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200K Q&A: Language guilt, YouTube pressure, thinking in languages, and fanmeets

Lindie Botes 35,826 5 years ago
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Thank you for the 600+ questions, aaaa!! And moreover, thank you so much for 200K+ subscribers. You guys are the bestestest. I'll do a part 2 later, but for now, here is the first round of questions you asked me. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro & thank you 00:44 Being comfortable on camera? 01:49 Something funny I could understand in another lang 02:24 Airplane incident 03:07 Code switching & thinking in another lang 04:43 Fanmeets 05:47 Taking breaks in language learning 07:39 My life outside of languages 08:50 How am I doing? (Korean) 10:13 Remembering grammar 11:09 Boyfriend & my age 11:38 Peak studytime energy 12:53 My subjects at school & uni 14:13 Guilt and neglecting langs 15:26 Understanding without studying 16:12 YouTube pressure to perform 18:06 Why am I not learninng German? 18:39 Hardest languages 19:05 My embarrassing Arabic story 20:30 End & preview of Part 2 #Polyglot #Pressure #Multilingual 💕BOOKS I USE Practical Chinese Grammar → https://geni.us/PracticalChineseGram Japanese for Busy People on Amazon → https://geni.us/JapaneseForBusy1 Advanced Japanese for Busy People → https://geni.us/JapaneseForBusy3 Korean Grammar in Use Intermediate → https://geni.us/KoreanGrammarUse Korean TOPIK exam prep → https://geni.us/TOPIK2prep Short Stories in Spanish → https://geni.us/spanishshortstories ——— 💕 LINKS Insta → https://www.instagram.com/lindiebotes/ Join my free newsletter → https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/a5i1z4 Website → http://lindiebotes.com/ Twitter → https://twitter.com/lindiebee Support my content & get resources → https://buymeacoffee.com/lindiebotes Book a coaching call → https://superpeer.com/lindiebotes Medium blog → https://medium.com/@lindiebotes Merch → https://society6.com/lindiebotes All language resources → https://lindiebotes.com/language-resources/ ✨EBOOKS & DISCOUNTS 📖 Language Habits ebook → https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lindiebotes/e/82019 📖 Writing in a new language ebook →https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lindiebotes/e/78666 Favorite textbooks → https://www.amazon.com/shop/lindiebotes $10 free italki credits after $20 spend→ https://www.italki.com/affshare?ref=lindiebotes Language app discounts → http://lindiebotes.com/discounts Learn a language for free in your browser with Toucan → https://jointoucan.com/partners/lindie 10% off Du Chinese (my favorite app!) enter LINDIE10 at checkout → https://www.duchinese.net/ 💕ABOUT Welcome to my channel! My name is Lindie and I share my love for languages and design on this channel. I'm a senior product designer and co-founder of Kaards.io. I also write blog posts about languages at lindiebotes.com, and mentor language learners, and offer UX consulting for language apps at superpeer.com/lindiebotes. I'm a Christian and strive to shine God’s light in all I do. May this channel inspire you to reach your language goals and learn more about design. New here? Best videos → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRCVN94KILKXGx45JKaVBSpPkrpXhrhRe FAQ → https://lindiebotes.com/faq/ 🎥EQUIPMENT Camera → https://geni.us/CanonPowerShotG7 Mic → https://geni.us/RodeSmartLavMicr Tripod → https://geni.us/ManfrottoTravel ——— Enquiries & partnerships: [email protected]

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