The Psychology of Learning Foreign Languages

Gerhard J. Ohrband
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The Psychology of Learning Foreign Languages

Are you currently studying a foreign language? Or do you feel you are making no more progress? Then you have found the right podcast. Psychologist, author, polyglot and language teacher Gerhard Ohrband shows you tips and strategies on how to take your language skills to the next level. Intro music: “Go down fighting” by Cleveland classic metal band Shok Paris, from the album “Steel and Starlight”. With kind permission from Bill Peters (Auburn Records). Please check them out: https://www.facebook.com/Shok-Paris-Official-109838635724543/

  1. 07/13/2020

    Why do we make mistakes

    Episode 95 Why do we make mistakes Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1673536964 Canada Kindle: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1673536964 Australia Kindle: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B082J2L8YT India Kindle: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B082J2L8YT The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to get fluent. To learn the last (!) 5% and to speak without mistakes, however, you will need completely different approach. The GO Method helps you get rid of your chronic grammar and pronunciation mistakes by applying psychology and principles of quality management. We offer corrective courses for some languages, as well a general system for improving your use of any language. We support companies in improving the language proficiency of key employees. Gerhard J. Ohrband Has helped more than 1200 students advance their studies and professional career by obtaining excellent German and Spanish skills. Psychologist and language teacher, from Hamburg /Germany (*1979). Married, one son. MA in psychology from the University of Hamburg. More than 15 years of experience as a university lecturer in psychology as well as a consultant for UNICEF, Terre des Hommes, IOM, the EU and private companies. Speaks 21 languages. Contact Send us an e-mail: gerhard.j.ohrband@gmail.com Our homepage: https://thegomethod.org/ Our online courses: https://gerhards-school.thinkific.com/ Our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3n5LCxW8N3uPatViww-Okw/ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-of-learning-foreign-languages/  Our blog: https://thegomethod.blogspot.com/ Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theGOMethod/ On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerhard-j%C3%B6rg-ohrband-22525147/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JOhrband If you want to save time in learning a foreign language without a teacher, please check out my book “The GO Method” on Amazon.

    8 min

  2. 07/06/2020

    The fixed mindset in language learning (part 2)

    Episode 94 The fixed mindset in language learning (part 2) Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1673536964 Canada Kindle: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1673536964 Australia Kindle: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B082J2L8YT India Kindle: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B082J2L8YT The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to get fluent. To learn the last (!) 5% and to speak without mistakes, however, you will need completely different approach. The GO Method helps you get rid of your chronic grammar and pronunciation mistakes by applying psychology and principles of quality management. We offer corrective courses for some languages, as well a general system for improving your use of any language. We support companies in improving the language proficiency of key employees. Gerhard J. Ohrband Has helped more than 1200 students advance their studies and professional career by obtaining excellent German and Spanish skills. Psychologist and language teacher, from Hamburg /Germany (*1979). Married, one son. MA in psychology from the University of Hamburg. More than 15 years of experience as a university lecturer in psychology as well as a consultant for UNICEF, Terre des Hommes, IOM, the EU and private companies. Speaks 21 languages. Contact Send us an e-mail: gerhard.j.ohrband@gmail.com Our homepage: https://thegomethod.org/ Our online courses: https://gerhards-school.thinkific.com/ Our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3n5LCxW8N3uPatViww-Okw/ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-of-learning-foreign-languages/  Our blog: https://thegomethod.blogspot.com/ Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theGOMethod/ On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerhard-j%C3%B6rg-ohrband-22525147/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JOhrband If you want to save time in learning a foreign language without a teacher, please check out my book “The GO Method” on Amazon.

    4 min

  3. 06/29/2020

    The fixed mindset in language learning

    Episode 93 The fixed mindset in language learning Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1673536964 Canada Kindle: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1673536964 Australia Kindle: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B082J2L8YT India Kindle: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B082J2L8YT The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to get fluent. To learn the last (!) 5% and to speak without mistakes, however, you will need completely different approach. The GO Method helps you get rid of your chronic grammar and pronunciation mistakes by applying psychology and principles of quality management. We offer corrective courses for some languages, as well a general system for improving your use of any language. We support companies in improving the language proficiency of key employees. Gerhard J. Ohrband Has helped more than 1200 students advance their studies and professional career by obtaining excellent German and Spanish skills. Psychologist and language teacher, from Hamburg /Germany (*1979). Married, one son. MA in psychology from the University of Hamburg. More than 15 years of experience as a university lecturer in psychology as well as a consultant for UNICEF, Terre des Hommes, IOM, the EU and private companies. Speaks 21 languages. Contact Send us an e-mail: gerhard.j.ohrband@gmail.com Our homepage: https://thegomethod.org/ Our online courses: https://gerhards-school.thinkific.com/ Our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3n5LCxW8N3uPatViww-Okw/ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-of-learning-foreign-languages/  Our blog: https://thegomethod.blogspot.com/ Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theGOMethod/ On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerhard-j%C3%B6rg-ohrband-22525147/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JOhrband If you want to save time in learning a foreign language without a teacher, please check out my book “The GO Method” on Amazon.

    4 min

  4. 06/22/2020

    Why this is a stupid question: How long did it take to learn a foreign language?

    Episode 92 Why this is a stupid question: How long did it take to learn a foreign language? Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1673536964 Canada Kindle: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1673536964 Australia Kindle: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B082J2L8YT India Kindle: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B082J2L8YT The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to get fluent. To learn the last (!) 5% and to speak without mistakes, however, you will need completely different approach. The GO Method helps you get rid of your chronic grammar and pronunciation mistakes by applying psychology and principles of quality management. We offer corrective courses for some languages, as well a general system for improving your use of any language. We support companies in improving the language proficiency of key employees. Gerhard J. Ohrband Has helped more than 1200 students advance their studies and professional career by obtaining excellent German and Spanish skills. Psychologist and language teacher, from Hamburg /Germany (*1979). Married, one son. MA in psychology from the University of Hamburg. More than 15 years of experience as a university lecturer in psychology as well as a consultant for UNICEF, Terre des Hommes, IOM, the EU and private companies. Speaks 21 languages. Contact Send us an e-mail: gerhard.j.ohrband@gmail.com Our homepage: https://thegomethod.org/ Our online courses: https://gerhards-school.thinkific.com/ Our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3n5LCxW8N3uPatViww-Okw/ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-of-learning-foreign-languages/  Our blog: https://thegomethod.blogspot.com/ Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theGOMethod/ On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerhard-j%C3%B6rg-ohrband-22525147/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JOhrband If you want to save time in learning a foreign language without a teacher, please check out my book “The GO Method” on Amazon.

    4 min

  5. 06/15/2020

    The power of slowing down

    Episode 91 The power of slowing down Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1673536964 Canada Kindle: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1673536964 Australia Kindle: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B082J2L8YT India Kindle: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B082J2L8YT The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to get fluent. To learn the last (!) 5% and to speak without mistakes, however, you will need completely different approach. The GO Method helps you get rid of your chronic grammar and pronunciation mistakes by applying psychology and principles of quality management. We offer corrective courses for some languages, as well a general system for improving your use of any language. We support companies in improving the language proficiency of key employees. Gerhard J. Ohrband Has helped more than 1200 students advance their studies and professional career by obtaining excellent German and Spanish skills. Psychologist and language teacher, from Hamburg /Germany (*1979). Married, one son. MA in psychology from the University of Hamburg. More than 15 years of experience as a university lecturer in psychology as well as a consultant for UNICEF, Terre des Hommes, IOM, the EU and private companies. Speaks 21 languages. Contact Send us an e-mail: gerhard.j.ohrband@gmail.com Our homepage: https://thegomethod.org/ Our online courses: https://gerhards-school.thinkific.com/ Our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3n5LCxW8N3uPatViww-Okw/ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-of-learning-foreign-languages/  Our blog: https://thegomethod.blogspot.com/ Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theGOMethod/ On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerhard-j%C3%B6rg-ohrband-22525147/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JOhrband If you want to save time in learning a foreign language without a teacher, please check out my book “The GO Method” on Amazon.

    3 min

  6. 06/08/2020

    Low and high context cultures and their language use (part 2)

    Low and high context cultures and their language use (part 2) Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1673536964 Canada Kindle: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1673536964 Australia Kindle: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B082J2L8YT India Kindle: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B082J2L8YT The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to get fluent. To learn the last (!) 5% and to speak without mistakes, however, you will need completely different approach. The GO Method helps you get rid of your chronic grammar and pronunciation mistakes by applying psychology and principles of quality management. We offer corrective courses for some languages, as well a general system for improving your use of any language. We support companies in improving the language proficiency of key employees. Gerhard J. Ohrband Has helped more than 1200 students advance their studies and professional career by obtaining excellent German and Spanish skills. Psychologist and language teacher, from Hamburg /Germany (*1979). Married, one son. MA in psychology from the University of Hamburg. More than 15 years of experience as a university lecturer in psychology as well as a consultant for UNICEF, Terre des Hommes, IOM, the EU and private companies. Speaks 21 languages. Contact Send us an e-mail: gerhard.j.ohrband@gmail.com Our homepage: https://thegomethod.org/ Our online courses: https://gerhards-school.thinkific.com/ Our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3n5LCxW8N3uPatViww-Okw/ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-of-learning-foreign-languages/  Our blog: https://thegomethod.blogspot.com/ Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theGOMethod/ On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerhard-j%C3%B6rg-ohrband-22525147/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JOhrband If you want to save time in learning a foreign language without a teacher, please check out my book “The GO Method” on Amazon.

    3 min

  7. 06/01/2020

    Low and high context cultures and their language use

    Episode 89 Low and high context cultures and their language use Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1673536964 Canada Kindle: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1673536964 Australia Kindle: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B082J2L8YT India Kindle: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B082J2L8YT The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to get fluent. To learn the last (!) 5% and to speak without mistakes, however, you will need completely different approach. The GO Method helps you get rid of your chronic grammar and pronunciation mistakes by applying psychology and principles of quality management. We offer corrective courses for some languages, as well a general system for improving your use of any language. We support companies in improving the language proficiency of key employees. Gerhard J. Ohrband Has helped more than 1200 students advance their studies and professional career by obtaining excellent German and Spanish skills. Psychologist and language teacher, from Hamburg /Germany (*1979). Married, one son. MA in psychology from the University of Hamburg. More than 15 years of experience as a university lecturer in psychology as well as a consultant for UNICEF, Terre des Hommes, IOM, the EU and private companies. Speaks 21 languages. Contact Send us an e-mail: gerhard.j.ohrband@gmail.com Our homepage: https://thegomethod.org/ Our online courses: https://gerhards-school.thinkific.com/ Our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3n5LCxW8N3uPatViww-Okw/ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-of-learning-foreign-languages/  Our blog: https://thegomethod.blogspot.com/ Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theGOMethod/ On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerhard-j%C3%B6rg-ohrband-22525147/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JOhrband If you want to save time in learning a foreign language without a teacher, please check out my book “The GO Method” on Amazon.

    4 min

  8. 05/25/2020

    The danger of easy methods

    Episode 88 The danger of easy methods Please check out my newest book: 21 Self-Limiting Beliefs on Learning a Foreign Language – Smashed! USA & worldwide Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1673536964 UK Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1673536964 Canada Kindle: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B082J2L8YT Paperback: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1673536964 Australia Kindle: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B082J2L8YT India Kindle: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B082J2L8YT The GO Method “I have been living in Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a serious employment in my profession.” It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only practice and living abroad to get fluent. To learn the last (!) 5% and to speak without mistakes, however, you will need completely different approach. The GO Method helps you get rid of your chronic grammar and pronunciation mistakes by applying psychology and principles of quality management. We offer corrective courses for some languages, as well a general system for improving your use of any language. We support companies in improving the language proficiency of key employees. Gerhard J. Ohrband Has helped more than 1200 students advance their studies and professional career by obtaining excellent German and Spanish skills. Psychologist and language teacher, from Hamburg /Germany (*1979). Married, one son. MA in psychology from the University of Hamburg. More than 15 years of experience as a university lecturer in psychology as well as a consultant for UNICEF, Terre des Hommes, IOM, the EU and private companies. Speaks 21 languages. Contact Send us an e-mail: gerhard.j.ohrband@gmail.com Our homepage: https://thegomethod.org/ Our online courses: https://gerhards-school.thinkific.com/ Our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3n5LCxW8N3uPatViww-Okw/ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-of-learning-foreign-languages/  Our blog: https://thegomethod.blogspot.com/ Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theGOMethod/ On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerhard-j%C3%B6rg-ohrband-22525147/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JOhrband If you want to save time in learning a foreign language without a teacher, please check out my book “The GO Method” on Amazon.

    4 min
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Are you currently studying a foreign language? Or do you feel you are making no more progress? Then you have found the right podcast. Psychologist, author, polyglot and language teacher Gerhard Ohrband shows you tips and strategies on how to take your language skills to the next level. Intro music: “Go down fighting” by Cleveland classic metal band Shok Paris, from the album “Steel and Starlight”. With kind permission from Bill Peters (Auburn Records). Please check them out: https://www.facebook.com/Shok-Paris-Official-109838635724543/

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