the science behind
the science behind
second language acquisition
how humans learn second languages
how humans learn second languages
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Your Brain
Your Brain
Your Feelings
Your Feelings
Your Connections
Your Connections
Your Time
Your Time
coming soon: watch this 3 min video to dive a little deeper
just a few ingredients make all the magic happen
just a few ingredients make all the magic happen
Your cognitive engagement matters. If you're not cognitively challenged in your language learning experience you're not going to get very far.
Your cognitive engagement matters. If you're not cognitively challenged in your language learning experience you're not going to get very far.
So what are cognitive challenges and how do we engage with them?
Memorization
Noticing & Asking Questions
Problem Solving
Trying New Things Out
emotions count
emotions count
Your feelings matter. If you're not motivated what are you feeling?
Your feelings matter. If you're not motivated what are you feeling?
Research shows a strong correlation between motivation and language uptake. So how do we stay motivated?
Rooting in why you're learning and believing you can!
Engaging in content that is personally meaningful
Turning failures into successes
Tracking improvement and celebrating it!
coming soon: watch this 3 min video to dive a little deeper into motivation
coming soon: watch this 3 min video to learn more
people who share your interests
people who share your interests
Sustaining higher levels of cognitive and emotional engagement is hard when you don't have the right people to be in it with you.
Sustaining higher levels of cognitive and emotional engagement is hard when you don't have the right people to be in it with you.
So how do we get "the right people" to go on this journey with us?
Meet people in the community who come from the target culture
Use the language with people in your life who speak the language
Connect with content creators in the target language online #follow #subscribe
Invite native speakers who share your interests to do things in real life
Sound like a lot? That's why I'm here! Ready to start the journey?
time is relevant
time is relevant
Your time on task is essential to your success.
Your time on task is essential to your success.
Research shows a strong correlation between the time invested in and with the language and successful language acquisition. So what can we do to clock those hours?
Establish a routine and build "healthy habits" #languagelifestyle
Talk about your learning experience with others #supportcrew
Get organized and track your language data #workwithme
Track improvement and celebrating it!#staymotivated!
Shameless plug for my mentor Judy Liskin-Gasparro who pioneerd time on task research!
coming soon: watch this 3 min video to understand how and why time is relevant
Are you ready?
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