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Episode 5: Do You Have What It Takes?

Posted on December 22, 2018January 5, 2019 by dave

What are some qualities that will help you with language study? Do you have to be a language nerd? Should you aspire for perfection? What do Rick and Dave think are helpful traits for language learning? If you answered “yes, I can!” to any of these questions, go back and read them again because your answer makes no sense.

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Show Notes

Here are some highlights if you’re in a hurry:

00:17   Rick provides an amazing fact about chickens

00:48   What qualities do you need in order to be a successful language learner?

00:58   Do you have to be a nerd to learn a language?

02:13   You need this quality (rhymes with “potivation”)

02:54   Fear of failure and perfectionism are the opposite of good

03:48   Did someone mention demotivation and demoralization? See links below

04:46   More shameless mention of the Language Learners’ Forum

05:49   Focus on these (rhymes with “lengths,” begins with “str”)  

07:53   Rick mocks Star Trek fans and assumes all non-nerds are actors (?)

08:19   Rick and Dave discuss their personal strengths

13:40   Genius Rick comes up with a characteristic that Dave just finished talking about

14:06   Summing up the characteristics we think language learners need (not mentioned: stealing Dave’s ideas)

15:35   Speaking of Setswana…..

20:43   A hint at next week’s topic

And links to some things we talked about

Language Learners’ Forum – Sign up and meet other language nerds!

Rick’s talk on demoralization and demotivation at the Polyglot Gathering 2018 (mainly in French)

http://lollygagging-podcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/The-Lollygagging-Podcast-Episode-004.mp3

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