#111 Steve Kaufmann on the Evolution of LingQ

Steve Kaufmann, renowned polyglot and founder of LingQ rejoins
Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy to talk about the LingQ language
learning app, how intensive your language learning really needs
to be and more.


Featured Resources


LingQ



Patreon Extended Episode


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in the long-form episode:


The origin story behind LingQ

Steve’s philosophies and practices in motivation and habits

Steve’s 3 survival language resources

Steve’s ideal day of language learning

Advice to those experiencing the intermediate plateau

The importance of being active physically and comparisons
between sports and language

Feedback Benny and Shannon have received from language
learners



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Mentioned in this Episode


LingQ

Comprehensible Input

Steve’s YouTube

Steve’s Instagram

Steve’s Twitter

Steve’s website

Steve’s first episode on the Language Hacking Podcast



Episode Overview


Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:


LingQ and the journey to creating one of the most popular
language learning tools

How Steve’s son Mark went from hockey player to key player at
LingQ

How people read more than they may realize

Expanding LingQ from a reading and listening app to a tool
integrated with Youtube, Netflix and other platforms

New features in LingQ

How Steve’s own learning in LingQ has changed as new features
are added

Parallels between running a business and language learning

How Steve’s beliefs around the intensity of language learning
have changed

Why language learners need to be okay with uncertainty

How LingQ has impacted the lives of people all over the world



Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy