#69 Sara Maria Hasbun on the Psychology of Language Learning

Language Hacking

English - September 27, 2021 12:20 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MB
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Sara Maria Hasbun, founder of Meridian Linguistics, shares about psycholinguistics, working in the language industry, and “extreme” language learning.

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Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

Choosing which language to learnLearning languages in diverse language familiesStudying psycholinguisticsDialect and accent in sign languagesLiving in different countries and learning the languagesDifferences between a polyglot and a linguistLearning a language with few resourcesWhy fluency doesn’t need to be the end goal for learning a languageDeciding when to learn a new language and when to focus on past languagesTechnology and languageBalancing entrepreneurship in languages with language learningUsing accountability systems for motivationRote learning and its benefitsCombatting the boring aspects of language learning with tricks and bribesLessons from living abroad“Extreme” language learning

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

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