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Sep 2020
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377: Dangerous developments & naked trut...

OLLY RICHARDS
About this episode

In This Episode:

Olly speaks with Lamont, the host of the Days of French & Swedish YouTube channel. 

Here's what you'll learn:

  • Are you doomed to failure if you're starting learning languages late in life?
  • What is Comprehensible Input and why does it matter?
  • The ONE thing no-one thinks about that determines if you'll be successful at languages or not
  • What are 'first world problems' in language learning?
  • The single most dangerous development in our industry
  • What's the point of people (like me) doing language projects on YouTube?

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