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CreativeLive

Learn a Language

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Overview

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We all know learning a new language to be a daunting prospect. It’s hard to identify where to get started, what elements of speech to focus on, and how to get organized. The fear of making mistakes can be particularly crippling, preventing us from leaving our comfort zones and talking to native speakers.

Matthew Youlden is a world-wide famous polyglot from Babbel language. He speaks 14 different languages, and has the belief that these anxieties can be turned into a toolkit for learning a language quickly. Once we’ve placed aside the fear of failure, we can jump right into putting our new skills to the test - because conversations in a new language leads to fluency.

Join Matthew to develop a cohesive plan for learning your new language. 


In this class, you’ll learn:

Build a language learning foundation
Matthew believes that if you practice 10 minutes a day for a month you will be conversational in any language you want. Matthew Youlden of Babbel will teach you how to create a blueprint for learning, map your goals, and use your time effectively. He will give you a number of different tools to use to practice your language skills and give you the basics of pronunciation and having conversations. Matthew will show you how to build on established skills by practicing conversational language and acquiring an authentic accent. Also, with this class you get access to an amazing ""Language Workbook for Beginners"" designed by Matthew to help you start to learn the language of your choice which is in addition to the in-class excercises that help you put what you learn into practice.

Improve Your Language Skills Fast
Do you feel like you have plateaued in your language learning and need to take it to the next level? Matthew talks about strengthening your writing, grammar and syntax through language exercises. He will also teach you to enrich your language vocabulary through hands on and easy to implement techniques. He also gives some tips and trips for language fluency.When you purchase this class you get a specially desinged, ""Language Skills Workbook"" to help you take your language learning to the next level which is in addition to the in-class excercises that help you put what you learn into practice.

Raise Bilingual Children
Lastly, Matthew will touch on how to teach others a language and raise a young person to be bilingual. He will explain the benefits and reasons for raising someone bilingual and how to create and define roles for the bilingual environment. He will show you how to ensure and measure exposure to language by laying out a strategy for creating the most successful bilingual setting. 

Syllabus

  • Class Introduction
  • Determine Your Learning Type
  • Set Goals For Language Learning
  • Active vs. Passive Learning
  • Create Your Own Language Learning Schedule
  • Technique: Emphasize Similarities
  • Technique: Minimize Differences
  • Technique: Language Immersion
  • Work Learning Techniques into your Schedule
  • Commit to a Daily Routine
  • Celebrate your Achievements
  • Discover Your Language Alter Ego
  • Fundamentals of Pronunciation
  • Pronunciation: Get to Know Your Mouth
  • Playing with Tongue Twisters
  • Acquire a Native Rhythm
  • Alphabet and Writing Systems
  • Intro to Advanced Language Learning
  • Understand Advanced Writing Systems
  • Tackle Grammar
  • Grammar Exercise
  • Syntax: Get The Right Order
  • Acquire Vocabulary
  • Vocabulary: Recognize Rules & Patterns
  • Create Your Own Language World
  • Avoid Language Pitfalls
  • Techniques For Empowering Your Memory
  • Put Language into Practice: Speaking Fluently
  • Bilingual Class Introduction
  • Bilingual Home vs. Bilingual Setting
  • Bilingualism and the Child
  • Basics: Establish and Assign Roles
  • Measure Language Exposure
  • Creating Situations: Techniques For Bilingualism
  • Common Pitfalls for Bilingual Learning

Taught by

Matthew Youlden

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