How to Learn a Language

It's day 2 of my 21 Days of Offers - How to Read More Workshop.

Earlier this year, I hosted a brand new workshop - How to Write More.

And when we were done, I knew I needed to make a similar workshop for each core language skill.

The first one that's been bubbling is How to Read More - and boy, have I been reading to prep for this one!

I'm expecting there'll be stuff in this one about...

🤓 Reading digitally vs physically

📚 What to read beyond novels (or rather, before!)

⌚ How to read more without needing huge chunks of time every time

😎 A reading process to make it easier every single time

🥰 Finding joy in reading when you can't actually read yet!

There's no set date yet for this as it's brand new and in the works, but if you pre-purchase it now, it's only $10 for lifetime access.

Every day at 9am UTC between 26th October and 15th November 2026, a new daily offer will be released. All offers will then remain available for one more week until 22nd November at 23:59 UTC.

Curious? ⁠Bookmark this page and check back each day to see the latest offer: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/21

I'm feeling a little generous.

And I’ve got a lot of ideas that have sat too long on the to-do list.

Over 21 days, I’ll be releasing a new offer each day.

Some will be existing products with rather good limited time offers.

Others will be brand new courses available for pre-order.

And some will be exclusive 1:1 options with very limited spots.

Every day at 9am UTC between 26th October and 15th November 2026, a new daily offer will be released.
All offers will then remain available for one more week until 22nd November at 23:59 UTC.

Curious? Bookmark this page and check back each day to see the latest offer: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/21

Celebrating small wins is key to staying motivated in language learning. In this episode, I explain how setting clear milestones using the onion goals method helps break down big goals into manageable steps. I also cover the importance of weekly wins to recognize progress regularly. Plus, how understanding your personal motivation style can help tailor your approach to keep going.
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🎲 Promptly - Get fun prompts & challenges to keep practicing daily: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/prompts
📺 Watch & Learn - Master language study through my bingeable video course: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/watchandlearn
📒 Learner Planner - Plan & track your language goals like a pro: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/learnerplanner
🎶 Music Maestro - Learn languages with music & lyrics: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/music
🔡 Vibrant Vocab - Finally build a vocabulary that sticks: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/vocab
🎨 100 Creative Ideas for Language Learners - Beat boredom & stay consistent: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/100cilearners
🥳 Successful Self-Study - Build habits that make language learning last: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/sss
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**TIMESTAMPS**
00:00 🎙️ Intro
01:00 Why celebrating small wins matters
02:00 Setting milestones with onion goals
05:00 Process vs progress milestones
06:00 Weekly wins and tracking progress
08:00 Examples of weekly wins from Language Life
09:00 Understanding your motivation style
12:00 Final tips and encouragement
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Grammar sucks, right? Nope! This episode explores common myths about grammar and reframes it as an essential, enjoyable, and achievable part of language learning. I'll talk about what grammar is NOT and what it actually is. Prepare to finally be grammar curious!
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💬 Speak 28x28 Challenge - 4 weeks to speaking confidence. Any language, any level: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/speak
🎲 Promptly - Get fun prompts & challenges to keep practicing daily: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/prompts
📺 Watch & Learn - Master language study through my bingeable video course: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/watchandlearn
📒 Learner Planner - Plan & track your language goals like a pro: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/learnerplanner
🎶 Music Maestro - Learn languages with music & lyrics: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/music
🔡 Vibrant Vocab - Finally build a vocabulary that sticks: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/vocab
🎨 100 Creative Ideas for Language Learners - Beat boredom & stay consistent: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/100cilearners
🥳 Successful Self-Study - Build habits that make language learning last: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/sss
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**TIMESTAMPS**
00:00 🎙️ Intro
00:01:00 Discussing grammar myths and fear
00:02:00 What grammar is not: complicated or boring
00:04:00 Grammar and communication essentials
00:06:00 Grammar is not set in stone
00:07:00 What grammar is: clarity and joy
00:09:00 Grammar is complete and learnable
00:10:00 Closing thoughts and next steps
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Failure. The thought of it being a possibility can stop us from even starting to learn a language. So what we we reframe the idea of failure? How can we do that for language learning? That's what we'll talk about in this episode.
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💬 Speak 28x28 Challenge - 4 weeks to speaking confidence. Any language, any level: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/speak
🎲 Promptly - Get fun prompts & challenges to keep practicing daily: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/prompts
📺 Watch & Learn - Master language study through my bingeable video course: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/watchandlearn
📒 Learner Planner - Plan & track your language goals like a pro: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/learnerplanner
🎶 Music Maestro - Learn languages with music & lyrics: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/music
🔡 Vibrant Vocab - Finally build a vocabulary that sticks: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/vocab
🎨 100 Creative Ideas for Language Learners - Beat boredom & stay consistent: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/100cilearners
🥳 Successful Self-Study - Build habits that make language learning last: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/sss
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**TIMESTAMPS**
00:00 🎙️ Intro
01:00 Reframing failure in language learning
04:00 Why mistakes are a better benchmark
06:00 Using mistake goals to improve
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Malia Yoshioka shares her unique language journey from growing up in Hawaii as a forth generation Japanese American with its complex cultural and linguistic layers to living 10 years in Turkey, where she learned Turkish through her passion for food. She discusses the history and revitalization of the Hawaiian language (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi), her experiences learning Japanese, Turkish and French, and how immersion and personal interests shaped her approach to language learning. Malia also reflects on the importance of respecting local cultures and languages wherever you are.
In this interview:
✅ How Malia learned Turkish through her passion for food (not a single textbook)
✅ The real history of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi and its revitalization today
✅ The "bilingual greeter" job that taught her absolutely nothing
✅ The one phrase that unlocks conversation in any language
✅ Why your personal passion is your most powerful language learning tool
Follow Malia on her website: https://shoyusugar.com/
Subscriber to Malia's newsletter: https://shoyusugar.com/newsletter
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💬 Speak 28x28 Challenge - 4 weeks to speaking confidence. Any language, any level: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/speak
🎲 Promptly - Get fun prompts & challenges to keep practicing daily: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/prompts
📺 Watch & Learn - Master language study through my bingeable video course: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/watch
📒 Learner Planner - Plan & track your language goals like a pro: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/learnerplanner
🎶 Music Maestro - Learn languages with music & lyrics: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/music
🔡 Vibrant Vocab - Finally build a vocabulary that sticks: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/vocab
🎨 100 Creative Ideas for Language Learners - Beat boredom & stay consistent: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/100creativeideas
🥳 Successful Self-Study - Build habits that make language learning last: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/sss
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**TIMESTAMPS**
00:00 Intro and overview
01:00 Malia’s background and travels
03:00 Hawaiian language and identity
06:00 Hawaiian Pidgin English and language influences
08:00 School language experiences and Hawaiian immersion
12:00 Learning French and Japanese in high school
20:00 Living in Turkey and learning Turkish through food
24:00 Returning to Hawaiian language as an adult
27:00 Japanese language practice and tips
30:00 Spanish learning and regional differences
34:00 Hawaiian dialects and language preservation
36:00 Controversy over Hawaiian language status
39:00 Future of the Hawaiian language
41:00 Where to find Malia online
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**RELATED VIDEOS**
9 Reasons to Learn Hawaiian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-5ZPjJhd0
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**ABOUT ME**
🌍 Hi! I’m Lindsay - MA in Applied Linguistics, lifelong language learner & global citizen.
I help ambitious people around the world learn languages their way - so they can move abroad, connect with family, or simply spark a new hobby. My mission? Make language learning fun, flexible, and functional for your life.
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Get a full inside peek at what it's really like inside Language Life. Totally free, for one weekend only.

The Language Life Open Weekend is happening Thursday 10th - Sunday 13th September.
If you've been curious about Language Life and wanted to join but also wanted to see what it's really like inside before you do, this is for you.
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The first ever Language Life Open Weekend will give you a feel for what it's really like to work with me inside the program & get full support to make languages feels easy.
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Here's what's included:
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🙋 Free chance to submit a Question for the Question Bank (& hear my personalised feedback!)
📲 1:1 Async Chat with me to ask me anything (just like the support you get throughout the program!)
💻 Curriculum Walkthrough (& the chance to look around for yourself!)
🤗 Join a Live Cosy Chat (& meet current Language Life folk!)
Sign up now to join me for the free Language Life Open Weekend at lindsaydoeslanguages.com/openweekend

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I've studied 15 languages to a decent level. But does that mean I SPEAK 15 languages?... In this episode, I explore the reality of balancing and maintaining 15 languages.
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💬 Speak 28x28 Challenge - 4 weeks to speaking confidence. Any language, any level: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/speak
🎲 Promptly - Get fun prompts & challenges to keep practicing daily: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/prompts
📺 Watch & Learn - Master language study through my bingeable video course: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/watchandlearn
📒 Learner Planner - Plan & track your language goals like a pro: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/learnerplanner
🎶 Music Maestro - Learn languages with music & lyrics: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/music
🔡 Vibrant Vocab - Finally build a vocabulary that sticks: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/vocab
🎨 100 Creative Ideas for Language Learners - Beat boredom & stay consistent: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/100cilearners
🥳 Successful Self-Study - Build habits that make language learning last: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/sss
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**TIMESTAMPS**
00:00 🎙️ Intro
02:00 What it means to have studied 15 languages
04:00 Why Lindsay counts studied languages, not just spoken ones
07:00 Can you really maintain 15 languages?
10:00 Embracing imperfection and self-compassion in language learning
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Discover essential travel words for your first trip to Taiwan. This video covers key phrases, cultural insights like traditional characters, measure words, and unique local terms such as QQ, kuai kuai, and the Taiwanese Louis Vuitton. Learn how to order bubble tea with ease and get familiar with Taiwan’s compass-inspired place names. Perfect for travellers wanting to connect deeper with Taiwan through language.
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💬 Speak 28x28 Challenge - 4 weeks to speaking confidence. Any language, any level: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/speak
🎲 Promptly - Get fun prompts & challenges to keep practicing daily: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/prompts
📺 Watch & Learn - Master language study through my bingeable video course: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/watchandlearn
📒 Learner Planner - Plan & track your language goals like a pro: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/learnerplanner
🎶 Music Maestro - Learn languages with music & lyrics: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/musicmaestro
🔡 Vibrant Vocab - Finally build a vocabulary that sticks: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/vibrantvocab
🎨 100 Creative Ideas for Language Learners - Beat boredom & stay consistent: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/100creativeideas
🥳 Successful Self-Study - Build habits that make language learning last: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/successfulselfstudy
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**TIMESTAMPS**
00:00 Intro
01:00 Language overview and traditional characters
02:00 Basic greetings
02:30 Asking prices
03:00 Measure words
03:30 QQ
04:00 Ordering bubble tea
06:00 Kuai kuai
07:00 Ga ji dai
08:00 Taiwan place names
09:00 Outro
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**RELATED VIDEOS**
9 Reasons to Learn Mandarin Chinese: https://youtu.be/cS1UaQvs-3E?si=ItTWjxKzG2QnvIhJ
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**ABOUT ME**
🌍 Hi! I’m Lindsay - MA in Applied Linguistics, lifelong language learner & global citizen. I help ambitious people around the world learn languages their way - so they can move abroad, connect with family, or simply spark a new hobby. My mission? Make language learning fun, flexible, and functional for your life.
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Can you travel China with only HSK1 level? In this episode, I share my month-long experience travelling China with basic Chinese skills. Discover how translation apps, digital payments, and visiting less touristy cities made the trip enjoyable and manageable. Learn why you don’t need fluency to explore and connect, and get tips on using language tools and simple phrases to enhance your travel experience.
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🎁 Free Video Training - How to Finally Learn That Language: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/freevideo
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**WORK WITH LINDSAY**
💛 Language Life - Speak fearlessly, trust your language gut & master your process: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/ll
💬 Speak 28x28 Challenge - 4 weeks to speaking confidence. Any language, any level: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/speak
🎲 Promptly - Get fun prompts & challenges to keep practicing daily: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/prompts
📺 Watch & Learn - Master language study through my bingeable video course: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/watchandlearn
📒 Learner Planner - Plan & track your language goals like a pro: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/learnerplanner
🎶 Music Maestro - Learn languages with music & lyrics: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/musicmaestro
🔡 Vibrant Vocab - Finally build a vocabulary that sticks: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/vibrantvocab
🎨 100 Creative Ideas for Language Learners - Beat boredom & stay consistent: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/100creativeideas
🥳 Successful Self-Study - Build habits that make language learning last: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/successfulselfstudy
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**TIMESTAMPS**
00:00 Intro & overview
01:00 Translation apps and tech-savvy locals
03:00 How everything is digital (& what this means for language practice)
05:00 Why you should go somewhere you've never heard of (that's still on high-speed trains!)
07:00 Why you should travel now regardless of fluency
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**RELATED VIDEOS**
9 Reasons to Learn Mandarin Chinese: https://youtu.be/cS1UaQvs-3E?si=ItTWjxKzG2QnvIhJ
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**ABOUT ME**
🌍 Hi! I’m Lindsay - MA in Applied Linguistics, lifelong language learner & global citizen. I help ambitious people around the world learn languages their way - so they can move abroad, connect with family, or simply spark a new hobby. My mission? Make language learning fun, flexible, and functional for your life.
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**JOIN THE COMMUNITY**
💌 Language Sparks Emails - Get fresh tips & motivation multiple times a week: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/emailme
🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LindsayDowLanguages
👩‍💻 Read the blog for curated language learning advice: https://lindsaydoeslanguages.com/
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**LET’S CONNECT**
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaydoeslanguages/
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