#35 Richard Simcott on Being a World Famous Polyglot

In this episode, we talk to renowned polyglot Richard Simcott
about learning languages at university, raising a multilingual
child, and finding motivation to learn languages through human
connection.


Featured Resources


Assimil

italki



Mentioned in this Episode


Polyglot Conference

Richard’s Polyglot Video

Korean Script Hacking

Assimil

Teach Yourself Complete Korean

Michel Thomas

Go Billy Korean

TTMIK

italki

Richard Simcott

Richard’s Youtube

Richard’s Twitter

Richard’s Instagram

Richard’s Facebook



Episode Overview


Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:


Studying language at university

Secrets to working on more than one language at a time

How to maintain languages with anchor languages

Reactivating, improving and learning languages

Finding motivation to learn languages through human
connection

Uploading videos and becoming a part of the polyglot
community

The origins of the Polyglot Conference and shifting to the
online space

What language learning resources and methods Richard Simcott
uses

How Richard is learning Korean with his daughter

Criteria for choosing a language tutor

Raising multilingual children



Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy


Join Our Patreon


Enjoy the podcast? Subscribe to our Patreon to get access to
bonus content and monthly exclusives.