#169: How to Learn Like a Child
Have you ever had someone tell you that you should learn another language like a child? Does this actually work? And if so, how do you do this?
In this episode, we will share with you some surprising truths about how children learn languages and techniques that you need to be applying to your own English learning right now… let’s jump in!


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169 - How to Learn Like a Child
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Words You’ll Learn:
- Childish – infantile, immature
- Somersault – rolling your entire body forward, head first
- Playground – a public place with various structures for children to play on
- Of a divine nature – God-like, from the heavens
- Encapsulate – to express the essence of something succinctly
- Childlike – Something that is related to children
- Wide-eyed excitement – a sort of excitement that makes your eyes seem to grow in size
- Cut loose – to let go of one’s inhibitions
- Jaw-dropping – amazing, spectacular
- Jaw – the lower part of the mouth that moves up and down when you chew
- Clean slate – to start from zero
- Gimmick – a trick intended to attract attention or publicity
- Springboard – something that helps you get a strong start
- Trip over – to be caused to fall or almost fall by something, or figuratively, to be given difficulties by something
- String together – to connect ideas
- Smooth sailing – having the ability to do something without many challenges or difficulties
- Ghetto – a place characterized by poverty, and often lower education and violence
- Emulate – to mimic
- Take something with a grain of salt – to listen to advice, but with a certain level of skepticism
- Unleash – to set free
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