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Growth Mindset in Language Learning Katarzyna Helbin-Travis
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Learn how the way you perceive yourself affects your ability to learn a new language. Discover the importance of developing and maintaining a growth mindset in order to progress in your language skills and improve your study techniques. With Kasia's easy to implement learning tips, you will find language learning less stressful and more effective.
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Be open to learning a new culture
What is the relationship between language and culture? Should language teachers "teach culture"? Why are growth mindsets in teachers and in students important when it comes to teaching culture?
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Learn from your mistakes
Nurture a growth mindset environment in which everyone feels comfortable making mistakes, acknowledging them and using them to improve their learning outcomes.
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Make your own resources
Growth mindset will help you learn a new language. In this episode you will learn how to develop your growth mindset and how to put an effort in memorizing new vocabulary by making your own resources. You don't have to be an artist or have a perfect handwriting to create a valuable resource and use it as a reference. In this episode, Kasia will share why it is important, what should you make and how should you use it in your language learning journey.
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Listen to authentic language
What is "authentic language" and why is it important to include it in your language study? How do you find time to listen to target language regularly during your busy schedule? What are the resources of authentic language that you could use? Listen to Episode 3 of Growth Mindset in Language Learning in order to find out!
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Speak from day one
In this episode you will discover why it is difficult to speak a target language from day one and why it is particularly hard to do if you are a fixed mindset person. Kasia shares 7 suggestions on how to cultivate your growth mindset, speak a target language from day one and not let a fixed mindset environment bring you down.
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The goal is communication
In this episode, Kasia introduces the theory of mindsets and explains why it is so important to have a growth mindset when you are learning a new language. Tip number one on how to use your growth mindset to improve language skills is to make communication your goal. How can you do this? Listen to this episode and find out!