Confidence comes when you are proficient at something. Confidence is also very important in the learning process. How does confidence improve your ability to learn language? Difficulty: Intermediate Category: Language …
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#300 Steve and Alex – Passive vs. Active Vocabulary (Part 2)
Do you know a word when you can recognize it, or do you have to be able to actively use it? What does it mean to really know a word, and is having a large active vocabulary as useful as having a large passive vocabulary? In this podcast, Steve and…
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#298 Steve and Alex – About World Leaders (Part 2)
Steve and Alex talk about various world leaders, including Vaclav Havel, Kim Jong Il, Dr. Martin Luther King and more. They discuss how these leaders came into power, why they became prominent and what they are known for. Difficulty: AdvancedCateg…
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#297 Steve and Alex – About World Leaders (Part 1)
Steve and Alex talk about various world leaders, including Vaclav Havel, Kim Jong Il, Dr. Martin Luther King and more. They discuss how these leaders came into power, why they became prominent and what they are known for. Difficulty: AdvancedCateg…
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Beginner #48 – Eating Out, Part 14
A simple dialogue which takes place in a restaurant. Part 14 of 14 episodes. It is a good idea to listen many times to each part. This story is available in other languages at LingQ. You can use these versions to provide a direct translation. Diff…
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Beginner #47 – English Eating Out, Part 13
A simple dialogue which takes place in a restaurant. Part 13 of 14 episodes. It is a good idea to listen many times to each part. This story is available in other languages at LingQ. You can use these versions to provide a direct translation. Diff…
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Beginner #45 – English Eating Out, Part 11
A simple dialogue which takes place in a restaurant. Part 11 of 14 episodes. It is a good idea to listen many times to each part. This story is available in other languages at LingQ. You can use these versions to provide a direct translation. Diff…
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#296 Steve and Alex – Motivation (Part 2)
Steve and Alex discuss the importance of motivation in learning a language, and how forcing people to learn a language often breeds poor results. Difficulty: IntermediateCategory: Language Duration: 11:02Click here to listen to Motivation (Part 2)…
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#294 Steve and Alex – Forgetting Languages
Steve and Alex talk about their experiences related to forgetting languages, and Alex shares about his new goal to learn French again. Difficulty: IntermediateCategory: Language Duration: 15:19Click here to listen to Forgetting Languages. Click he…
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#293 Steve and Alex – Starting from Scratch (Part 2)
Steve and Alex talk about good ways to start learning a language from scratch and share their experiences. Difficulty: IntermediateCategory: Language Duration: 12:10Click here to listen to Starting from Scratch (Part 2). Click here to see the full…
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