Interestingly, many of those principles are a direct import from the communicative method of learning languages (more info here). But still he makes a good point:
Because his delivery is rather chaotic, here's the summary of his main points:
5 Principles:
- Attention-Meaning-Relevance-Memory (make it relevant to you)
- Tools (use your language as a tool every day)
- Understand the message (focus on comprehension, not grammar)
- Physiology (hear the sounds, make the sounds)
- Be happy (because if you're not, you won't learn)
7 Actions:
- Listen a lot (expose yourself to the language)
- Get the meaning first (use body language, context, guessing)
- Start Mixing (go out there and be creative)
- Focus on the core (focus on the most frequently used words)
- Get a Language Parent (someone who understands and communicates with you)
- Copy the face (pay attention to how people speak)
- Connect words to mental images (it's just more efficient)
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