Language Learning
topic on 3 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
How I Built This 
20VC
5 statements about Language Learning, every show
Hacker: OpenAI should target search and social media over language learning
“If I was Sam Altman, you know I would go after the big trillion dollar companies. Like, why go, go into, you know, language learning when you can go into search or social media?”
Gil: 90 minutes is the optimal duration for a learning chapter
“We already knew that 90 minutes is the perfect amount of time to do a chapter.”
Gil: Demographics cannot reliably target language learning customers
“Being in the language learning business for so long, I can tell you that the affinity isn't always there. Meaning, Guy, you Happen to like Italian, and that's the language that you'd like, want to learn. But that doesn't mean that your friend wants to learn th…”
Daily 15-minute language practice beats weekly two-hour classes
“If one can spend 15 minutes a day to learn the language, it's much more effective than 15 minutes times seven put into a two hour weekend class because More frequency helps memorizing better and utilizing the language in a much more effective way as a tool.”
Von Ahn: Chatbots Work for Language Learning but Not for Math
“I don't think it's all that useful to have something like teaching math where you have a chatbot because the conversation is not the real element. You know, you're somehow trying to teach math. Whereas in languages, you're trying to teach the conversation. So …”