Here's my take on rapid language learning - Italian in 3 months! 👉🏻 kzitem.info/door/PLQJscr8iS4eEuHPHQerHMBxZ68O8jiq12
@Hiro04
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!
@GoingGreenMom
3 жыл бұрын
Does the sore jaw thing transfer to throat/vocal cords? I've been working a lot on French and Thai, for a few weeks, and I've gotten really hoarse and my throats feels weird.... not like sick sore throat, but having been working on this stuff for so long I figured I would have gotten used to it by now? I'm basically shadowing apps and flash cards a few hours a day.
@billbyrne7891
3 жыл бұрын
Prove how good you are learn to speak Irish, let us know when you are starting , tá gaelige teanga is darcear, irish is a really hard language to learn ,that irish guy on the net can't speak it you know the guy language hacking guy
@BruceCarbonLakeriver
2 жыл бұрын
The drawing is a insane proof (I draw myself and I know the effort). But the bear example truly gets me HAHAH I gonna check that TEDxTalk - thanks for your commentary!
@Theyoutuberpolyglot
3 жыл бұрын
This is my method to learn any language. I am not going to mention the word" time" here. I practice the 4 skills at the same time: Speaking, reading, listening to and writing. While I am reading and listening to, whatever podcast, Video, dialogue, you name it, I write down what I hear. For instance, I listen to a long sentence, an idiom or a word, then I will jot down on a piece of paper to check out if my brain is able to recall what I hear. While I am writing it down, I say it to myself. I do have dialogues with myself. I learn sentences structures by heart. I tend to add different words in the same sentence structure. For example My friend is from Portugal. My sister is from New york. I am using the same sentence structure, however, the words are different. Most people also need feedback in the 4 skills. The big question is What is fluency? What does it mean to speak, read, write and understand a language like a native speaker? There are native speakers in my native language who speak/ write better than me. Maths, Medicine, Geography are subjects which we can learn through a language. Can you understand a judge when he or she uses his or her lexicon? Can you understand a doctor when he or she uses medical vocabulary? That doctor and that judge speak your native language by using some words that are new to you. That concept " Learn a language like a native " is rubbish. Sorry, I don't know all the words in my native language. A language is a bridge which allows you to reach further information.
@abcnu9711
3 жыл бұрын
I probably needed to see this comment today. Ive been struggling to move past intermediate level in korean and i didnt know what to do but i’ll be using your method!
@Theyoutuberpolyglot
3 жыл бұрын
@@abcnu9711 Get out of your comfort zone. Take official exams, speak with a native about any topic, avoid small talk.
@joshcoup6440
2 жыл бұрын
@@abcnu9711 hang in there. My Russian has been intermediate for a long time, but it seems to me that it's still conversational fluency. I love talking i. Russian. But in the end, what is my ultimate goal? Native level? Professional use? I don't know and so I'm stuck also.
@cuivincent9744
2 жыл бұрын
@@joshcoup6440 Sticking on the sec gear is normal. So go as Olly Richards methods, reading a lot of books with precise intonation or pronunciation, It may give u the breakthrough.
@Thelinguist
3 жыл бұрын
It seems to me that Chris Lonsdale mixes a few well-known truths about language learning with a lot of unsubstantiated hocus-pocus. He would have been more credible if he spoke some Chinese, or for that matter other languages that he had learned to speak fluently within six months. I don't see how you can become fluent or native in Chinese without being able to read. He doesn't even mention characters. Mostly I would like to hear him speak Chinese.
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
I seem to remember hearing him speak very good Cantonese.
@JohnPaulCauchi
3 жыл бұрын
There are a number of videos on youtube of him speaking chinese, just search "Chris Lonsdale speaking chinese", he spokes both Mandarin and Cantonese very well.
@charlespowell7138
3 жыл бұрын
@@JohnPaulCauchi You are right John! There are 2 30 plus minute videos of how to learn any language in six months in mandarin by Chris Lonsdale. Plus he just recently did about an hour long video on language learning in mandarin with mandarin corner!
@henry12h
3 жыл бұрын
I think he speaks very good Chinese. But he has been in china for long time. I don't know if he has learned another language in six months and have that fluent level. kzitem.info/news/bejne/o3uEp2yHjIKef44
@daysandwords
3 жыл бұрын
I agree with Steve. I have seen Chris speaking both Cantonese and Mandarin and I have asked native speakers about how good he is, and they say he is good. But when he says "native", he means "decent foreign speaker". Most adults don't reach native level or even very close to that, and if they do, it's definitely not within 6 months. I know at least 10 Swedes who have lived in Australia for 5 or more years and they still say weird things every now and then, and very few of them don't have a Swedish "tell" somewhere. I think this is a decent talk but doesn't actually give us much to go away with.
@alejandragarcia866
3 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was obsessed with the time I'd be able to speak my second language. I was always searching for people telling their stories of learning languages. As time passed, i realized I did have a competition but not one else but with myself. When I stopped wondering if I'd be able to speak a language in 8 months, I really saw the change. I could see my own breakthrough. For me, learning a language doesn't depend on the time, it does depend on the effort you put on that.
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for telling your story. It’s helpful for me to hear How expectations affects people.
@ciatileds1509
3 жыл бұрын
Hola Alejandra podrías darme tips de como aprender Inglés o si conoces algún tutor que de clases online estaría super agradecida 🌻
@marysueper140
2 жыл бұрын
@@ciatileds1509 Lee revistas y aprende las palabras de canciones. Buena suerte. Yo aprendia español en el colegio hace 40 años, y ya aprendo español y otras lenguas.
@cuivincent9744
2 жыл бұрын
Learning Language is time-based. Surely you can accelerate via efficient way. But Reestablishing the brain with nerve cells requires time and energy to form right topology
@Heavy-metaaal
2 жыл бұрын
Best point.
@Copolia
3 жыл бұрын
I can definitely attest to the "English deaf" part of this talk. When I first came to England, at age 13, I struggled to understand what people were saying because I had primarily learned English from books and films. The "every day" English was a struggle for me and I was tearful for the first few months, until I finally adapted. I am fluent in 4 languages and I am currently learning Spanish. It helps enormously that I am emotionally motivated to learn this language due to having new Spanish relatives. I am also learning by reading (everything), listening to the news in Spanish, watching KZitem, reading books, listening to music, watching films and getting used to the speed and rhythm of the language. I add to these vocabulary and verbs - not so much grammar and accent - plus working on my pronunciation. These have helped me enormously - and learning from brilliant KZitemrs like yourself! 😊
@BackBruck
2 жыл бұрын
Yo también👌
@Alec72HD
3 жыл бұрын
My first language was Russian. When I moved to States i stopped using my first language and i definitely became near native in English within a year. There is a change that happens in the brain when you COMPLETELY stop using a native language and replace it with a second language.
@Chadpritai
2 жыл бұрын
Hey
@Heavy-metaaal
2 жыл бұрын
Very weird, but true.
@Heavy-metaaal
2 жыл бұрын
Do you still speak Russian?
@jeffreymason7049
Жыл бұрын
I guess it depends on what people's understanding of "native" is, but to me it's pretty clear. You get tons and tons of film, music, cultural, political, religious references, you understand the idioms, the biggest literary influences, the historical narratives. You know the names of the local plants and animals. And most people only get that after living somewhere for a very long time. I am a fluent Russian speaker, worked professionally as a RU-EN translator for nearly a decade, speak at home with my wife in Russian, have Russian-speaking friends and despite all of that, I would not consider myself a near-native speaker.
@Alec72HD
Жыл бұрын
@@jeffreymason7049 To each their own. I did explain the importance of NOT using your first language for at least a year to allow the second language to flourish. Children are in a much better situation because their first language isn't fully developed. They can easily go on developing two languages to a native level simultaneously.
@callmebigpapa
2 жыл бұрын
I would like to thank all KZitemrs who have language learning channels or post videos like Chris, whatever the approach, you all move us forward as foreign language learners even if only in inspiration. You guys really keep me motivated to keep learning every day!!!!
@NetAndyCz
3 жыл бұрын
The more I learn languages and think about how they work, the more I think that "fluent" and "native-like" are meaningless buzzwords. The easiest way to get fluent in any language in 6, 3, 1 month in any language is to redefine "fluency" to suit your purpose :p
@lifeafterleo
3 жыл бұрын
Great analysis! I watched this myself earlier in my Spanish learning journey and found it helpful. It was nice to hear your thoughts now that I understand more about language learning and have applied these principles to myself. Well done!
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@nicktheflanders
3 жыл бұрын
I love this type of content!
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
That's nice to hear, Nick! There's a lot more like this coming. I enjoy making it
@based9930
3 жыл бұрын
You like charlatans?
@ibrahimali9564
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a great idea Olly! Looking forward for more content like this one. Btw, I really enjoy reading your short stories in German. Thank you so much 🙏 ❤️
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
More to come!
@billambers7756
3 жыл бұрын
Hello, i clicked on this video because I wanted to share my experience with japanese. I'm learning japanese since August so 6 month( i made 2 pauses :1 of 2 months and another of 2 weeks) and my level is now near the N4. I think what matters in language learning is motivation firstly and time. When you have them both you can go really far 🤩🤗
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
Motivation, time, and the ability to notice. The holy trinity!
@LauraJdogmom
2 жыл бұрын
Just curious, what was your motivation? Did you plan to travel there, or do you have Japanese friends, or was it just the challenge? Arigato!
@erimsee
3 жыл бұрын
Thx Olly for putting the thesis in a practical perspective for the average language student. Imho this Tedx talk is responsible for millions of frustrated language learners that quit learning a new language because they think they are to silly to be fluent in 6 or 12 month. The first point that is missing is a definition of being fluent in a language, And don't forget that Mandarin has nearly no grammar but lots of need to work on you're face and mouth muscles to be able to pronunce the strange sounds of this language. And the second point is how do I find a Chinese person in a train that is willing to talk with me the whole night. - You mention the good points and I like to learn with you with the story based method.
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Victor!
@suzana8805
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly! I needed to learn fluent German for my job and I realized a lot of KZitemrs call B1 or even A2 level „fluent“. They learn some basic grammar and a few simple phrases and then say they speak 8 languages (which they’ve learned in 7 months, of course). I get that it means better views, but come on..
@erimsee
3 жыл бұрын
@@suzana8805 Right. This is ok for private conversations, holiday, etc. but if you apply for a job you have to have a way higher level.
@DeTAYL.
3 жыл бұрын
This is amazing content, Olly! A refreshing change of pace. Cheers!
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I enjoyed making it.
@keithwheeler7452
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant analysis Olly. Perhaps the action that is missing is 'Management' of the learning process. To set a structure that provides routines and periodic achievable goals and a means to measure them to ensure focus/intensity and therefore success.
@run2fire
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for attaching your learning Italian. I will definitely check that out
@jdsp1282
2 жыл бұрын
Apart from the time available, environment and resources, I believe that it also depends on the ability one has to learn a language. Some can do it with ease, whereas others may need to figure out their learning skills and pace first. Plus 6 months is too little time, speacilly if one has a life aside learning a foreign language.
@unicornishcornish
3 жыл бұрын
I appreciate how eloquent you are in your native language. My level of English is close to native but there are still many new phrases I pick up on occasion. This is the first time I heard "Point of contention"
@originaldanman
Жыл бұрын
My problem, I don't like to talk a lot, and the language I'm learning is not the one I prefer, however it is the one that is the most practical for me to learn because of where I live, therefore motivation is difficult.
@penashe17
Жыл бұрын
I have this same problem - the most practical languages are not the ones I'm most interested in & that hurts motivation. I would think it might be common, but you're the first person I've heard talk about it.
@engespress
3 ай бұрын
This is a very reasonable take.
@objectivistathlete
3 жыл бұрын
Regarding "Principle #2" - Krashen mentions this in his books and talks, the idea being that conversation can give you lots of comprehensible input. In other words, the point of a conversation with a native speaker isn't to talk a lot, it's to allow the native speaker to speak in a dumbed down version of his/her language and make it comprehensible for you. In this guy's train ride (if it really happened), I doubt he was doing much of the talking, considering he says he knew zero Mandarin... probably his Chinese friend was acting out and drawing and trying his best to explain what he was saying. Basically, through "conversation" this guy probably got a free 8 hour TPRS or story listening lesson. But, of course, if what I hypothesize here is actually true, then it defeats the entire purpose of his second "principle" - in reality, his "Principle 2" is actually just "Principle 3" (Understand the Message, Acquire the Language) in the context of accidentally meeting a really nice stranger on an 8 hour train ride.
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I agree. Hence why I think it's just better to get the CI in a more reliable way -- reading.
@araknus7863
3 жыл бұрын
@@storylearning TPR, TPRS, and picture drawing are god level at the very beginning. Reading becomes amazing later on though.
@stewste4316
Жыл бұрын
thats great point of view
@mauriciob5757
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks from Colombia
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mauricio!
@kas8131
2 жыл бұрын
Anyone have a source for the quick drawing principles he is talking about?
@highchamp1
3 жыл бұрын
DLIFLC Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Monterey California 3 months, 6 months, 1 year language courses. I have seen all the KZitem videos and old films but I still really don't fully understand the method they use. A full review of the methods, lessons, daily routine, and total program would be interesting. Other immersion courses would be good too.
@nicoleraheem1195
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. I'm searching for an intensive study program to create for myself and I can't find anything revealing daily routines. So, here I am, thinking about starting a language I had no interest in learning, Japanese, to see how far I get in 6 months, If I follow the advice of these Polyglots. Then, whatever I come with,I could share....🤷🏽♀️ I've already been studying both Korean and Chinese for over 10 months but I've been inconsistent. For me to start over and claim that I have learned it in six months would be unfair and untrue. Idk but I would like to test this theory of at least, see how it's done
@darlinsebastian.3229
3 жыл бұрын
I learned to speak English, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese and I don't see myself learning a language up to a native level without reading, this tips would perfectly work for a beginner but for an advanced speaker; reading, listening and speaking has to be the center of a daily routine.
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
I completely agree
@perryfrancis7640
3 жыл бұрын
And then of course the ultimate difficulty in establishing a baseline for any type of a comparative talk on language learning, the ever subjective term "fluency." Using Olly Richards' Story Learning courses as the central part of my learning material, I managed to get to a point in 6 months where I could speak comfortably for hours on end, but it was (still is) very far from elegant. Am I fluent??? No idea. I think not. Am I happy that I can participate in long spontaneous conversations with native Spanish speakers without stressing them out or causing fatigue to them? Unbelievably so. Do I understand everything? Absolutely not .. but my language skills are such that I can catch on through context or simply ask for clarification. Based on my experience in 6 months, and then the subsequent 4-5, I too back Olly's score of 8. Lonsdale's advice is sound. I doubt that I will ever speak Spanish as an absolute native, but perhaps at least naturally. So, I anticipate another solid year of really getting after it to be that person. Said another way - breach the B2 level in 6 months?? Sure! C1, or whatever it is that Lonsdale calls "native level?" Many more months or years and multiple times the work that it took to get achieve B2.
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
You’re an inspiration for all of us Perry!
@SmallSpoonBrigade
3 жыл бұрын
One of my biggest issues when it comes to assessing my level in Mandarin is that since I self-studied so much of what I know, it's difficult to place myself. There are things that I don't know that even most beginners would know if they learned in class. But, there's also things where I'm quite advanced. It's all a matter of what I felt was important enough to learn when I needed to be able to do things on my own.
@cuivincent9744
2 жыл бұрын
@@SmallSpoonBrigade Self-assessing is really a hurdle for language learners. That's why reading is an efficientest way just coz a book can provide consistency. Throughout reading a book many times, the crucial importance is that you can see what's you gained. And thus this really motivates us to go further
@GeorgeDeCarlo
3 жыл бұрын
Prof. Brown at Poly-glot-a-lot gives the simple instruction using comprehensible input and I add in context. On an individual basis children's books are used. BUT fluent speakers reading and telling the story are needed. At least 1,100 hours are needed for conversational fluency. In the Philippines this is a major problem. Begging friends and yelling at spouse is needed. Also hiring someone who is not a teacher to avoid grammar, translation and correction is best and keeps cost down. Passive acquisition. Practice or using the language too early may be counter productive. As children none of us practiced our first language. We listened and then language as we thought appropriate. We also correct ourselves. Many of these points are presented by Prof. Krashen over many videos online.
@ChadieRahimian
2 жыл бұрын
I think the emotional aspect is really important. When I first arrived in Germany I hated all germans and the German language simply because they did not match my expectations of "cool American society". I really had no idea about the culture before coming here. I found the average humor really painful, I found people cold and distant and boring. After a few years of staying in Germany and accepting the culture I started making significant improvements in my language abilities.
@itsallstraw
2 жыл бұрын
I’m heading to Germany in September- I’m in the same boat… any suggestions?
@AlastairBudge
3 жыл бұрын
Really nuanced perspective, I really enjoyed your take. The reality rating of 8 I thought is a little generous. His definitions of "fluent" and "native" (as others have pointed out) are missing, so what does this actually mean? Also, the entire lecture is pretty short on practical things. As someone who was new to learning languages, I wonder how useful a video like this (his, not yours) actually is. What can someone *practically* do about it?
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, that was my main reservation, but I couldn't fault most of the points made
@RingsOfSolace
3 жыл бұрын
I actually never had the face hurting but my gf did. She spoke with me in English despite speaking Spanish at home all the time. So she told me that after some of our late night talks her face started to hurt. But I still haven't had that with Spanish, even though I've maintained hours of conversations and (while that's the thing I want to improve the most) I'm still not that bad at speaking, either. I just wanna flow more naturally.
@francaisavecfluidite
3 жыл бұрын
The question is "why do you need to learn so fast"? We can see that this guy Chris is a quite nervous person. So I can guess he wants to rush everything he does. What's the point????????? What's the urgency?
@willstith1
3 жыл бұрын
Cool vid Olly. I remember this vid. He gives some good advice but his timeline is way way off. Also why is everybody in such a dang hurry?
@robertshuruncle9619
3 жыл бұрын
My experience is Olly is always interesting and shares useful insights. I don't recall clicking away from any of his videos. One thing I thought odd was that ACTION #7 "direct connect" was for me the most useful and interesting aspect of the TEDx talk and yet it was almost completely edited out of this review. For those who haven't seen the TEDx the idea is basically consciously mapping the new language over the same mental constructs you use for your mother tongue. The few seconds that were left of it in this version didn't convey it at all and as I said for me it was a very deep and useful observation.
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the observation. Yes, the video was getting too long, so there were some casualties! There were lots of excellent points in this talk, I just felt it lacked a coherent narrative.
@eddieliusa
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for reacting to this, I’ve seen the tedx and always thought it was bogus (at least within 6 months)
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
Bogus is too strong, I tihnk. Worthy of evaluation though.
@Buildingscienceacademy
3 жыл бұрын
The language parent was like the most important part! I was hoping to hear your opinion on that.
@eversonbr2023
7 ай бұрын
With lot of time a day and a structure plan, i think you can achieve a good level, maybe a speakable level. However a structure plan could eventually make you do things you don't like. Finally, i think learn a language have to be more enjoyful than a contraint to achieve.
@henry12h
3 жыл бұрын
Six months in languages like Spanish to Portuguese is possible be kind of 'fluent'.
@booksnlanguages
3 жыл бұрын
Yep I learned French in 6months !!
@nevermind2509
3 жыл бұрын
@@booksnlanguages how bro? I'm learning French right now. I've been studying it for 1 month by myself. What path should I follow? I'm an Spanish native speaker and I know English at an advanced level.
@booksnlanguages
3 жыл бұрын
@@nevermind2509 so what worked for me was that i was a Romance language native (Portuguese)! Here's what i did: 1- learned alphabet, numbers, polite phrases, introductory phrases, pronouns, people vocab etc. 2 - i did a immersion in music sing along every single day (this step was important cuz it help me a with phonetic, so i dont worry about letter that are not pronounced in a word) 2- read read read and read , i found a french library here in Brazil so i basic read and reread all the books in level A1, A2,B1,B2.... each level until I understood 90%of the books (ps.:all of them had audio so I listen a lot of times too) 3- choose a text book that is full in french (as u r a Spanish speaker, it'll not be that hard to understand. (Go for 1 unit each week ) 4- set up all you devices in french....but if i sont understand?? don't worry about i guess 2 months u get used to, i mean u already know how to find this in your phone. 5- creat a KZitem account and follow just thing that interested you in french .( like this account that in talking to you is my Russian account ) 6-easy podcast in french , I recommend: innerfrench its has transcripts and français authentique! 7- just enjoy yourself its the best way to learn is having fun with . Find this that u like doing amd do it in french . 8- i did not care about the process, if i was learning or nor i just immersed myself , and then one day I realize i was speaking and even thinking in french ! 9- thats not a tip but a clarification: THATS WHAT WORKED FOR MEEEEEE OK ?! DONT TAKE AS A METHOD CUZ THE TRUTH IS THERES NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT METHOD TO LEARN A LANGUAGE , ITS ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT WORKES FOR YOU !!!?? So i hope this could be helpful for you !!! Ps.: have you tried to use the same method that u learned English in French?!?!
@booksnlanguages
3 жыл бұрын
@@nevermind2509 i also fund this list on tumblr: Sometimes it can be tricky to know what to learn if you are teaching yourself a language. Here are some ideas for what you can focus on learning each day for the first two months of learning a new language! I formatted it so there is the general topic for the day and then in parentheses are some ideas to get you started but you can definitely learn a lot more than what I’ve written down! These are just to help generate some ideas! This definitely would move pretty quickly if you covered all this material in 2 months so you could definitely spend more time on each topic if you need! This would require quite a bit of time each day in order to learn it all. This could totally work for a 4 or 6-month challenge where you spend 2 or 3 days on each of the topics I listed if you don’t have enough time to cover each topic in just one day! 1.Polite phrases (thank you, please, yes/no, you’re welcome, I’m sorry) 2.Introductory phrases (hi, my name is, I’m from, I speak, how are you?) 3.Pronouns (I, you, he, she, they, we) 4.Basic people vocab (girl, boy, man, woman, person, child) 5.Basic verbs in present tense (to eat, to drink, to walk, to read, to write, to say) 6.Sentence structure (how to form some basic sentences) 7.Negative sentences (I do not __) 8..Question words (who, what, where, when, why, how, how to form questions) 9.Numbers (0-20, 30, 40, 50, 100, 1,000, 1,000,000) 10.Time (hour, minute, half hour, reading the time) 11.Meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, dessert, appetizer) 12.Basic foods (apple, banana, rice, bread, pasta, carrot, soup, water) 13.More foods (beef, pork, fruit, vegetable, juice, coffee, tea, chocolate, cake) 14.Kitchen (stove, oven, kitchen, fridge, table, chair, bake, boil) 15.Eating supplies (knife, spoon, fork, plate, bowl, cup, glass) 16.More verbs (to make, to have, to see, to like, to go, to be able to, to want, to need) 17.Family (father, mother, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, cousin, grandmother, grandfather, parents, grandparents) 18.Transportation (car, train, plane, bus, bicycle, airport, train station) 19.City locations (apartment, building, restaurant, movie theater, market, hotel, bank) 20.Directions (north, south, east, west, right, left) 21.Adjectives (good, bad, smart, delicious, nice, fun) 22.More verbs (to give, to send, to wake up, to cry, to love, to hate, to laugh) 23.Colors (red, yellow, blue, green, purple, black, white, brown) 24.Emotions (happy, sad, calm, angry) 25.Physical descriptions (tall, short, blonde, brunette, redhead, eye color) 26.Body parts (arm, leg, hand, finger, foot, toe, face, eye, mouth, nose, ears) 27.Descriptors (rich, poor, beautiful, ugly, expensive, inexpensive) 28.Basic clothing (shirt, pants, dress, skirt, jacket, sweater, skirt, shorts) 29.Accessories (belt, hat, wallet, gloves, sunglasses, purse, watch) 30.More verbs (to keep, to smile, to run, to drive, to wear, to remember) 31.Animals (cat, dog, horse, cow, bear, pig, chicken, duck, fish) 32.More animals (turtle, sheep, fox, mouse, lion, deer) 33.Months (January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December) 34.Seasons (fall, winter, spring, summer) 35.Weather (sunny, cloudy, hot, cold, snowing, raining) 36.States of being (I’m hungry, I’m tired, I’m thirsty) 37.House (bedroom, living room, bathroom, stairs) 38.Furniture (bed, lamp, couch, door, window) 39.Electronics (phone, TV, computer, camera, radio, headphones) 40.Nature (tree, flower, plant, animal, grass, animal, outside, sky, sun, moon, clouds) 50.More verbs (to teach, to learn, to understand, to know, to listen, to hear) 51.School (classroom, elementary school, high school, college, student, class, grade, homework, test) 52.School subjects (math, science, English, art, music, chemistry, biology, physics) 53.School supplies (book, pencil, pen, paper, notebook, folder, backpack, calculator) 54.Classroom features (student desk, teacher desk, whiteboard, chalk, clock, bell) 55.Jobs (teacher, scientist, doctor, artist, dancer, musician) 56.More jobs (surgeon, manager, engineer, architect, lawyer, dentist, writer) 57.More verbs (to buy, to sell, to work, to ask, to answer, to dance, to leave, to come) 58.Comparisons (less than, more than, same, __er than) 59.Languages (French, German, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, English, Japanese) 60.Countries (France, Germany, China, Russia, Spain, Mexico, United States, Japan) 61.Religion (church, temple, mosque, to pray, Judaism, Christianity, Islam) 62.Past tense (I was, he ran, she wrote) 63.Hobbies (shopping, sports, soccer, chess, fishing, gardening, photography) 64.More verbs (to describe, to sleep, to find, to wish, to enter, to feel, to think) 65A.rt (paint, draw, painting, gallery, frame, brush) 66.Morning routine (to wake up, to brush teeth, toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, soap) 67.Future tense (I will run, he will write) 68.TV + internet (online, internet, to watch TV, TV show, movie, documentary, cartoon) 69.More verbs (to look for, to stay, to touch, to meet, to show, to rent, to wash, to play) I guess if u matches with immersion it may work !!
@lucievec6683
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. I was able to do it in 3 to 4 months. Well I was able to start talking in Spanish. You never stop learning a language.
@fransmith3255
3 жыл бұрын
"HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT KIND OF PERSON" (the kind that will have a conversation with a beginner language learner. This is the thing. I've been living in the country of the language I'm learning for more than 2 years, and I don't have access to anyone like that.
@fransmith3255
3 жыл бұрын
@brexit brexit Exactly! He personally gets access to people like that because he has a KZitem channel. Most people don't...
@nikhiljha7352
2 жыл бұрын
Learning language in 6 months is possible through story learning only..My brother bought Chinese uncovered last week and his progress seems fast paced. I am going to buy German Uncovered Intermediate level as soon as they launch the course....!!
@KizetteandTotoro
2 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I hear about how much your face hurts when you learn a new language. The more different the phonetics between your native language and the language you are learning, the more it hurts. Trying to replicate sounds that don’t exist in your native language is a physical as well as a mental challenge.
@reptileclub8681
2 жыл бұрын
I'm already starting to get the accent for Korean, although I don't know anyone who speaks Korean, I go into Korean streams, and try to replicate their accent in front of a mirror
@michaelschiller7871
3 жыл бұрын
My problem with videos of this kind is always the 'headline'. It says you can 'learn' a language in six months, but that is inevitably misinterpreted by most people. Most people imagine that you learn a language, and then you know it and are fluent. And by fluent, they mean native-like. The figure that a vocabulary of 3000 thousand is enough to let you understand 98% of speech is surely impressive. But he leaves out that to reach the same level of comprehension with a newspaper, it takes 8000 words. For books, it is closer to 9000. Most people who have never learned a second language, when they hear fluent, imagine that it includes being able to read the news.
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I really struggle with this question of the ‘impression given to most people’. At best, it’s no big deal, at worst it can have a really negative impact on someone. I do think that the title of a video is something of a distraction, but in this case he makes the claims very prominently in the talk.
@michaelschiller7871
3 жыл бұрын
@@storylearning ya, it is a bit of a challenge. I think I would like to see the discussion focus less on how quickly a language can be learned, and rather on how to learn a languange more enjoyably. Fluency may be the goal, but it isn't the point at which the language starts to enhance your life.
@trooper_in_da_tank8826
3 жыл бұрын
No body: No body: Me a kid: *sweats profusely*
@locosiap4184
2 жыл бұрын
Why did you pretend that this was the first time you watched this by putting loops of you nodding your head in the corner of the screen? I don't think anyone expects you to comment exactly what you want to say in the best any possible seconds after watching the thing you are commenting about.
@skeptigal8899
3 жыл бұрын
Even native speakers continue to learn and refine their language over their lifetimes. Reaching native fluency within a short time is a pipe dream, but with effort a good level of competence can be reached fairly quickly.
@skeptigal8899
3 жыл бұрын
@Rei Ren As an adult you’ve never learned new words or expressions in your native language? And you don’t need flash cards.
@smspelomundo
Жыл бұрын
is possible? Only if you are in the country doing daily stuff and forcing yourself to talk in language you want to learn.
@6thgraderfriends
3 жыл бұрын
TEDx is completely different from TED. TEDx goes around to different colleges and gets people to stand and speak for a certain amount of time no matter how well they know the topic. TED does extensive research on the individuals to make sure they know their subjects really well.
@romangonzalezadrianmaurici6302
2 жыл бұрын
I really doubt you poliglots really understand what is the situation of regular people learning a new language. I have seen a lot of people claiming they have learnt a language in months and saying It is easy and all of them claim that you can learn It by your own using his or her advice. But Wow what a SURPRiSe! They all have live in the country of the language they learnt for a year or more! They also have gone to formal classes with teachers and classmates and also they did that like full time, 8 or more hours a day but then they say you can do It too by your own, staying in your country and in your free time. Learning a language is hard people, try to follow advices, do research, watch vídeos but dont give Up if your progress is "slow" everyone situation is different and remember that if It was that easy everyone would be speaking 10 leanguages by now and never give Up!
@melodywilson
2 жыл бұрын
I'm not able to make sentences, speak and I can't read to good yet in korean. Where I live there's very few koreans if any. Only thing I can do is watch kdramas, watch korean cartoons, listen to kpop and podcast
@ChristiaanCorthier
3 жыл бұрын
Oily, can a person really become fluent in 6 months? I have studying on and off spanish 2 years.. im only A2.
@crooniegrumpkin4415
3 жыл бұрын
It depends what his definition of Fluency really is! And what is yours. Don't assume anything.
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
You can - conversationally fluent. But it’s a lot of work.
@ChristiaanCorthier
3 жыл бұрын
@@storylearning So C1 level in 6 months I'm currently taking an A2 class for 2 months, then im going take B1 and B2 for 4 months each. I also read Paco Arndt, Juan Fernandez, and your books ever night.. Is your Spamish books more at B1 level and above?
@ChristiaanCorthier
3 жыл бұрын
Would you consider doing a video on graded level language books for language learners?
@ChristiaanCorthier
3 жыл бұрын
@BatJoker My B1 class is 4 months My B2 class is another 4 months long. So C1 would take additional 6 to 8 months after tha?
@nicoleraheem1195
3 жыл бұрын
OMG!!!! YOU'RE OLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! I have your "Intermediate Short stories in Korean", even though I'm only a beginner.😏🥴 I found your book to be so intriguing that I figured I'd use it as a reference guide to highlight beginner phrases that I've learned through TTMIK, just to reinforce what I've learned through reading. ☺️☺️☺️💜I'm glad I found your KZitem. #Subscribed✋🏾 Thank you for your hard work.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾💜🖤🌙🖤✨💜
@apollo9389
3 жыл бұрын
I learned English in 6 months and it was hard but it is possible!
@Amoureternelle
2 жыл бұрын
How many hours you was studying daily?
@Amoureternelle
2 жыл бұрын
And what was your daily program?
@TheStickCollector
3 жыл бұрын
yes
@yourfirstsecondlanguage4782
3 жыл бұрын
This is sooooo overdue!
@bitterbloodeddemon
3 жыл бұрын
I'm willing to concede to the idea that some people have talent for certain languages that put them ahead. The story about the train is hard for me to jive with, but on the other hand I can read and understand Spanish with virtually no Spanish under my belt. That's a fluke though. I would never use that kind of language based anomaly as a measuring stick for everyone else with every other language. I wouldn't even use it as an example or proof that anyone can learn a language. Nope. Heck, my main focus is Japanese and that's taken me YEARS AND YEARS of conscious and constant effort. Ability to seamlessly pick up one language with an insane amount of ease shouldn't be treated as a norm everyone can accomplish. It really can end up causing people to give up when they aren't having that easy of a time. I agree with his comprehensible input thing. I have to wonder if the guy on the train REALLY took the time to pantomime and be practically parental about it? I spent time with a deaf coworker signing and was able to hold conversations but it often came with some pantomiming and correcting my signs. I could at least finger-spell and he could kind of lip-read and speak... so there was the ability to bridge that communication barrier. Sans that though... no. Not unless your brain is just REALLY ATUNED to that language for some reason. Lesson 1 listen a lot: I did that, I didn't understand it, I did it pretty close to 24/7 for a period of years and made no progress. I wouldn't throw that in there like they can just pick it up through osmosis. Some people can! I've seen people who picked up a lot of Japanese from Anime, with the English subs ON! but I suspect most will hear the same gibberish day 1 and day 730. Most of the rest of everything else I can't really complain about. I think they can or should have been expanded on more... but that's just me.
@JordYaku
3 жыл бұрын
Olly, I don't mean to be rude. But have you just recorded a 5 second clip of your face in the top right and put it on a repeating loop?
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
Yep! 🤣
@scotthullinger4684
2 жыл бұрын
Learn any language? In just 6 months? Perhaps not any language, but surely a large number of them. And 6 months would just be an introduction, merely within the territory of minor fluency. Fluency includes vocabulary, subject matter, and a large number of topics. Most people aren't fluent even in their native language. If you've never involved yourself in sports, then you might not know what a hockey puck is. If you've never done much photography, then you might not know what an f / stop is, or depth of field, or silver emulsion.
@laroyrichardson
2 жыл бұрын
How do you feel about the video titles like “How I got fluent in Spanish in 30 days?” etc.
@LearnThaiRapidMethod
3 жыл бұрын
What he (Olly) said, reading & listening is key. Here’s my recommendation: choose mostly modern, colloquial, conversational texts - read out loud (accurately!!!) - understand what you are reading - listen to a native speaker reading your study material out loud. (Don’t bother with writing, not until you are fairly advanced... applies even with your mother tongue!)
@nicoleraheem1195
3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking about this, to only focus on reading and listening as a beginner, to gradually work into speaking and then to start writing
@LearnThaiRapidMethod
3 жыл бұрын
@@nicoleraheem1195 Yes, that's about right. But I would focus on speaking as early as possible - and the trick is to *read aloud*, making sure your pronunciation and diction is as accurate and clear as possible. Because however you start to speak and pronounce words and sentences, that is more or less how you will speak for the rest of your life. It's very difficult to undo bad habits and correct them later on, so get it right from the start...! :o There's another virtuous side-effect: the act of speaking accurately seems to help you to hear what people are saying. This is actually quite odd, because most native speakers speak very indistinctly. So you can't really pick up a language just by listening. I can usually tell if a person has learnt that way because of the way he/she mispronounces common words and tends not to understand them when enunciated clearly! Audiobooks where you can follow the text is the way to go! (And studying the subtitles of a movie could help too, except that the characters in a movie tend to speak way too fast and indistinctly!) An enjoyable way to become fluent in Thai (once you've learnt the basics) is to watch/study Note Udom's comedy shows on Netflix coz they have Thai CC (closed-captioning) as well as English subtitles.
@nicoleraheem1195
3 жыл бұрын
@@LearnThaiRapidMethod I just typed out my study plan on s separate video. I'll share it with you....
@nicoleraheem1195
3 жыл бұрын
@@LearnThaiRapidMethod However, I really don't know if 90 days or 6 months is needed to reach A2 level 🤷🏽♀️
@nicoleraheem1195
3 жыл бұрын
@@LearnThaiRapidMethod Thank you for your advice. Should I find a tutor immediately? I don't think people are very patient with absolute beginners.😔 I want to use this study plan I created for myself for at least 90 days. Learning conversational phrases, tuning my ears and enhancing my vocabulary before I get a language partner/parent/tutor. The last tutor I had in mandarin, mocked me for not being able to understand a motivational speaker after studying basic chinese for a year. (Hsk 1+Hsk 2)
@francoisegregyi233
3 жыл бұрын
If you live in a foreign country and don't speak your own tongue, you will learn the basics of that foreign country's language in six (6) months. I did with English, French and Spanish, my mother tongue being Hungarian. It's a question of memorizing the grammar and the vocabulary, and constant repetition.
@ihavenoname6724
2 жыл бұрын
I find it very off-putting when someone claims that he/she can teach you a language quickly and/or easily.
@lewjames6688
2 жыл бұрын
I had a distant relative who became fluent in a very difficult language in six months. Want to know how she did it? She committed a major crime overseas, then got tossed into prison for two years where, by the way, nobody spoke English. Yep. That worked! (Upon coming back to the USA she was even able to work as an interpreter. Pretty good eh?!)
@vd.groenweg2422
2 жыл бұрын
May I ask wich langauge it is that she learnt? 👀
@lewjames6688
2 жыл бұрын
@@vd.groenweg2422 Cantonese in a Hong Kong prison. Really fast way to learn it! LOL
@vd.groenweg2422
2 жыл бұрын
@@lewjames6688 haha that's treu, but it's still a very fast time that she learnt it, thanks for letting me know btw :) 🍀
@olafharoldsonnii4713
Жыл бұрын
Acquisition by survival😂
@emerson23946
Жыл бұрын
The only reason I’m moving relatively quickly learning my third language (I think I can do it in maybe 6 months) is that it’s Italian and I’m B2 in French 😂
@thenaturalyogi5934
2 жыл бұрын
In my opinion 6 months with a language is like having my foot in the door, it would take years to get through the door and fully understand the language.
@gordonchong3580
3 жыл бұрын
While I believe that Lonsdale makes some excellent points about language acquisition I have a strong suspicion that he's not being entirely forthcoming with his own personal journey. What was his previous contact with Mandarin (I assume) before arriving in China? Did he, in fact, already speak some Cantonese? Both points would have an impact on his personal narrative. Olly, you already know that a prior knowledge of a related language makes the proposition "fluent in 6 months" much more credible. I would venture to guess many, many "average language learners " only speak their mother tongue. If that single language happens to be wholly unrelated to the second language (i.e., English --> Mandarin) then good luck with that! Btw I understand that Lonsdale has lived and worked in Asia (Hong Kong) since the early 80s. So that "little longer" that he refers to is a looot longer than a further six months of learning.
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
6 months is an incredibly short time to learn mandarin, whichever way you look at it. No getting around that. Unless, as you say, he already spoke cantonese for example.
@西草C
Жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/061on5p9q4p1dqw
@crazylemontree1068
2 жыл бұрын
I teach Norwegian online and we teach our students up to a B1 level in only 4 months. They have 5 lessons per day Monday to Friday, after that they start working in Norway and do their B2 exam 3 months later. It is possible. I have seen it done lonts of times. No hocus pocus.
@twodyport8080
5 ай бұрын
Nonsense. Just cause they can pass a B1 exam does not mean they are B1..Get real.
@crazylemontree1068
5 ай бұрын
@@twodyport8080 they do, and their exam is a job interview, not an exam with pen and paper. They have 5 classes every day, and they have to study 2-3 hours after that.
@twodyport8080
5 ай бұрын
@@crazylemontree1068 get real, you are deceiving people with your claim you can get people to B1 from A0 in 4 months.
@andricstudioyt1779
3 жыл бұрын
Does listening music and watching shows
@andricstudioyt1779
3 жыл бұрын
Help?
@hinzuzufugen7358
3 жыл бұрын
"Don't get stuck in textbooks" Hmm, any language class needs a TB. It's big business. Sometimes students shield themselves or their minds from the teacher talking to them in the target language.
@ВасилийБорисенков-и3х
Жыл бұрын
I am also very concentrated when i am sitting in the loo and taking shit, so it will be better for me to study foreign language at this moment?
@mourningireland4560
3 жыл бұрын
Very generous! Haha I wonder why he didn't speak any Chinese, even just a sentence?
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
Probably because no-one would understand him! I've heard him speak Chinese and Cantonese -- he's the real deal!
@DavidJJames
3 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/o3uEp2yHjIKef44 - whatever he is, he's not a fraud. He may be simply an exception.
@rufusbusby2790
3 жыл бұрын
So funny!!
@umm-yahya6117
3 жыл бұрын
Wow,,,that is amazing and motivating, if you want to learn a foreign language give it a life. Thank you so much.
@leif5046
3 жыл бұрын
Olly, if you see this: Have you read the book "How to Learn Any Language" by Barry Farber (www.goodreads.com/book/show/185562.How_to_Learn_Any_Language). If so, I would be curious to hear your thoughts. I've heard that it's somewhat outdated, because it was written prior to the Internet becoming mainstream. But some reviews say it contains principles for language-learning which are still relevant today, albeit through digital tools like KZitem and mobile apps instead of analog tools like newspapers, restaurant waiters and strangers on the train (similar to what you're talking about in this video).
@suzana8805
3 жыл бұрын
I think the TED talk guy is just trying to say something controversial to get more attention and views . Like those „get ripped abs in 2 weeks“ KZitemrs, they exist in polyglot community as well. Just discovered this channel, we need more content like this
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it Suzana. I’m working on lots more like this.
@zendavesta1027
2 жыл бұрын
It’s all about numbers, not skills. He claims 6 months is enough, I claim 4 will do it. If you eat, breathe, live your target language spending as much as 13 hours a day everyday.
@nicedog1
2 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t want to speak in English to somebody on a train for eight hours.
@herefobeer
2 жыл бұрын
IMHO, you'll never master any skill if you're going about it passively. 15 minutes Duolingo/some other method will take 110 years to hit the magic 10K hours figure. Same with any other skill. And his method is possible by paying someone to speak to you. italki and other apps can help. So you don't have to keep taking trains. These teachers usually use magazines and stuff to implement his method. Never used it but there's a video of this dude who is a language learning professor and "acquired" conversational Arabic by visiting Egypt and doing this over and over with local teachers.
@Wirbesonders
3 жыл бұрын
when he mentioned talking a lot it reminded me of something that happened to me There i am, in a german server on discord, they know im learning and are more than happy to just let me listen in, if i have a camera on they will comment on things im doing or in the room (ex i have a pphoto of bob ross's face poorly edited onto a rooster, that is also poorly edited onto an anime girls head with her cleavage showing) and even though i didnt understand the entire sentence, i heard "We Special" (my discord) and Bild.. so i know immeaditly what they are asking. However when i did unmute i wanted to ask someone "what is on your ceiling" but i forgot the word for ceiling so you know what i said? (transaled) "what is on your wall hat?" im never gunna unllive that moment
@HakendaNatan
2 жыл бұрын
good
@benlong4210
2 жыл бұрын
When someone talks with their hands the whole time, theyre full of it
@boogerie
3 жыл бұрын
He only speaks in terms of speaking and (implicitly) listening to Mandarin. But he says NOTHING about learning to read & write Mandarin, which is where the real challenge for a westerner will be. Even with the pinyin system this entails learning thousands of ideograms to get to an intermediate level. Whereas with an alphabetic system one can learn to read in a couple of weeks. All talk of "native level" is antiquated & irresponsible. In order to be at "native level" one has to first be a native. Needless to say the fuzziness of a "little longer" is a another red flag. I think you're being overly generous
@MarleneBohr
Жыл бұрын
I believe that for a Westerner to achieve a native level in Chinese, they would need to live in China for at least five years. The Chinese culture is quite different and having a deep understanding of the culture is essential to reach that level. I know people who, after 20 years in China, speak decent Mandarin but are not at a native level. Lonsdale's Chinese is not at that level.
@JBfan88
3 жыл бұрын
Where he loses me is the "any language" and "like a native" bits. Look, for a native English speaker, languages more distant from English take longer to learn and that's just a fact. So if he's saying that it's possible to learn Chinese like a native in 6 months, that means you can be practically native in Spanish/Italian/French in 2 months or so. Sound reasonable? The other thing is "like a native". I speak Chinese very well. Anywhere in China I go people are instantly impressed (talk about a confidence builder). I'm very, very far from native. fluent=/=like a native in my book. Einstein spoke fluent English. So did Kissinger. Jack Ma does today. None of the are native-like. If you think you're gonna get better in Chinese than they are/were in English, you'd better be willing to devote hundreds of hours to practice AFTER you become fluent.
@davidg.5292
2 жыл бұрын
Жаль, что не понял я ни одного слова твоего. Кто-нибудь сообщите мне, пожалуйста, что сказал этот мужчина! Да, дополню, что язык мой русский. Благодарю вас.
@Alec72HD
2 жыл бұрын
Русский говорить должны идти на RuTube.
@joshuaGames12634
3 жыл бұрын
wierd I jut watched that vid, and your vids got suggested to me lol
@jackuzzi5251
3 жыл бұрын
Yes ok he has been in China since 1981 and speaks Mandarin and Cantonese. Forty years, I should hope so. I have seen him in lengthy mandarin conversation with native speakers and he seems to be fluent .He says he learned French in his early life but now can't peak it. One conversation partner asked what languages he speaks, His answer was the 2 Chinese dialects, English and "fei hua", mandarin for nonsense or bullshit. He now lives in Thailand and makes no mention of being able to speak Thai. I agree some of what he says is valid but mostly just not practical.
@bilahn1198
3 жыл бұрын
I really doubt these claims. There's this KZitem guy who learned Italian just like that then he learned Portuguese in "six days", and now all of a sudden he's fluent in French. Anna from the Ukraine became quite fluent in English it took her a year and a 1/2 and that was only because she dedicated herself to it 24/7 in a way most of us could not do. My husband is Puerto Rican and has been here 17 years and he speaks good English but he is not really fluent, let alone native. Some people do have a natural ability to learn languages faster but I just don't believe these claims.
@grai
3 жыл бұрын
what is Chris Lonsdale so angry about? The guy's a heart attack waiting to happen
@luketruman3033
3 жыл бұрын
Video quality seems really good, out of curiosity what camera do you use?
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
It’s not too shabby considering the box-like conditions I have to film in 😅 I just about got the light to shine in the right direction. Moving house in a couple of weeks and will get a proper setup. Canon 80D, but it’s more about the lens than the camera.
@luketruman3033
3 жыл бұрын
@@storylearning ah nice, thanks for sharing! I just bought a Canon M50 and am trying to get used to it
@sandydegener6436
2 жыл бұрын
Chinese is a nationality not a language. What the guy learned to speak was Mandarin, no hyphen needed.
@thespanishexperience
2 жыл бұрын
I think nearly all language teachers have seen this video. Hyperbole click bait. 8 is very generous. 5 is fairer. They are very general principles, some contradictory, comprehensible input but listen even when you understand nothing. You can watch this as a normal adult learner and not have a single take away to learn a language in 6 months or ever.
@JerryHoward88
3 жыл бұрын
As a teacher, Olly is much more pleasant to listen to. That Chris guy irritates the hell out of me.
@sandydegener6436
2 жыл бұрын
If learning math was treated like language learning, we would have to learn arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus and physics before you can say you can "do" math. This is incorrect. For a BEGINNER, If you have mastery over five KINDS of words, and under CONTROLLED conditions, you can speak the language of your choice, once you learn those words in that language. Language is VISUAL. You have to know what things LOOK like, not what they mean in your own language. The sad truth is that language learning as we know it today is for intermediate students NOT beginners, which is why "the rest of us" fail. It is also taught in a social interaction format, rather than learning the mechanics of language itself. You can begin to learn how to speak the language over coffee or beer. Once you have the base, all you need to do is change the pieces to say different things. It's easier than you think: "NO FEAR"!
@amberswilddiaries2831
3 жыл бұрын
It's a little bit click baity but it's ain't totally wrong. A little bit of exaggeration about that native level.
@storylearning
3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, it’s probably TEDX who chooses the title.
@tedc9682
3 жыл бұрын
"One person did this with one language". Okay, I'll accept that. "Therefore, any person can do this with any language." Nope. Wrong. That "therefore" is simply nonsense. Each of us has different talents. We need different methods. I watched a little of Chris's interview (in Mandarin) at Mandarin Corner. Then I lost interest -- it was all about what Chris did. None of it applied to me. I'll stick with Olly and Steve and Luca -- polyglots who think about how people (not just themselves) learn languages.
@femmeNikita27
3 жыл бұрын
Language learning is not as much about talent as it is about time allocation. why adults have problems? An adult compared to a child has a limited "time budget" so per day about 15 minutes of free time per adult female (due to having kids, housework etc.) up to 30 mintues - 1 hour in case of adult males. How do we know it? We have statistics for it , for example gathered for purposes of time availble for online shopping, entertainment consumption etc. We also know that for example if any adult British female would invest the same amount of time that she usually spends inside a supermarket into learning Arabic she would statistically speaking be able to reach at least medium advanced level in this language. Why? Because adult women in UK spend 4 years shopping and we know that even not especially gifted people after spending 4 years on Arabic can learn it up to let's say B2 level. So the brutal truth is - it's 10 years for one person to become fluent in any language just because he or she only spends 15 minutes per day learning it whereas it can be 6 months for someone who can devote enitre days for half a year trying to learn a language. No to so long ago kids of diplomats were for example attending only 3- 6 months long Japanese courses in Japan. But the course alsted for 10-12 hours a day. And yes, it's well-documented that after this time those kids were fluent in Japanese, at least at decent B2 level.
@dcle944
3 жыл бұрын
It’s disappointing to learn the man who said you can learn any language in 6 months only speaks 3 languages: English, French and Chinese (I googled it). Chinese was the one he used in his talk. It would have been more credible if he speaks a dozen.
@amaranthim
Жыл бұрын
I want to say something - there is absolutely NO way to become Native anything speaker- simply because you will not have the day to day, growing up experience in that language. I can hope and pretend to be a fish all day- I can wear a scuba tank - but I will never BE a fish, as the Incredible Mr. Limpet showed us.
@mobilelegendsmainselva2291
Жыл бұрын
That is not true at all. Im a native portuguese I have learned english during my teenager due to much contact on internet with english. I took 3 years to learn english fluently and I was immersed. For learning spanish, italian and french however. I studied so litle less time than in english. In spanish only 6 months and I had gained a good native fluent skill, but that is because portuguese and spanish are similar. I believe that learning a language that is similar to your native in 6 months fluently is possible 👍👍👍, because I learned italian, french and spanish fast. But ANY LANGUAGE definitely not possible. At least you were born a genius. Because I am doing a degree on math. I have 120 QI points, not normal but not a genius and I can't learn a language like russian, english, german, dutch, norwegian, swedish, indonesian in this litle time. Imagine learning any language !!!! Arabic in 6 months ????? Chinese in 6 months ????? Japanese in 6 months ???? Korean in 6 months ???? That is clickbait for sure don't fall in this good announcement people that's not true at all. And if a person came to me and said hey I can teach english in 1 year and you gonna be fluent I wouldn't believe. I used 3 years to be fluent in english, this language is so much different from my native language. It is actualy rank 4 language for us brazilians to learn it need 1100 hour to learn fluently the english language.
@chadbailey7038
3 жыл бұрын
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@jemand8462
3 жыл бұрын
i dont think youll ever be native in a foreign language. youre missing so much cultural background you simply cant catch up. if my friends refer to a show everyone watched in germany in the 90s, how could a foreigner ever know this ?
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