Speaking Fluently - Does It Actually Come From Speaking?

Steve of LingQ.com and The Linguist on Language Blog talks about whether you can learn a language just by speaking. Timelines: 0:12 An exchange with Benny the Irish polyglot. 1:58 Input based approach VS Speak from day one approach. 4:26 My experience with Japanese. 5:24 Speaking doesn’t bring language into you. 6:09 I don’t believe you can speak your way to fluency. 6:48 There are many things helping you to notice. 7:23 Different language approaches fit different kind of people. 9:33 Summary. Visit https://www.LingQ.com My Blog: http://blog.thelinguist.com/ My Facebook Page:   / lingosteve   My Twitter:   / lingosteve   Follow the new LingQ channel: https://goo.gl/WVnzRS Follow "Steve's Cafe" channel:    / stevekaufmann