Interesting video on comprehensible input just dropped (Mandarin Chinese teacher)

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I have found this old thread on LingQ. They were talking about talent, it seems interesing:

What role does talent play in learning languages?

Do you think ‘language talent’ is an important factor in learning languages? I’ve been learning Mandarin for four years and when I speak to people who aren’t interested in studying languages they often say things like ‘you must have a talent for languages to be learning Chinese.’ In this post I explain why I don’t believe the concept of ‘language talent’ is a meaningful one and why everybody can learn Chinese: Why I Don’t Believe in Language Talent – I'm Learning Mandarin