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In this episode, we talk to renowned polyglot Richard Simcott about learning languages at university, raising a multilingual child, and finding motivation to learn languages through human connection.Featured Resources Assimil italki Mentioned in this Episode Polyglot Conference Richard’s Polyglot Video Korean Script Hacking Assimil Teach Yourself Complete Korean Michel Thomas Go Billy Korean TTMIK italki Richard Simcott Richard’s Youtube Richard’s Twitter Richard’s Instagram Richard’s Facebook Episode OverviewSome of the topics brought up during the interview are: Studying language at university Secrets to working on more than one language at a time How to maintain languages with anchor languages Reactivating, improving and learning languages Finding motivation to learn languages through human connection Uploading videos and becoming a part of the polyglot community The origins of the Polyglot Conference and shifting to the online space What language learning resources and methods Richard Simcott uses How Richard is learning Korean with his daughter Criteria for choosing a language tutor Raising multilingual children Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy