#70 Herr Professor on How Engineers Approach Language Learning
Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy talk to Manuel of “Herr Professor” about growing up multilingual, teaching German, and how engineers approach language learning.
Language & Travel Hacking · Fluent in 3 Months
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Show Notes
In this episode of the Language Hacking Podcast, Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy talk to Manuel of “Herr Professor” about growing up multilingual, teaching German, and how engineers approach language learning.
Featured Resources
Mentioned in this Episode
- Tiny Habits
- Stephen Krashen’s Comprehensible Input
- Herr Professor
- Herr Professor Courses
- Herr Professor Podcast
- James Asher’s Total Physical Response
Episode Overview
Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:
- How Manuel used his technical background to learn new languages
- How to turn language input into output
- Why speaking is one of the biggest challenges for language learners
- What makes input useful and how to avoid passive listening
- What to do when you have trouble focusing on your language learning tools
- How to find compelling, comprehensible input at your language level
- Why building habits is so important in language learning
- The importance of being able to drop things that don’t work and focus on the things that do
Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy
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