834. The best way to learn a language according to research (Article) 

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Hi Luke. I started learning English by myself when I was 30 years old. At the beginning, I studied grammar, and small readings. Latter, when the audiobooks came out, I started listening to them and I'm still doing it. I have been learning it for fun. I speak Spanish and have learned portuguese. As in English, I have used the same method for learning Portuguese. Currently, I'm 71 years old, and I have been learning French for 3 years now. Since the arrival of the internet, the learning of a foreign language has became easier because I can use all the resources such as postscast, like yours which are very interesting, and I appreciate them a lot. Also audiobooks, music, news reports, among many others. In my opinion and according to my experience, I can say that listening and repeating have played an important part in my learning of the foreign languages. Currently, I enjoy reading English, Portuguese, Spanish and French literatura. I believe there's no age to learn.

I.m 58years old south korean. I stoped learning English 30years ago. But l always had have wish to learning English. I luckily met your podcast two weeks ago. And then i have enjojed listening to your podcast day and night. It.s likely to meet God to me. Thank you so much.^^

Luke's English podcast deserve more than 1M subscriber. I always recommend Luke's English podcast to my friends who wants to learn English.

I learn whole sentences saying them aloud. 5 days - 300 repetitions per day at least. Later I don't need to translate. I know the meaning of words straight away like in my native language. And also I remember the meaning longer than by learning separate words. This method is called: chunking. It was a real game changer in my learning process and communication skills in English and other languages.😊

In my opinion, listening to Luke's English Podcast and applying his valuable advice to improve your English proficiency is one of the most effective ways to language learning.

Summary was generated by Summatim, let us know if there are any inaccuracies! 🤖 0:01: Introduction to the episode 0:49: Importance of finding a method that works for you 2:24: Introduction to the article 5:36: Steve Kaufman's approach to language learning 6:08: Different methods that work for different people 8:36: Introduction to the article on the best way to learn a language 9:05: Discussion questions on language learning 10:08: Differences between first and second language learning 9:09: Having a knack for learning languages 14:32: Some people are naturally good at learning languages 15:36: Motivation and attitude play a role in language learning 18:00: Age can affect language learning 19:14: Learning styles can impact language learning 21:53: Conscious attention and immersion in language learning 25:08: First language influences second language learning 28:57: Effective language learning strategies 29:31: Definition of everyday language learner 31:28: Adapting English for different situations 30:59: Using English effectively 32:21: Using English in different places 32:38: Using English for different actions 33:03: Challenges in second language acquisition research 34:14: Practical insights from SLA research 40:16: Definition of language learning strategy 38:27: Concrete strategies for language learning 42:38: Three-point approach for effective language learning 44:00: Learning the language in context 46:38: Language learning should be done in context 48:58: Language learning should involve using the language for specific purposes 52:27: Language learning should involve face-to-face interaction 56:42: Daily practice and self-research are important in language learning 58:35: Setting realistic language learning goals 1:01:24: Importance of adapting English for different situations 1:05:01: Finding a method that works for you 1:08:18: Developing intuition and experimenting 1:10:30: Language learning is complex 1:13:00: Expanding perspective and understanding diversity 1:13:40: Maintaining sensitivity to insights and intuitions 1:16:25: Experimenting with different methods of practicing 1:16:37: Asking for feedback 1:16:56: Promoting the podcast 1:17:56: Premium episodes 1:18:14: Becoming a stakeholder 1:16:52: Closing remarks

I've end up being among those the blessed who have a knack for learning a language. I finished school with a poor A2 level and returned back to studying almost at 40. Being passionate about this global language, I've managed to successfully complete courses B1,B2 and confirmed the level by IELTS EXAM. Of course, age matters, memory doesn't work like it used to work in my 20 s, yet learning new things are immensely rewarding. Owing to knowing English I've altered my career dramatically and become a teacher of English, possessing freedom of working from home and being in a high demand. Good luck with everyone's language journey. Greetings from Ukraine. 💙💛

I remember being 'greedy' in my language learning journey. There was always not enough for me, I was looking for more ways and resources to help me to be better at English. I remember reading fiction books in English and looking for someone I could talk to. There were no apps at the time like today where you could easily find English speaking friends but I did find a website and it was so incredibly interesting to chat with people around the world. So, the most important thing in your learning is that what you do must be something you can hook on, so this way it's easier to turn anything into a regular habit.

Thank you Luke for your English podcast which really helps me a lot. I started learning English when I was 7, but still struggle with pronunciation and fluency. I love the way Luke explain the sentence that makes learners understand the articles or stories more easily! I'll absolutely recommend your channel to my friends!

Hi Luke, greating from Somalia I'm actually a new subscriber on this channel and I will stick with your Chanel until I become a better speaker. English language.. I'm gonna beat around the corner, you're a great teacher that I have been looking for almost a year and and now I finally found you. I will share the link some of my friends who are really serious in learning English language they will be here in no time. Thank you so much for your services.

So many good English Teacher on line ,thank you for everything you do.

I started to learn English when I was 50 years old, and I really It's one of my favourite things for almost 20 years , maybe and can't do It pretty well, but I still love It as mucho as I did when I started learning It 20 years ago, It hasn' been easy at allí, I may be forgetting It , but I think I won' t give up, in spite I can Talk to anybody in English, just throut the netbor reading books, and this is the first podcast in RU-vid I really like, most of them are bad, boring, too short, you can just realice they try to buy you something, or to have a lot of followers. You're the best one by fast, so far, I wish I could speak it aloud or out loud, and that os not posible as I can't t do It at home because my husband hates It, perhaps I usually may do it really bad. I' m finally have found your podcast and enjoy It quite a lot. Thank you very much, in my view you're the best I have found so far. Please don't give up. 🙏🙏💜📚🆙🔝😀😃💜

Hello Luke, Thank you for the great podcast. It helps me a lot improve my English especially for my listening skill. In my opinion, finding the best way to learn is extremely difficult. However, immersion myself in English through podcasts will be a quite good way to learn English. Everyone, go for it!! We can make it!! Thanks from Japan :D

Я слушал твои поткасты . с 2020 года со времен карантинов . не разу не жалею спасибо за твои старания. Лук.

i speak intermediate turkish, intermediate english and advanced german. i enjoy learning languages. that is not an agony for me. i listened to many of your podcasts now. you are a true language expert luke! the way how you teach is impressive. the way how you play with words and sentences. the way how you read stories and how you put vocabulary under the microscope is also very skilful. i am preparing for the C1 cambridge certificate since three weeks. this channel is a massive support for reaching this goal. 😎

Luke excellent work indeed. When i was studying in Italy, i had to learn italian for the exams, for everyday routine communication and for socializing as well. Unlike my countrymen, i made italian friends and had a girlfriend too. The result? Approximately three years after (1975), on a bus in Greece, i caught myself speaking to the collector in italian without acknowledging it, but for the surprised face of his. "Un biglieto per favore". In 1994, i went to Rimini for vacations. For the last 18 years i lived in Greece, and hadn't visited Italy ever since nor spoken italian to anyone but rarely. In a bar in Rimini i had a conversation with an attendant there, who told me that i was from south Italy. Until this day that language has definitely stuck in my head, so as much that my wife, who has studied there too, but for only two years, every now and then asks me the meaning of an italian word (she is Eros Ramazzotti's fan) and in most cases there it is its meaning. Long story short: As you say repeatedly, 'Language acquisition is something that it is done for the most part.' It needs strong motivation too. Be well, and your Lepsters too. i am also one of them. Bye.

Very interesting. I would add one more skill to the usual four that are: reading, writing, listening and speaking. The fifth skill, to my opinion, is thinking. When you have trained your brain to work according to a 2L vocabulary, grammar and proper wording/phrasing, you can express yourself. Expressing oneself is basically "speaking out". What can one speak out if there is nothing in? So to me, learning a language is an ongoing process of building another inner world through - that sounds absolutely right - interaction with other people, their feelings, opinions, interests and knowledge. When you speak a second language, you don't just change your old clothes for new ones, I mean you don't put new words on the same ideas you're made of. New words are the very threads your new ideas are woven into. They are the new way you see a new world while becoming a new person, while adding new perspective to your entire worldview.

What works better for me is the comprehensive input and the SRS. 🙌🏼 Anyway, thanks a million for this podcast, Lucke!!! 🙏🏻

Hi Luke I enjoy to follow you, I'm 63 old years,I started to learn English by myself,I think I'm doing well,now I can learn listening, I still have a deficult to understand the movies ,I use the subtitles. But I can easily to follow you,and catching what you said,thanks

The way I study English is comprehensible input, find the favorite topics in RU-vid and keep watch it for 1 hour everyday, then I would talk to my self in English to draw a conclusion of the contents of video. I can totally understand the contents of Luke's English Podcast, though my English is not good enough. 🥲Thank you so much Luke and I hope I could see more videos about language learning.

Your Podcast make me happy. Im 80 live in Thailand all my friends coming from english spoken countries . When we meet us the discussion is very exhaustive they speaking so tough. Sometimes i have the impression i don't have any knowledge of English. Now i watch your Podcast and I'm Abel to follow the stories almost 100 % that give me the motivation to continue. THANK YOU

Hi Luke, you're a great teacher, my mentor I would say. Thank you so much, I can't tell you how grateful I am to have you here on You tube. Your podcasts are a goldmine really. What works for me is immersion and a maximum exposure to the language with podcasts, music, series, books and of course through the interaction with people. In the place I live, we have what we call "le café polyglotte" where we can meet native or non native people to have rambling conversations in English but also in Spanish or Italian or even Russian sometimes. First and foremost I would say that what matters most is to have fun with the language you learn, keeping in mind that this is a bit like changing one's identity, as if acting on stage... How enthralling! Learning a language is a never ending story and humility is also the key word even when you have reached a seemingly good level. Can't wait to listen to your next podcast 😊

Hello, Luke and thanks again! It was a very interesting article, indeed! Allow me to say that the only mind who could help us is one like yours because of your culture, knowledge, thoughts and feelings. I think that the process of learning a second language never ends and that is what makes it fascinating! My best wishes to you from Argentina.

Hello! Thanks for this new episode, Luke! Your personal view on the best way of learning a language absolutely resonates with my idea on this issue. I guess there is no universal method everyone can apply in order to become fluent in L2. I mean, of course, any regular language practice is helpful in language learning. The thing is we can't practise regularly for a long time(and language learning is a lifelong journey) if we are not enjoying the process that's why every learner should work out their own approach to learning which will appeal to them.

I appreciate your clear pronunciation. It is great. Most of non native learners find them difficulties to get understand the native English teachers are pronunciation. But you are completely different. Your pronunciation is very, very clear .l love it that my main reason to lessening to you . Thank you very much.

The approach now I am using involves shadowing the whole episode (sometime just half of it), for those which I personally find intrigue me the most (for example the conversation with Amber and Paul, or when Luck talks on his own). I would shadow it first without any subtitles, in this way, some words could be pronounced without knowing the meaning, but I would guess and feel it in context and infer the possible meaning by looking at their facial expressions and so on. After this, I would go back and turn on the subtitle, looking up the words that I have noticed, then check the meaning IN ENGLISH rather than in my first language. I find this is extremely help for me as it allows me to try my best to keep up the normal native speaker's talking speed and get a sense of how they connect words together in sentences.

In the beggining I could not understand many words. But now it fix much better. Good work mainly because you read text with us. May God bless you. Thanks.

Hi Luke, I really appreciate your comments about the article. This podcast helps me improve my listening skills. Thank you so much!

I think that the influence of our native language over the L2 language is due to our encyclopedical knowledge, and it helps us to compare and recognise the meaning of the words about the foreign language we are learning because we have already got an idea about the world.

The best way to learn English is with you , you're the best teacher ever.

How I learn English is only to listen Luke’s when English podcasts and its really help me 😊 Thanks you so much luck. And remember since you begin to listening your podcast, I did not undestand nothing. But today, I hear and undestood evry words you use. Thanks you a lot again. You are the best 🙏🏾

A Great and very helpful Video.. As usual. Learning another language is definitely tough, not doubt about that. In my case, learning English has always been.. Listening, reading and sometimes writing. Not many opportunities to speak but the English which I've learnt it is very fresh on my mind.. Because I'm always listening.. After all, babies and toddlers just learn any language listening to the adults around. Enjoy your week and Greetings from Spain 🏖️🏖️🏖️

So instructive. Thank you Luke. And the one thing that is so important is 'Making Errors' when learning languages. In Contrastive Analysis, this aspect is comprehensively described.

Hi, Luke! Thank you very much for your videos. They are really interesting and instructive! I personally realise that my contemporary way of improving my English is doing shadowing technique with your podcasts. After several times of practice, I noticed that I could understand sb's speech better, speak more confidently. But then I gave it up and right now I would like to start doing that again, regularly.

I am 50 years, starting to learn english today after watching your podcast today. How lucky the present gen is, if they know about this facility and using for the advancement of their linguistic talent.

Ok, I am Brazilian, and I've been learning many different things with you. Thanks a lot!

Thanks Luke for the wonderful overview of the vast and "dramatic" story of learning a foreign language. Made me think again....

Thank you, Luke. You are the best teacher of English language 👍👍👍

Thank you so much Luke! It's great to hear something that I can truly relate in terms of SLA. Can't agree more that learning SL is a journey of discovering oneself.

Nice article, nice podcast!Thank You Luke !

Now I'm learning English and you on of the best who does my learning jorney easier and more effectiveness. Thank you much for doing it for us and spending time. It helps me a lot.

The article is quite complicated to understand but thanks to luke he elaborated the main point of the article, I hope you continue your podcast because it is a huge help for us as an English learner😊😊

I just want to be able to have fluent conversation without getting stuck, it really gets me frustrated, I now it is part of the process but sometimes I see no improvement so I stop studying. This podcast was very motivate to me

Thanks a lot for the video! It's really helpful and educational: so many new words! Your energy, clear pronunciation and explanations are great! 🎉

It was pleasure to listen to you:-) The article was quite difficult but your comments and explanations clear:-) thanks a lot:-) Great job! In my opinion and in a nutshell, people who can achieve language fluency enjoy the process of leraning a language and do it on a regular basis.

Hi Luke. I started learning English 5 months ago and i only start understanding native speakers like you but i really like your pronunciation. It helps me to improve my listening skills. Thank you and i wish you all the best. P. S. The best way to learn English it starts learning. Becouse a lots of people ask how to learn English but don't begin learning.

Really Luke, your podcast is one of the best ones cause here a lot of talking, new topics, interesting thoughts and tips you share

Luke, you're the best with your teaching and explaining things, and also with a great humor as well! 🥂

I love love love this podcast. Thank you!

Thank you Luke! your great british pronunciation, accent, explaining a difficult vocabulary are very informative!

Thanks so much for your valuable advices to give learners of English language

To be honest I started learning English at school. Studying english in primary school was easy. Mainly that was based on learning basic vocabulary and grammar. In middle school I had really good teacher who make I was having fun during english studying. Basically I was only doing things what we were doing at school. I was studying vocabulary, grammar rules and reading. One time when I visited United Kingdom and I had to spoke with english community I realised my spoking and listening skills are on the terrible level. I was disappointed. After over 9 years of english lessons in school I realised my english is not so good like my grades. I decided to change something with my english journey and I started listening podcasts like your channel and BBC learning english channel. I hope I'm gonna be on the B2 level soon. Sorry for my grammar fails :D

I have listened to Luke's English podcast while encoding data on the system and I reached where he said if he were a different podcast he would go like the 4secrets. Then I knew at this point is where I hit subscribe and notification bell. You good Luke

❤❤❤ Luke, I don't know why, but I almost completely understand everything you say. You have a wonderful voice timbre and excellent diction. But at the same time, I often do not understand what announcers say on American television, because I cannot separate the end of the previous word and the beginning of the next one.

You have been helping me so much with your podcast, thank you.

Dankeschön Luke. Noch eine erfolgreiche Folge von dir, die mir einiges erläutert hat 👍

Great advice and facts and figures, tips and tricks to learn a language. Good way to clear the people's illustrations that proficiency is not most important. The significant ways how to handle different situation and scenario in perfect way.no doubt its a long term goal and continue struggle to learn a language. LUKE english podcast is one of the best platform to learn upper of intermediate level. I began to learn the language with children's stories but when i got a full grip then i felt its bouring for me. I think gradually take a step to learn a language is best way.

Lukes voice is much clear listening and i like his method and valuable teaching as well. I have been listening him for over the year as a ielts candidte.

Hello, Luke, I appreciate your comments about the way to learn a language. I have just taken up to study myself. I began to choose the book "Love in time of cholera" written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I discovered the amazing way to learn by reading. Also, my favorite english songs have helped me to improve pronuntiation and fluency. Thanks in advance for sharing these fantastic ideas.

Luck, I think, your perfect english pronunciation and, of course, blue-eye charming help me to move forward and do everything for teaching. Thank you so much! You're the best❤ Hello from St.Petersburg🌞

Hi Luke. There are many different ways to learn English. For me personally I learnt English by studying everyday watching videos, podcasts like this, and study grammar every day for 8 hours sometimes 10 hours. Another method that works for me is by talking to native speakers constantly at work for example. Thank you for your video very captivating,

Thanks Luke, I learn so much with your podcast 👍🏾I enjoy

i would say you are the best and perfect english teacher i have ever met . thank you for all your podcast 🥰

Thank you Luke for another fascinated video tutorial

Thanks a lot for your fantastic podcasts ! I am from France !

This is one of the better posts that I have seen. Congratulations Luke, Eduardo from Uruguay

Thank you, Luke! Really enjoyed your story about Châtelet! Had similar feelings there😅

Thank you for your patience to teaching english

Great work!! Thanks for adding the subtitles, Pinyin, and English translation. Great way to learn while also getting insight into life in China! 在2016年我到西安去旅行。 有很多好的回忆

You have said it all. ❤ Thanks for your hard work and time.

Thank you for your lovely podcasts

Master Luke, it's a pleasure to hear you talking about my city Sao Paulo Brazil! Come to Brazil!

Thank you very much, Iuke for teaching your style is unique.

Thanks for going through this article with us. I need to catch up with the whole article but the summary looks fascinating - thanks for that AI! The conclusion I've come to with language learning is that everything works - every method, resource etc has the potential to work. I guess this comes back to the second point about finding a method that works for you as opposed to following the trends. Some people have even had great results with uncool methods like grammar-translation. Looking at the points though, I feel like language learning requires a lot of time, patience and effort and that's not the message that people want to hear!

Thank you so much for you free content, it has been usefull for my continuous learning. Regards from Colombia!

I am interested in language learning and what improved my english journey was read and listen at the same time. I am very visual and now my goal is learn more grammar. Thanks Luke for this episode.

First I want to say thank you Luce for this podcast, I like it😊 and about the best way to learn english or any other language on my opinion it's important to fell in love with a language by practicing speaking skill and 2 point to be perstent in your learning (spend 1 or 2 hours for learning language each day) and 3 pont connect your exprience with learning. I thing it's the best way to know second language. Thank you for podcast again😍

I know the best way to learn is practice. So thank you to share useful information.Anyway, I try to write comment in here.

Excellent presention! Thanks very much!

Really interesting episode. I learned a few before about the topics in the article in a subject at university. Thanks Luke ❤

Interesting thoughts, Luke. To my viewpoint, to effectively learn a second language, you have to ask yourself a few questions all along the learning process 1) Why do I need to speak another language? 2) Do I like learning it and why? 3) What resources and what methods do I know and make good use of? 4) What amount of available time can I muster and how? and 5) What support can I get from my family, friends and colleagues?

So beneficial, informative and encouriging content full of examples showing ways to learn how to be fluent in English thanks from bottom of my hearth🎉😊

Excelent issue and the way as you sent it for us. Thanks.

That was amazing! Thank you, Luke.

I know there are many other ways to learn alanguage and each person has your own way. Personaly I think I'm a very auditive person because my English is much better after I started listen to your Podcast . Thanks Teacher Luke.

I used to be a passive student, that is, I consumed information in English as much as I could, both reading and listening, but I realised that it was very, very difficult for me to reproduce, write and above all speak. It's very frustrating to understand a lot but speak little. Now my greatest effort is to speak and communicate as much as possible.

Hi, listening to your podcasts and speeches is as eating seeds. It could not be left. Really l cannot leave when l start your podcast. ❤

I really like your videos! it lets me regain the motivation to learn English again. Thanks!

Thank you Greatly for Your encouragement. . ( I am an ordinary teacher of school in Moldova who has never studied somewhere abroad , but from books.)

Hello Luke. I am a Vietnamese who has made efforts to speak English and French in a proper way of expressions. I am currently living in Los Angeles, California. My question today is that although I have lived in the USA for more than 20 years, somehow; I find the British accent in my daily conversation is more familiar to me; particularly it is easier for me to comprehend English speakers than American speakers; perhaps because of the intonation or the emphasis which the British use during conversation. I just do not know the reason. Some of my friends then ask me: "Hey man, you live in the US, and you have never lived in the UK; so why do you try to speak with an English accent?" My mother tongue is Vietnamese; French is my second language, and English is my third. I found your expressions, and your tone, truly appealing to me. I can hear Luke in a podcast for hours. Thank you so much Luke.

Thank you Luke!!! You have helped me a lot... 😊 i appreciate your help.

Luke, I like to learn languages as a hobby and I take it patiently and without rushing.

Hi! Your way of presenting things is great! Thanks!

It was a very interesting article, but in my vision of how we should learn a new language, above all we should do things that we enjoy and that make learning fun.

I find out that speaking and listening are the best practices that work with me And listening to you Thanks Luck

I love this episode so much by learning some incredible ideas unexpectedly of how to teach Chinese Mandarin 😅 Thank you, Luke!!

Great vídeo! It´s important to us know how to learn better!

Thank you, Luke, for your perfect English.

The punctuation issue around minute 36 became a lesson on its own about sentences structuring. Getting distracted but keeping an attentive attitude help us remain in track.