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Episode 16. Choking - what we can learn from Lewandowski's blunder

November 27, 2022 Jacek Olender Season 1 Episode 16
PoLoop Angielski
Episode 16. Choking - what we can learn from Lewandowski's blunder
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Robert Lewandowski's failed penalty kick can teach us a few things about learning a foreign language. You can find out what in this episode.

This episode has been prepared with new features: a transcript and timestamps. This is why, you won’t  find here the usual list of words and expressions used in the recording, but you can still find all the words and expressions in the transcript. You can read and download the transcript here.

Please let me know if you find this new format useful. My email address is jacek@poloopangielski.pl.

Research links:

Link to Sian's Beilock's book
Link to Malcolm Gladwell's article on choking: The Art of Failure
Link to Sian's Beilock's TED Talk

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Welcome
Robert Lewandowski's blunder
Sian Beilock's book Choke and what her findings tell us about performing under stress
What does "choke" mean?
Paralysis by analysis in action
Two types of memory
What Sian Beilock's findings can teach us about learning a foreign language
Summary