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The Guide to Knowing Your Language Learning Style

The Fluent Show

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This episode is about habits and how we build and create them. Listen to find out what our tendencies are and how we use them to make our language routines.


  • What motivates us to do things?

  • What motivates us to keep going?

  • Do you set yourself goals and always meet them?

  • Or do you hate goals?

  • Are you likely to spend weeks just looking for the perfect textbook before you start?

  • Or are goals only meaningful when others set them for you?

  • Or do you only set them when they make sense?

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In the episode, we dove deep into the Four Tendencies Framework developed by Gretchen Rubin, which is all about how you motivate yourself to keep going and to do things.

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We answer a bunch of intriguing questions in this episode such as:


  • How can you use your tendency for language learning?

  • What is the best ever way of researching language learning methods?

  • Which tendency is perfect for the ultimate self-guided language learner?

  • Do some tendencies profit more from classes and masterminds than others?

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Takeaway Of The Week

Try and be aware of the four tendencies and look for how they influence you, but also people around you.

We Want To Hear From You!!

Please comment or tweet us (#cllp, and we're @kerstinhammes and @ldlanguages) and tell us what your tendencies are.

Do you think your tendency influences how you learn a language?

Do you have ideas for how you can work with the tendency?

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This episode is about habits and how we build and create them. Listen to find out what our tendencies are and how we use them to make our language routines.

Brought to you by Lindsay's course Successful Self Study.

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