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INTRO: Bienvenido a Amigos Learning Languages. Este es un podcast hecho por amigos, para amigos que aprenden lenguajes. Podr\\xe1s escuchar a nativos hablando de su cultura, experiencias y consejos. In addition, you will be able to listen to people who are already on this path of learning, and how they managed to get where they are. Enjoy this journey with us! JOFFRE: Hola, amigo Jon. Bienvenido a este episodio de Amigos Learning Languages. Muchas gracias por aceptar la invitaci\\xf3n. JON: My pleasure, Joffre. Glad to be here. JOFFRE: Gracias, amigo, \\xbfPodr\\xedas contarnos un poco tu experiencia en cuanto a aprender lenguajes? \\xbfQu\\xe9 has venido haciendo hasta esta fecha? Por favor. JOHN: Yeah, well. I\\u2019ve been interested in learning languages since I was kid. And I\\u2019ve been an Italki teacher for a couple of years, I\\u2019ve given over 400 lessons. And I ended up starting a language school in Mexico City, which I\\u2019ve now handed over to somebody else. And I\\u2019ve been developing a new method of learning language for over a decade. And I\\u2019ve published a book about that, too. JOFFRE: Es muy bueno tener personas que est\\xe1n muy inmiscuidas en el aprendizaje de un lenguaje y por eso te he hecho esta invitaci\\xf3n. \\xbfPodr\\xedas compartir con nuestros amigos tus consejos para aprender espa\\xf1ol e ingl\\xe9s? \\xbfCu\\xe1les crees que ser\\xedan los pasos que deber\\xedan dar las personas que aprenden un nuevo idioma? JOHN: Well, my theory is that it\\u2019s very important\\u2026 There are three major stages in learning a language. First stage, it\\u2019s very important to learn the basics of pronunciation so that you learn good habits and you do not develop bad habits, cause it\\u2019s very difficult to break later on. Around that stage, you might wanna learn a little bit of basic grammar as well. But generally, it\\u2019s becoming more widely accepted that a more vocabulary-based method tends to be more effective than focusing too much on grammar. So that\\u2019s why I talk about the second phase of language acquisition, which I would advocate learning a lot of vocabulary, especially through reading to begin with. Because you can learn vocabulary very quickly and at your own pace. And that\\u2019s what a lot of polyglots do, they use what I call \\u201cbrute force method\\u201d where they just read books that they\\u2019re interested in. And they\\u2019ll like, look up every word they don\\u2019t know, so they use an interest-based approach which is very good as well, because when you are interested in the content, you\\u2019re going to be that much more engaged in the learning. However, Stephen Krashen talks about how the language should also be comprehensible. And so that\'s kind of a challenge if you\'re reading adult level texts. So, I\'ve really focused my method on this second stage of basically taking adult level texts that might be interesting to adults, and making them comprehensible. So, getting the best of both worlds. The third stage would be some sort of immersion. So, in order to really learn a language for most people, you do have to immerse yourself at some point by going to a country that speaks it or engaging in a lot of conversations with native speakers online. But yeah, that\\u2019s my general advice. NO MORE SPACE HERE FREE COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT AT: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/joffre/ep18-three-steps-learning-new-language-john-knebel Free sample book at: http://creolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Stories-de-la-Jungle-Level-One.pdf