Hi, my name is Steve Kaufmann. I have achieved varying degrees of fluency in 16 languages, and look forward to learning more. This slide will help you have a better understanding of the language learning principle. Visit my blog for more tips, advice, and motivation. http://blog.thelinguist.com/ And learn languages like I do at: www.lingq.com

1. The
TAOof language learning
.com

2. If you
are
A
L E A R N I N G
L A N G U A G E
listen to it, observe it, quietly, until you notice the
patterns, phrases and words.

3. Language is like a forest,
with trees, branches and
leaves. These are the
patterns, phrases and
words of the language.

4. If you are in a forest, stop to
hear the branches move,
listen to the rustling of the
leaves, and observe them,
quietly.

5. ABSORBT H E L A N G U A G E
E S S E N C E
STREETWEAR
R H Y T H M F L O W
F E E L I T S

6. TEACHERS
Y O U D O N O T N E E D T O
R E L Y O N
Y O U R E X P E R I E N C E S A S A
L E A R N E R W I L L T E A C H Y O U A L L
Y O U N E E D T O K N O W .

7. SPEAK
B E F O R E Y O U C A N
Y O U M U S T L I S T E N , A N D Y O U
M U S T L I S T E N A L O T , W I T H O U T
R E S I S T I N G .

8. Language
WE ARE JUST VISITORS.
WE SHOULD BE HUMBLE.
WE ARE
SMALL COMPARED TO
THE FOREST, AND SMALL
COMPARED TO THE

9. Donotseektomasterthe
language.Donotfightthe
languageoritwilldefeatyou.If
youdevoteyourselftothe
language,youwillberewarded.

10. Goal
IF YOU HURRY, YOU WILL BE
DELAYED. IF YOU TARRY
YOU WILL REACH YOUR
YOU WILL KNOW WHEN
YOU ARE READY TO SPEAK.
THERE IS NO NEED TO RUSH.

11. IF YOU ARE IN A
HURRY TO
SPEAK
A FEW DAYS WILL SEEM TOO LONG.

12. IF YOU RESPECT THE LANGUAGE,
TOO SHORT.
THREE YEARS CAN BE

13. are ready.
YOU WILL KNOW WHEN YOU ARE
READY. THE LANGUAGE WILL
DO NOT TRY TO SPEAK UNTIL YOU
tell you.

14. W H E N Y O U S P E A K , T A K E P R I D E I N T H E
L A N G U A G E A N D J U S T L E T I T C O M E
O U T . T H E F E W E R A M B I T I O N S A N D
F E A R S Y O U H A V E , T H E S O O N E R
YOU WILL
LEARN.

15. everywhere.
Whatever language
you are learning, it is
You can find it without
going outside your
door.

16. wherever
You can bring your
language with you
you are.

17. F
O
R
G
E
T
WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU
CAME FROM,
THE LANGUAGE DOES NOT CARE.
LET THE LANGUAGE SINK INTO
YOUR MIND, IN ALL OF ITS
VARIETY AND RICHNESS.

18. @lingosteve

19. www.lingq.com