9 practical lessons from learning 9 languages - Lýdia Machová | PGO 2020

Every language I have ever learned has given me a lot: First of all, the ability to communicate in a new language (yay!), secondly, the possibility to explore new methods of learning languages (which I’m really fascinated by) and thirdly, every single language has taught me a lot about how language learning works in general. That’s why polyglots are usually better at learning their 5th language than they were with their first one, right? In my talk, I’ll share some stories from learning all of my 9 languages (English, German, Spanish, Polish, French, Esperanto, Slovak Sign Language, Russian, Swahili) and what I have realized about language learning with each of them – and I’ll make sure to make it practical for anyone learning any language. :) Lýdia Machová is a polyglot and language mentor whose mission in life is to help people learn languages in fun and effective ways. She has learned 9 languages so far, usually adding a new language every two years, and she keeps 7 of them at a fluent