033: Olly's Arabic teacher explains his progress

07/21/15 • 19 min

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In this episode, I interview my Arabic teacher Mona about how I made quick progress in my Arabic.

In this episode:

My progress compared to Mona's other students
In what ways I progressed
What techniques I use during the lesson

Here is a video of the conversation: https://youtu.be/TSsSO-JOcCA

Resources mentioned in today's episode:

Language Learning Foundations - my course for learning to speak a new language quickly, where you can find the full 1-hour interview
Mona's iTalki teacher profile
ArabicGlobal.com

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In this episode, I interview my Arabic teacher Mona about how I made quick progress in my Arabic.

In this episode:

My progress compared to Mona's other students
In what ways I progressed
What techniques I use during the lesson

Here is a video of the conversation: https://youtu.be/TSsSO-JOcCA

Resources mentioned in today's episode:

Language Learning Foundations - my course for learning to speak a new language quickly, where you can find the full 1-hour interview
Mona's iTalki teacher profile
ArabicGlobal.com

Start speaking today

Previous Episode

032: Single words or full sentences?

Sebastian asks: "Should I learn single words or complete phrases?"

In this episode:

The disadvantages of learning single words
Why learning vocabulary in complete phrases is so valuable
Where you take your vocabulary from

Resources mentioned in today's episode:

My recommended resource today is:

Make Words Stick video - my tutorial on using full sentences to memorise vocabulary

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Next Episode

034: How to learn tonal languages

Shane asks: "I'm learning Chinese and Thai. What's the best way to learn the tones, or tonal languages in general?"

In this episode:

How to approach learning tonal languages
Why top-down approaches beat bottom-up approaches for learning tones

How I approach learning a tonal language:

Make sure you understand the tones in the language you're learning
Start listening to recorded dialogues from your textbook every day
Work with a tutor right from the start, so you can practise speaking and get feedback
Write down new words and phrases with the tone indicated
Give yourself time to get used to it all!

[Tweet "You don't learn a language, you get used to it - Khatzumoto"]

Resources mentioned in today's episode:

Tone Pair Drills - a great article on the Sensible Chinese blog.

Olly speaking Cantonese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QRVpNbNzK8

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