Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Improving Your Speaking Skills in English | Polyglot Advice

In this video, I interview a Canadian polyglot Steve Kaufmann, and together we discuss the questions of confidence while speaking English, memorizing new vocabulary, and improving your comprehension in a foreign language.

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0:00 How many languages does Steve speak?
4:20 Does Steve mix up languages?
5:10 Don't worry about speaking in English
7:30 Focus on the input
12:00 Is writing in English effective?
15:00 Steve's everyday language learning routine
20:00 Why should you learn foreign languages?

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[Thelinguist]

Thank you for having me, Veronika. It was a pleasure speaking with you.

[compashinpei]

He is a legend. His Japanese is incredibly well. Better than my grandma, who is Japanese. lol

[dtn]

As a native English speaker, I want to say to anyone learning English, that Steve and Veronika are 100% correct: you shouldn't worry at all about being able to speak 'perfect' english (even native english speakers make grammatical and spelling mistakes). Many English speakers really enjoy the opportunity to meet people from other countries that making small mistakes is hardly a problem at all. And besides, it is impressive to hear that someone has come such a long way in learning another language, even if there are mistakes.

[jahaziel.castaneda]

I really enjoyed the interview with Steve, because it's so inspirational and what I really liked it's when he says that it doesn't matter if you commit some mistakes when you are speaking, the important thing is be able to communicate with others.

[pepsicolla]

I love when Steve said that you gotta enjoy and a happy brain is learning. This perspective is so refreshing

[alonsocastaneda]

This video is great, today learned, that you don't fiel like worry, stressed or bored, because you dont have to speak any lenguage perfectly, the point is that you can understand the lenguage and that the people will be able to understand to you.

[calculusyou]

This teacher inspires people who are preparing their skills.

[boulfousnada]

Dear Veronika, your collaboration with Steve is one of the best things you did . It's just added a new flavour to your channel and your content over all.
Steve is amazing .His pieces of advice are fabulous and definitely useful for every language learners.
Thanks a lot .
Regards,
Ms. Nada Boulfous

[helialak]

Hi Veronika...I learn English by myself and whenever I see your videos, I feel so good... I'm from Iran and I'm extremely happy when I hear someone wants to learn
Persian....

[msvcpdll]

i remember i watched him about 8 months ago and I didn't understand 99% of what he says and now it's the other way around lol that's so enjoying

[alvaroeliseoguerrero]

I am learning english with your videos..amazing..

[regilenemariano]

I've been studying English alone since February this year! Now I am loving learning Deutsche. It's a very special language. I know a little french and i'll study more about it next year, i love read books in french. Its my skill in this language! Kkk Quando você começa a estudar idiomas, não da vontade de parar! Dankeschön por essa interview.

[ernestorevollar]

Learning languages is the world's greatest privilege that we might have. I admire how great, wise and good Steve Kauffman and you Veronika are. Learning a new language requires a lot of effort, cleverness, discipline, motivation, encouragement, time and above all practice. It's absolutely a huge passion to developing our personality even further. Polyglots are fantastic into our society because they're learning multiple languages to surprise anyone in the world. In my case, I'm fairly interested in language learning because I think it is becoming a big passion for me. I'm really used to the English language because it's everywhere, English is the undisputed global language nowadays and I love it. Making mistakes when speaking English and making a few spelling mistakes doesn't matter because we all make mistakes all the time when learning any language. There will always be several mistakes in our path to the fluency because they're part of the learning process and we can always learn from our own mistakes to improve our language skills and relationships. I think it's time to change the current perspective we have about how changing the world is by ourselves. Lastly, my target languages aside from English and Spanish are: French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian. It sounds breathtaking and interesting, right? I know perfectly well that it'll take a long time to do so. It will be worth it, though. Wonderful ❤❤❤ !!!

[marianavgz]

Amazing, loved it! This is what I needed it!

[sasansafari]

Frankly, i m not worried about my rate of improving in English because i know that learning a new language is a marathon not a sprint, so be patient and consistent in what you do day after day

[сергейсергеев-ъог]

It is very useful lesson for me. I have recently started to learn English. It is not simple. But I hope that I can do it and don’t give up.

[boulfousnada]

The interview was absolutely amazing.
Congratulations 🥳 dear Veronika .
It was a real success

[chadbailey]

Love Steve. Always happy to see you two converse! 👍🏾 Interview Lindie Botes! You can speak to her in some of your languages— She speaks French and Chinese. But if you do, please add English subtitles 🙏🏾

[safouenglish]

Hey buddy! I come from United States 🇺🇸 of America! Well l just wanna tell you that’s your English! It’s so Cool and Perfect 👌 WOW Glad to hear that ! You are Amazing Veronika ! Keep going buddy!

[pepsicolla]

This interview is such a goldmine of great advice 😍 love it