#35 Richard Simcott on Being a World Famous Polyglot

Language Hacking

English - February 01, 2021 12:00 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MB
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In this episode, we talk to renowned polyglot Richard Simcott about learning languages at university, raising a multilingual child, and finding motivation to learn languages through human connection.

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Mentioned in this Episode

Polyglot Conference Richard’s Polyglot Video Korean Script Hacking Assimil Teach Yourself Complete Korean Michel Thomas Go Billy Korean TTMIK italki Richard Simcott Richard’s Youtube Richard’s Twitter Richard’s Instagram Richard’s Facebook

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

Studying language at universitySecrets to working on more than one language at a timeHow to maintain languages with anchor languagesReactivating, improving and learning languagesFinding motivation to learn languages through human connectionUploading videos and becoming a part of the polyglot communityThe origins of the Polyglot Conference and shifting to the online spaceWhat language learning resources and methods Richard Simcott usesHow Richard is learning Korean with his daughterCriteria for choosing a language tutorRaising multilingual children

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

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