Benny Lewis
Polyglot; founded Fluent in 3 Months and argues for speaking from day one rather than waiting until you are ready.
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Speaking badly is not a failure on the way to speaking well; it is a stage that has to be passed through on purpose.
I learned a long time ago that speaking like “Tarzan” is an absolutely necessary stage to go through, so you get used to using the language in SOME way. You learn to get used to the embarrassment and get on with learning quicker.
fluentin3months.comby 12 Oct 2012This on korrents
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Speaking is learned only by speaking a lot; no amount of study substitutes for it.
The only way you will speak a language and make progress in speaking it faster and better is if you practise speaking it a lot.
fluentin3months.comby 3 Oct 2011This on korrents
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Speaking badly is not a failure on the way to speaking well; it is a stage that has to be passed through on purpose.
I learned a long time ago that speaking like “Tarzan” is an absolutely necessary stage to go through, so you get used to using the language in SOME way. You learn to get used to the embarrassment and get on with learning quicker.
Speaking a language badly: how to get over the ego problem by 12 Oct 2012
What stops people speaking a new language is not missing vocabulary; it is being unwilling to be heard sounding stupid.
Perfectionist and elitist learners will never accept being perceived as less than geniuses the entire time, so they will never expose themselves to sounding “stupid”, as they may perceive it.
Speaking a language badly: how to get over the ego problem by 12 Oct 2012
The hard part of speaking from the start is not the gaps in what you know but making peace with not knowing the simplest words.
But it's HARD to start this. NOT because of all the academic reasons of lack of vocabulary and grammar, but because you need to be cool with the fact that you are not going to know the simplest of words.
Speaking a language badly: how to get over the ego problem by 12 Oct 2012
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There is no threshold of vocabulary to cross before speaking begins; the change is a decision, not a level reached.
It's not like I passed some threshold of having enough words to get started speaking
Speaking a language badly: how to get over the ego problem by 12 Oct 2012
A teacher who does not insist on the target language is a bad teacher.
In my view, they are simply a BAD TEACHER if they don't encourage exclusive use of the target language.
Speaking a language badly: how to get over the ego problem by 12 Oct 2012
Speaking is learned only by speaking a lot; no amount of study substitutes for it.
The only way you will speak a language and make progress in speaking it faster and better is if you practise speaking it a lot.
The ONLY way to speak a language by 3 Oct 2011
Everything other than talking to a native speaker is auxiliary, and none of it will get you speaking on its own.
All auxiliary tasks can help move you in the right direction, but will not ultimately help you speak unless you find a native, put yourself in front of them and force yourself to start to communicate.
The ONLY way to speak a language by 3 Oct 2011
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