Talk to me in Korean

About my Korean learning and the Talk to me in Korean website: http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/

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• LingQ
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• Hyunwoo Sun.

[orangeroomstudios]

@lingosteve The main point I'm trying to make is that language learners should be, by definition, skeptical of words and open to critical discussion like scientists in search of truth. I really appreciate that you express your views so consistently and that you're open to critique. I don't have to agree with your actual decision to use the word "linguist" to describe your language learning, to be in agreement with the way you learn languages or handle yourself as a linguist.

[lingosteve]

@orangeroomstudios I use the word the way most people use the word in English. A linguist as someone who speaks several languages well, is the only kind of linguist I am interested in. That is my truth. I am not interested in linguistics, and few people are. You have a different view of how the word should be used, very much a minority view. Fine. I am not going to change your mind, nor you mine.

[ever4one]

Steve, thank you so much for taking your time to make this video. As you know I love learning other languages too and I am trying my best to provide as many different types of learning material to meet different needs by different learners, and I always thought you would find this "Iyagi" series that we are posting at LingQ interesting, and I'm glad you did! I'm looking forward to see more people using LingQ for their Korean learning, too. Thank you!

[Deorca]

I'm fascinated by languages, and grammar particularly. I've studied many languages, though I'm not a polyglot. The technical aspect of languages fascinates me ... but I only speak one language other than my native english!

So I agree with you in pretty much everything I've heard you say in these videos - if you want to learn the language, forget the technicalities, the best way to learn is to read, and get in there and get your hands dirty!

[orangeroomstudios]

@MrScotchpie Fair enough!  :)

[MrScotchpie]

@orangeroomstudios Doubt the Queen? Good heavens!!! One of the fascinating things about languages is how they change over time and how words can mean different things to different people. I know before I started watching Youtube I had never heard the term polyglot and would have just called them linguists, or multi-linguals.

As linguist isn't a protected profession or name, unlike lawyer, accountant, or medical doctor, it is open to greater interpretation when in general use.

[orangeroomstudios]

@MrScotchpie @lingosteve

Thanks for the CIoL info. To be clear, I'm not accusing Steve of misleading anyone, although you may agree that the "layman" who doesn't know "polyglot" may indeed be likely to have an incomplete understanding of "linguist".

The word choice just invites a healthy degree of skepticism expected of modern language learners.

Btw, I hope the BBC and The Queen haven't been so far removed from the table of rational criticism that we can't doubt their authority here?

[aarontwhite]

what is your native language?

And what do you think is the best way to pick up a language?

Do you recommend rosseta stone or a similar program?

[MrScotchpie]

@lingosteve No problem. According to their mission statement they are the professional body for practitioners of languages. On their website they also refer to linguists as people who "use languages" and on their "find a linguist" page they list translators, interpreters and language tutors.

[lingosteve]

@MrScotchpie Thanks, I did not know that.

[MrScotchpie]

@orangeroomstudios @lingosteve

Also the Chartered Institute of Linguists in the UK must be misleading their members as the institutes's qualifications are in bi-lingualism, translation and interpretation. In the UK Chartered status is conferred by the Queen and is a recognised professional body by the government and accredited to award diplomas to students.

A member of the CIoL, ie a translator or interpretor, is therefore recognised as a "chartered linguist."

[MrScotchpie]

@orangeroomstudios @lingosteve

The BBC must also be guilty of misleading as recently they published a review of the book "Babel No More" where they refer to polyglots and hyperpolyglots as linguists - the layman's understanding of the word.