11 things I wish I knew BEFORE learning Turkish by myself

Here is everything I wish I knew before learning Turkish by myself...and it's a lot. If you're thinking of learning Turkish by yourself or already learning Turkish, I hope you'll draw some inspiration from my experience so you won't have to face many of the frustrating roadblocks like I did! Visit the official website of Language Travel Adoptee here: https://www.languagetraveladoptee.com... HOW TO WORK WITH ME: → I coach language learners 1:1 via my language coaching program, Multilingual You. If you want to master your language on your own terms, click below to learn more about the program and apply to see if you’re a good fit: https://www.languagetraveladoptee.com... → I host live workshops each month to help you make learning more effective, sustainable, and enjoyable. Join the waitlist below to know when doors open for the next one: https://ltadoptee.kartra.com/page/wor... GET MY FREE RESOURCES TO LEARN A LANGUAGE HERE: Grab the 5-Minute Mindful Fluency Reset, great for when you’re spiraling or your inner critic gets loud during your language learning: https://ltadoptee.kartra.com/page/fra... Grab your copy of the Curated Language Resource Guide for 8 languages (English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Levantine Arabic, Russian, Turkish): https://LTAdoptee.kartra.com/page/res... Stay more consistent in your learning studies, increase motivation, and know you’re making progress with the Resilient Language Learner’s Consistency Tracker: https://LTAdoptee.kartra.com/page/con... Grab your Language Learning Sustainability Planner here: https://LTAdoptee.kartra.com/page/pla... Turn your language anxiety into confidence with the Speaking Confidence Ladder: https://LTAdoptee.kartra.com/page/ladder ABOUT ME: I’m Emily from Language Travel Adoptee! I’m your fellow introvert and perfectionist who’s dedicated my life’s work to helping language learners get fluent on their own terms via the Mindful Fluency Method and my 3 USE principles of language learning: make learning Useful, Sustainable, and Enjoyable. Achieving not only fluency, but lifelong joy and fulfillment in any language, takes more than simply organizing, planning, and staying consistent doing the “right” things. My language coaching practice pairs effective strategy with the whole person you are behind your languages – your identity, your personality, your emotional and mental roadblocks, the life and hobbies that you built alongside your language studies – and I weave that all through my coaching and content. I combine my focus on this holistic learning approach with my certified expertise in coaching hundreds of language learners, my decade-long experience as an ESL teacher and tutor, and a perfectionist learning 12+ languages mostly self taught, while maintaining fluency in 7. **Disclaimer: This description contains affiliate links where I receive a small commission if you purchase something through them, at no cost to you. Language learning confidence, language learning coach, mindful language learning, language learning mentoring,honest language learning, how to learn languages,language learning encouragement, language learning fun, sustainable language learning, mindful fluency, polyglot,language travel adoptee,polyglot tips,polyglotadvice,learn german,learn italian,learn spanish,learn french,learn russian,learn turkish,language confidence,language learning,language learning success Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:20 My background with learning Turkish 1:01 LOTS of ways to say the same thing (or many meanings for one things) 2:21 Context matters a ton 3:04 Lack of historical knowledge didn't help me 3:36 Natives don't know all the names for family either 4:18 I wasn't going to improve in Turkish until I was actually ready (mental barrier time) 6:19 suffixes is challenging but NOT impossible 7:50 Turkish learning CAN be fun, but frustrating with lack of organization + mindset blocks 8:40 What I actually needed to get from B1 to B2 by myself in Turkish 9:52 Stumbling over longer sentence building in Turkish class 11:14 Get uncomfortable, but do it in a safe environment 12:00 Things feel impossible until they actually happen