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NTL 003: Language is a skill, We Need To Use It Not Explain It

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NTL 003: Language Is A Skill, We Need To Use It Not Explain It Jessica Schultz & Jon Roberts

Jess and Jon discuss daylight savings time, how tracking their time has surprised them and dig deep into Language learning with a conversation about how to think about learning pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar and the differences between these. They also talk about a Net Impact conference Jess attended and how to connect with interesting and like minded people after moving to a new city.

 

Links:

 

Daylights savings time:

Ireland - October 29

USA - November 5

 

Origins of daylight savings time

 

Books:

Cooked - Michael Pollan

Making it all work - David Allen

Coined - Kabir Seghal

 

Italki - affordable online language tutoring

 

Anki - customizable spaced repetition flashcards (Ankidroid, Ankimobile)

 

Declarative memory vs implicit memory (skills)

 

Book: Fluent Forever - Gabriel Wyner

 

Fluent Forever - additional language learning resources

 

Cases in German grammar

 

Tatoeba.org – native pronunciation and translation of thousands of sentences

 

Spanishdict - best Spanish/English online dictionary and reference

 

Knowing 2000 words allows understanding of +80% of spoken language

 

Net Impact - Helping people become agents of change and face major problems in society

 

Pimsleur - Audio based conversational language learning (not recommended)

 

Duolingo - Makes learning like a game but focuses on translation (not recommended)

 

Origins of Pimsleur Language Programs - 1969 Dr. Paul Pimsleur