Why mindset is KEY to successful language learning

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Someone recently asked me to review Carol Dweck's "Mindset". In this video, I'll share my thoughts on the book, along with my own 6 tips for developing a successful language-learning mindset.

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0:00 Carol Dweck's "Mindset"
5:11 Key #1: Curiosity
5:39 Key #2: Confidence
6:07 Key #3: Perseverance
6:49 Key #4: Accepting uncertainty
7:36 Key #5: Visualization
8: 39 Key #6: Doing it for yourself
11:02 My takeaway

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[Thelinguist]

❓Have you read “Mindset”? What are your thoughts on it? Let me know in the comments!

[silvanavalenciacornejo]

I've been learning English for almost a decade, first on an institute and then on my own(I started when I was 13), I consider myself a B2, maybe C1 but due to my fear of making mistakes speaking or writing I never exposed myself to it. I decided this year was gonna be different and even if I make mistakes, I'll keep practicing.🎉

[danieljpen]

"You're learning for yourself "I adore that pal!

[Tehui]

I enjoyed hearing your story about interacting with the Romanian lady in Romanian, and how it motivated you to do a review session in the language. It reminded me of Laoshu's videos. I miss watching his interactions in public.

[samanthaweerathunga]

I don't have a one word to say, you are excellent a teacher!

[knuglear]

I've read the entire book. And she does mention that there isn't a clear divide between people that you say. She says people are usually both in different areas, and to different degrees.

[TenaciousTanaka]

I didn't learn anything new here but this was one of my favorite videos you've made. It reinforced what I believe and yes, it made my day. Thank you, Mr. Kaufmann.

[RetiredPolyglot]

He’s right, we should really visualise our success in language learning. And we should also learn with stories in our target language 🕊️🇬🇧🇩🇪🇫🇷🇪🇸

[Gabe-nozy]

So fresh and engaging! And reassuring that language learning can take time, have frustrations and mistakes and still bring happiness. So true about the store clerk. The Ukrainian woman at my local Costco always seems pleased when I greet and have a few words for her in her home language.

[Kratosz]

Hi Steve, I've been following you for a several months now, I just wanna say thank you for guiding me and pls keep on posting useful videos like this one. Good bless you.

[KnightofKnots]

I think one of the best lessons I took away when learning anything new is this quote " comparison is the theft of joy". Just enjoy the process and move forward.

[Andrew_Bell]

This film is genuinely insightful and inspiring - thank you, Steve.

[henriqueangelin]

I was a person who didn't believe I could learn a language, but I did it after I knew Steve and Gabriel Silva.

Now, I'm trying to learn French, but it's been difficult because I can't put English on the back burner. I'm so passionate about English that I can't go through an entire day without exposing myself to it.

I wish I had time to do both 😢

[ricardobellotoledo]

Gracias de nuevo, siempre lo escucho! 👍🏼🙏🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[daniel.bob_.]

Greetings from Romania.
You made my day.

[StillAliveAndKicking_]

I think you have completely misunderstood Dweck’s book. It’s not a light read, but it’s not shallow as you suggested, and it doesn’t say that we have a frozen mindset. She presents plenty of studies that show that people can be influenced to adopt a fixed or growth kindset, with a demonstrable impact on their ability to achieve a task. What she does say is that we tend to have a fixed or growth mindset which I assume comes from early influences, though I cannot remember details, I read the book a few years ago. The idea of a fixed mindset is that you think you have an innate talent, fixed from birth. Thus someone might think they are gifted at tennis. But when they meet a better player, who they cannot beat, they are more likely to give up because they conclude that their innate talent is not as high as they thought. Someone with a growth mindset simply says that they had met someone who had more experience and training, so they need to train more. This might seem obvious to some, but the idea of her book was to present numerous studies that are consistent with the theory. And she showed how parents and teachers could unwittingly induce fixed mindsets. Otherwise, excellent video.

[incomeguaranteed]

I really find this video motivational in my language learning pursuit. I think I got stuck in a certain phase which was referred as 'plateau' in the learning process and I failed to get a stronger 💪 motivation to regain my past enthusiasm. I feel that I do need the visualization process to keep me going and push myself a little harder. Thank you so much for sharing such valuable insights.

[alexdj]

Thanks Mr. Steven on your teaching mindset strategies for successful language learning

[mariano.tiberi]

By seeing the thumbnails, I believe Steve is slowly getting the youtuber spirit

[avihaisudai]

Pay attention that in the begining of her book she says that all of us are a mixture of both fixed and growth mindset, and that a person can be fixed mindset in one area of his life, and growth in another area.. and she does this division for the sake of simplicity and make her points more useful for the reader