When Learning a Language DON’T Study the “Basics“

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: CC subtitles available in multiple languages. Some people say we need to “focus on the basics” when learning a language. However, we acquire various aspects of a language naturally, in an order that we don’t control. It is futile to try to master the basics, some of which will elude us for a long time. 0:00 I have never been able to “master the basics“ in a new language. 1:02 The Natural Order of Language Acquisition. 3:32 What to focus on instead of perfecting the basics. 7:01 The importance of de-emphasizing learning the “basics“. ___ Study a language on LingQ: Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: My Podcast: Soundcloud: Apple: Google: Spotify: Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: FREE grammar guides: Join the LingQ Discord server: My language learning blog on The Linguist: My Instagram page: My TikTok: @lingosteve The LingQ language learning blog: #languagelearning #languages #polyglot