Languageboost Podcast

How much time do you need to learn a new language? Is it reasonable to expect to learn a new language in three months? This, of course, depends on a number of factors. In today's episode, Jan talks to Olly Richards (from I Will Teach You a Language)to discover which method he used in order to learn Italian in three months.

Have you been wondering how much time you should be spending every day learning your target language if you want to see fast results? Yes? Then, our latest podcast episode is for you! Join Jan as he talks about how long you need to study if you want to see fast progress.

If you've tried to learn a foreign language, you experienced first hand how much work and effort goes into learning and speaking a language. You have also probably run into a lot of YouTube videos of people speaking multiple languages. The question is - are these people fake? Can one person really manage to learn and NOT FORGET multiple languages? This is the question we answer in today's episode so check it out!

So, do you need the talent to learn a foreign language or to become a polyglot? This is the question that we answer in today's episode!

In this episode, Jan shares his experience of learning Chinese and shares his tips and methods on how to learn a new language from scratch. This is a fragment of an interview that Jan did with Lýdia Machová for one of her video courses.

We all use our ways, means, and methods when trying to memorize vocabulary or different aspects of the language we are learning. But, sometimes, we feel like our memory is simply terrible! Listen to our latest episode in which Lucas shares his view on the matter and offers three bio-hacking principles that can help you improve your memory!

Has it happened to you that you invested so much time to learn a foreign language, but after maybe years of not using it, you lost a lot of what you have learned? This is a common problem for all of us. In this episode, our guest Lydia and Jan discuss methods that help us to NOT forget the language we have learned.

Do you easily forget words that you've spent a lot of time memorizing? Or maybe some vocabulary is really hard to memorize altogether? Listen to our latest episode in which Jan shares four scientifically proven tips on how to improve your memorization. Since memorizing vocabulary is a crucial part of language learning, there are ways we can help our brain remember words better.

Have you wondered what is the FASTEST way you can get to a conversational level? Maybe you spend days and days learning words but you struggle with making sentences of your own. In this episode, Jan talks about the POWER of making combinations with the words that you already know. You might be surprised just how many sentences or phrases you can come up with, with just a few words!

In today's episode, we're not going to strictly talk about language learning, but we want to introduce a polyglot Lýdia Machová who has been a successful language mentor. Listen to Jan and Lýdia talk about language mentoring and reasons behind Lýdia's decision to leave her career as an interpreter for a career in language mentoring.

So, you keep learning the vocabulary of your target language, but you constantly forget the words you've learned. We've all been there and it's very frustrating! In this episode, Jan talks about how our mind works and how it remembers situations, concepts, and words and explains how you can use that in order to remember the vocabulary better and for longer.

In this episode, Jan talks about different strategies you can use in order to enhance your language learning and get closer to understanding native speakers.

In this episode, Jan and Lucas Van Vyve discuss the method of "chunking" as a great way to learn languages.

It today's episode, Jan talks about the 'Magical 2,5%' of vocabulary that you need in order to reach a conversational level as a beginner.

In this episode, Jan discuses that talent is not the most important ingredient to become good in learning languages. What do you think it is? Listen to find out!

In this episode, Jan explains the three stages of acquiring any new skill and how these can be applied to learning a new language.

In this episode, Jan shares how a single girl and his experience of the Chinese culture have forever changed the way he learns foreign languages.

Every week Lucas from LanguageBoost will be answering your questions about language learning. James from Australia asked - How and when do you tackle grammar in a foreign language? In this episode, Lucas explains the best way to learn grammar without actually studying it.

When you just start learning something new, you know that you’re going to be bad at it. Learning only becomes fun after you reach a certain level. Some call it the ‘’frustration barrier’’. In this podcast, we talk about how to break the frustration barrier at the very beginning and excel in your language learning.

Join us in today's podcast as Jan talks about all the reasons why learning a new language is a good idea and shares with you how learning French has changed his life!