Just as a forward none of these ideas were originally mine and my language learning philosophy has been scraped together from the many other and very useful (if you are into languages) language learning blogs about on the internet. So I'll quickly list them now
Fluent in 3 months with Benny
Benny is a polyglot (speaker of multiple languages) who subscribes to a speak from day 1 and speak as much as possible to learn and get better at languages. He can be a bit caustic to those who criticise or disagree with him but he has some really good stuff for motivation and about how to find opportunities to speak the language you are learning.
Steve Kaufman's the Linguist on language
Steve has a blog to but he more often posts videos on youtube these days. He subscribes to an input based approach which emphasises listening and reading (input) over speaking (output) to improve your ability. He also has a site you can go to to learn languages called www.lingq.com I don't really use it because the Chinese portion is all in simplified which I can't be bothered learning at the moment. But I do like the set up and idea of it. He also emphasises content made for native speakers (actual content) over textbooks and things made for learners. He speaks 10 or so languages.
Khatzumoto's all Japanese all the time
Khatzumoto also subscribes to an input over output philosophy with an emphasis on actual content as well as use of Spaced repitition Systems and trying to maximize the time you are either listening or reading so that you are absorbed in the language for the entire course of your waking day. He specializes in Japanese but has also recently added Cantonese to his repertoire. He has some great articles about motivation and making learning interesting.
antimoon
Kind of like the above but by Poles who learned English really well. Pretty interesting
Steven Krashen's youtube video
The original linguist and theorist who created the input hypothesis that many language bloggers base their learning philosophies on. Great video.
Hacking Chinese with Olle Linge
He doesn't ascribe to any particular philosophy as such and uses a take what works middle of the line approach. Absolutely recommended if you study Chinese.
Fluent in 3 months with Benny
Benny is a polyglot (speaker of multiple languages) who subscribes to a speak from day 1 and speak as much as possible to learn and get better at languages. He can be a bit caustic to those who criticise or disagree with him but he has some really good stuff for motivation and about how to find opportunities to speak the language you are learning.
Steve Kaufman's the Linguist on language
Steve has a blog to but he more often posts videos on youtube these days. He subscribes to an input based approach which emphasises listening and reading (input) over speaking (output) to improve your ability. He also has a site you can go to to learn languages called www.lingq.com I don't really use it because the Chinese portion is all in simplified which I can't be bothered learning at the moment. But I do like the set up and idea of it. He also emphasises content made for native speakers (actual content) over textbooks and things made for learners. He speaks 10 or so languages.
Khatzumoto's all Japanese all the time
Khatzumoto also subscribes to an input over output philosophy with an emphasis on actual content as well as use of Spaced repitition Systems and trying to maximize the time you are either listening or reading so that you are absorbed in the language for the entire course of your waking day. He specializes in Japanese but has also recently added Cantonese to his repertoire. He has some great articles about motivation and making learning interesting.
antimoon
Kind of like the above but by Poles who learned English really well. Pretty interesting
Steven Krashen's youtube video
The original linguist and theorist who created the input hypothesis that many language bloggers base their learning philosophies on. Great video.
Hacking Chinese with Olle Linge
He doesn't ascribe to any particular philosophy as such and uses a take what works middle of the line approach. Absolutely recommended if you study Chinese.
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