#69 Sara Maria Hasbun on the Psychology of Language Learning

Sara Maria Hasbun, founder of Meridian Linguistics, shares about
psycholinguistics, working in the language industry, and
“extreme” language learning.


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Meridian Languages

Glossika



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Meridian Languages

Glossika

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Sara’s Website

Sara on Instagram

Sara on Twitter



Episode Overview


Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:


Choosing which language to learn

Learning languages in diverse language families

Studying psycholinguistics

Dialect and accent in sign languages

Living in different countries and learning the languages

Differences between a polyglot and a linguist

Learning a language with few resources

Why fluency doesn’t need to be the end goal for learning a
language

Deciding when to learn a new language and when to focus on
past languages

Technology and language

Balancing entrepreneurship in languages with language
learning

Using accountability systems for motivation

Rote learning and its benefits

Combatting the boring aspects of language learning with
tricks and bribes

Lessons from living abroad

“Extreme” language learning



Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy


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