#69 Sara Maria Hasbun on the Psychology of Language Learning

Show Notes

Sara Maria Hasbun, founder of Meridian Linguistics, shares about psycholinguistics, working in the language industry, and “extreme” language learning.

Featured Resources

• Meridian Languages
• Glossika

Mentioned in this Episode

• Meridian Languages
• Glossika
• Tempo App on iOS
• Tempo App on Android
• Sara’s Website
• Sara on Instagram
• Sara on Twitter

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

• Choosing which language to learn
• Learning languages in diverse language families
• Studying psycholinguistics
• Dialect and accent in sign languages
• Living in different countries and learning the languages
• Differences between a polyglot and a linguist
• Learning a language with few resources
• Why fluency doesn’t need to be the end goal for learning a language
• Deciding when to learn a new language and when to focus on past languages
• Technology and language
• Balancing entrepreneurship in languages with language learning
• Using accountability systems for motivation
• Rote learning and its benefits
• Combatting the boring aspects of language learning with tricks and bribes
• Lessons from living abroad
• “Extreme” language learning

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

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