What Luca Lampariello thinks about language learning
Italian language coach who speaks more than ten languages and has been teaching people how to learn them since 2011. Best known for bidirectional translation, a method he built for himself and then taught to students.
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7 dated positions, 2020 to 2021, in their own words. Our reading of what Luca Lampariello has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThis is an important detail that often gets overlooked, because language learning is, first and foremost, about acquiring skills. About learning how to read, write, speak, and listen, along with all of the countless subskills that any competent language speaker has in his or her toolbox.
↗3 Steps for Effective Translation to Learn Any Languagelucalampariello.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsIn traditional classroom settings, the development of skills often gets overlooked in favor of facts. Facts in the form of conjugation tables, word lists, grammar explanations, the names of verb tenses, and so on. All of these things are related to language, but it’s important to realize that knowing these things has nothing to do with speaking and using a language productively.
↗3 Steps for Effective Translation to Learn Any Languagelucalampariello.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsafter 30 years of learning languages and 10 years of coaching people to do the same, I am 100% positive when I tell you that there is no absolute best and fastest way to learn a language.
↗The Only True Way to Learn a Languagelucalampariello.com 1st of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsWhile there is no absolute best and fastest way to learn a language, there definitely is a best and fastest way FOR YOU, personally, to learn a language. A method that is tailored to your likes and dislikes, your learning style, and your schedule.
↗The Only True Way to Learn a Languagelucalampariello.com 2nd of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsFor your health and sanity, do not force yourself to learn a language using a method you hate, no matter how good other people say it is. Trying to do so will only lead to disappointment, and ultimately burnout.
↗The Only True Way to Learn a Languagelucalampariello.com 3rd of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsIn general, people will stick with the learning strategy that they like best, not the one that everyone says is best.
↗The Only True Way to Learn a Languagelucalampariello.com 4th of 5 in this piece
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Our reading · no longer heldHis bidirectional translation method applies to every language he sets out to learn.
Recalls holdingWhen I first developed my Bidirectional Translation method, I applied it to each and every language I decided to learn.
SaidIn hindsight, what I should have done then was be flexible. I should have taken my Bidirectional Translation method and attempted to adapt it to better suit Japanese, rather than the other way around. Instead, I remained rigid and inflexible in my learning strategies, in terms of the resources I used and how I used them, and that’s why I failed.
↗The Only True Way to Learn a Languagelucalampariello.com 5th of 5 in this piece