“Warrior of the mind” Anthony Metivier chats with Shannon Kennedy and Benny Lewis about his Brain Exercise Bootcamp and memory strategies for language learners.

Featured Resources

• Brain Exercise Bootcamp

Mentioned in this Episode

• Brain Exercise Bootcamp
• Language Death by David Crystal
• Anthony Metivier

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

• Memory methods for language learners
• Why personalization is necessary for language learning
• Learning German and Mandarin with memory techniques
• Why language learning is more than just memorizing
• How it’s easy to cheat your learning with SRS
• How to get better at building mnemonics
• Ways to speed up your memorizing
• How memory exercises can benefit your mental health
• Tips for learning “dead” languages

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy