naive then?

[@sharonoddlyenough]

I am also curious, what is naive about a couple experienced language learners talking?

[@skillzilla111]

@@sharonoddlyenough the covid stuff

[@keithteal7131]

this dude just wants to talk ,, he;s not teaching the language ,, are all of you for real

[@CaptainP75PCR]

Kieth, sorry but you missed Telegram #1. It explains how Language Learning is in transition and who really does the work of teaching now. You need to expand your reading on the subject. Try Stephen Krashen for starters.