#70 Herr Professor on How Engineers Approach Language Learning

In this episode of the Language Hacking Podcast, Benny Lewis and
Shannon Kennedy talk to Manuel of “Herr Professor” about growing
up multilingual, teaching German, and how engineers approach
language learning.


Featured Resources


Herr Professor



Mentioned in this Episode


Tiny Habits

Stephen Krashen’s Comprehensible Input

Herr Professor

Herr Professor Courses

Herr Professor Podcast

James Asher’s Total Physical Response



Episode Overview


Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:


How Manuel used his technical background to learn new
languages

How to turn language input into output

Why speaking is one of the biggest challenges for language
learners

What makes input useful and how to avoid passive listening

What to do when you have trouble focusing on your language
learning tools

How to find compelling, comprehensible input at your language
level

Why building habits is so important in language learning

The importance of being able to drop things that don’t work
and focus on the things that do



Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy


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