How to learn a language FROM SCRATCH - What Are the Basics in Language Learning (And Do They Matter)?

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://bit.ly/3lCKehS CC subtitles available in multiple languages. Numbers, colours, days of the week, family members, body parts, greetings, etc. I have never understood the need to focus on such vocabulary when we start learning a new language. In fact, I find it more difficult to remember these words as there is no meaningful context. 0:00 What are generally considered the "basics"? 2:40 Asking ChatGPT "what are the basics in Spanish?". 5:06 I don't think we can learn the basic structures of a language upfront. 7:01 The importance of attitude in language learning. 7:57 I am not suggesting that we shouldn't try to use the language as correctly as we can. ___ Study a language on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3lCKehS Study this video as a lesson on LingQ: https://bit.ly/3RZXjhp My Podcast: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3iZsbic Apple: https://apple.co/3z1F1lD Google: https://bit.ly/2W3DYmK Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: https://www.thelinguist.com FREE grammar guides: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/ Join the LingQ Discord server: https://discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN My language learning blog on The Linguist: https://bit.ly/2MW83Ab My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_/ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve The LingQ language learning blog: https://bit.ly/35yvaqK #languagelearning #languages #polyglot