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>> Interestingly I think if
you ask people what predicts

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who is going to be successful
at language learning,

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often people will say
things like some kind

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of special cognitive ability.

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Some of us are born with
some kind of special ability

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that gives us foreign
language aptitude, the aptitude

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for learning a new language.

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And some of us aren't.

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But as I read the research,

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I think that there's
pretty much a consensus

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that the most important
predictor

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or the most powerful
predictor of who's successful

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in learning a language
is motivation.

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And for those of us in this room

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who have been successful
language learners,

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you know you have to
put in a lot of time.

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That makes sense.

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You know, if you're
going to keep doing it

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and keep doing better,
keep putting

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in the time you need
to be motivated.