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And nausea. Merhaba, hello. I am living in a multicultural life. I'm from a Korean family, but I was born in the States and lived there until I was five. Then I moved to Saudi, which was a totally new environment to me.
Shinyoung Grace Kim shares her journey learning Arabic, highlighting the importance of embracing failure, passion, and cultural connection in language learning.
Key Takeaways
- Do not be afraid to make mistakes; failure is part of learning.
- Having a guide or teacher can significantly aid language acquisition.
- Passion for the language and culture fuels persistence and success.
- Learning from errors is more effective than mechanical memorization.
- Language learning challenges are universal and recognized by experts.
What the video covers
- Shinyoung Grace Kim grew up in multicultural environments including the US, Korea, and Saudi Arabia.
- She developed an interest in languages and is currently learning Arabic, which she finds fascinating but challenging.
- She identifies three key steps to successful language learning: not fearing failure, seeking guidance, and maintaining passion.
- Fear of making mistakes is a major barrier to language learning.
- Learning from failure is more effective than rote memorization.
- Passion helps overcome difficulties such as mastering gender forms in Arabic.
- Her Arabic teacher plays a crucial role as a guide in her learning process.
- She emphasizes the value of cultural connection through language learning.
- Experts, including those cited from Harvard Business Review, acknowledge the challenges of language learning in professional settings.
- Language learning is difficult but achievable with the right mindset and approach.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and Multicultural Background
- 00:21Interest in Languages and Learning Arabic
- 01:07Challenges in Learning a Foreign Language
- 01:47Why Language Learning is Hard
- 02:39Step 1: Overcoming Fear of Failure
- 03:41The Role of a Guide or Teacher
- 05:55Step 3: Passion and Persistence
- 07:25Learning from Failure and Cultural Connection
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Speaker A
environment to me flowing around these various cultures I got interested in languages currently I'm learning Arabic it is fascinating but hard at the same time Arabic is nothing like the languages I've been speaking with but I found out that my struggle is not only
Speaker A
Flowing around these various cultures, I got interested in languages. Currently, I'm learning Arabic. It is fascinating but hard at the same time. Arabic is nothing like the languages I've been speaking, but I found out that my struggle is not only
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my own experience I found three steps but before I dig into the steps I want to ask you a question learning a foreign language is hard right but why is that yes it could be because of the different sounds
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because of the difference between them. It's also because I want to speak it fluently. In summary, I want to be fantastic, though I have no idea of it. So how can you speak a really different language but still be good? Thinking of
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ashamed of those this is an important step because by failing you can make great progress don't believe me then listen to my story once I had to write a word in Arabic meaning achievement but I accidentally wrote a word that meant
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my own experience, I found three steps. But before I dig into the steps, I want to ask you a question. Learning a foreign language is hard, right? But why is that? Yes, it could be because of the different sounds,
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not only me that saying this experts also proved this too according to Harvard Business Review managers in the vast majority of enterprises such as financial services product design hospitals and even NASA's Space Shuttle program genuinely wanted their organizations
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different letters, a different grammar structure. But is that all? In my opinion, the biggest reason is because people are afraid to be wrong. And that is the first step: not to be afraid of failure, be wrong, make mistakes, fail. You should not be
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mistakes my guide is my Arabic teacher she helps me through my learning process but of course it is definitely okay though you don't have a language teacher look around people would love to teach you their native language for example like
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ashamed of those. This is an important step because by failing you can make great progress. Don't believe me? Then listen to my story. Once I had to write a word in Arabic meaning achievement, but I accidentally wrote a word that meant
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guide finally last step is to be passionate passion is powerful sometimes you might get down when you find something challenging for example I found it really tough to learn the two forms of words in Arabic feminine and masculine it was also hard to understand
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excretion. Eventually, I failed writing that word, but you know what? I never forgot those words. It's just stuck in my head, and this is how I realized that learning from failure is much more efficient than just mechanical memorization. Also, it's
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that connects me with a really different culture and I guess that is why I'm passionate about it just remember when you're full of passion there is nothing that can stop you from meeting your goal learning a language is difficult but
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not only me that is saying this. Experts also proved this too. According to Harvard Business Review, managers in the vast majority of enterprises such as financial services, product design, hospitals, and even NASA's Space Shuttle program genuinely wanted their organizations
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