Passionately Wrong Podcast
We've all encountered people who are passionate about their views. Often, it seems they are just as passionately wrong. If we’re honest with ourselves, I think we’d all agree that sometimes we are among those passionately wrong people. How can we recognize when we’re wrong? And then what do we do? More importantly, how can a former Green Beret and a former S&P 500 General Counsel help? This is the Passionately Wrong Podcast, where we challenge your assumptions, offer different perspectives, and hopefully help you make better decisions. We'll discuss various topics from work, fitness, the military, and living overseas, but whatever we talk about, you can be sure that we will try and give a balanced view and not be passionately wrong.
Passionately Wrong Podcast
E015: Is it Important to Learn Languages?
Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E015
Is It Important to Learn Languages?
Key takeaway: There is no doubt that people who learn one or more languages will tell you it helps them personally and professionally. And while learning a language is something that anyone can do, that doesn’t mean it comes easily. Your intention (your goal) and your effort (your methods) make the difference. Randy makes a case for immersing yourself in a language, while James raises some doubts and questions.
Topics covered in this video:
- Learning a language as a child versus learning it in adulthood
- How long can it take until you feel fluent, and until natives think the same
- Should the rest of the world adapt itself to Americans and learn English?
- Learning a language helps you understand a country’s culture and have better interactions with its people
- Does learning a language require some innate skill or talent or can anyone do it?
- Immersion definitely helps everyone. Attitude seems to make a big difference.
- Are you willing to be uncomfortable and embarrassed?
- Surviving a vacation versus living in a country requires different levels of proficiency
- Why not simply rely on Google Translate
- How long it takes before a second language becomes second nature
- For English speakers, why Spanish and French are such great additional languages
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