Ep255: Memory Secrets for Language Learning - Dr Anthony Metivier

In this episode I am once again joined by Dr Anthony Metivier, author and internationally renowned memory expert who’s meditation practice is reciting sacred Sanskrit texts from memory.
Anthony shares his own language learning journey, including his childhood struggles learning French, to later success with languages such as German, Mandarin, Latin, Hebrew, and Sanskrit.
Anthony describes the 5 levels of processing and reveals how he uses his expertise in the art of memory to fast track language acquisition, including strategies to optimise progress in vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension.
Anthony challenges popular theories of comprehensible input, criticises gamified language learning apps, and reveals his number one secret to success in foreign language study.
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Topics include:
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Anthony’s struggles with English
03:09 - Early life aversion to language learning
04:06 - Learning Hebrew as a revenge language
05:20 - Moving to Germany and unlocking the secrets of language learning
06:45 - Passing level 3 in Mandarin and other studies
08:55 - Impressive Hebrew progress
10:23 - Grammar tables and the importance of extensive reading
11:30 - Criticism of comprehensible input theories
12:30 - 5 levels of processing
14:20 - Key metrics to avoid overwhelm
16:54 - Advice for beginners and intermediates
19:02 - Frequency lists
20:53 - Working with native speakers
22:19 - A powerful reading regime
24:38 - Movie mixing
26:33 - Speaking and yogic exercises
28:28 - Latin grammar approaches
32:03 - Don’t need to learn grammar?
33:44 - Anticipatory reading
35:40 - Latin and Sanskrit vs German and Mandarin
37:38 - Disillusionment after fluency
39:55 - Breaking through to German fluency with extensive reading
43:46 - Problems with the language learning industry
46:40 - The tragedy of gamified apps
49:26 - Fast tracking vocabulary acquisition
56:39 - Linguistic deskilling
58:15 - Pros and cons of tests and exams
01:02:04 - Maintaining multiple languages
01:05:28 - The power of laddering
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Previous episodes with Anthony Metivier:
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To find out more about Anthony Metivier, visit:
- / anthonymetiviermmm
- www.magneticmemorymethod.com/
For more interviews, videos, and more visit:
- www.guruviking.com
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Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James

[@SOMATICSwithLauraVWard]

Love this! Thanks!

[@antoniosantiago22]

I see anthony metivier i click, u two always put out classics

[@waoooo7118]

I from Peru and liked your video , thanks.

[@CulusMagnus]

I love the facts that you are into languages as well. Amazingly, you know about Lingua Latina!! Amazing. Sat bene igitur Latine scis? In quem finem hunc sermonem didicisit?

[@GuruViking]

Latīnam linguam valdē amō et librīs Lingua Latīna dēlector. Eam studeō propter eius corpus litterārum et cultūrae opulentum et ad pūram dēlectātiōnem.

[@CulusMagnus]

@@GuruViking Gaudeo quidem! Quae opera tibi maxime cordi sunt? Equidem iam sat multos annos (plus minusve 8) studui linguae latinae (initio in primis ut loquerer Latine, magis quam ut legerem textus qui tunc animum mihi non excitabant). Nunc autem placent textus. Nihilominus, sentio mihi adhuc difficilia esse pleraque opera classica; non possum legere Livium animo laxato. Tune iam sentis te multum profecisse?

[@GuruViking]

@@CulusMagnus Adhuc perītus nōn sum, sed iter mihi dēlectātur. Latīnē etiam loquī legereque amō. Magister meus est Alexander Arguelles, quem in KZbin interrōgāvī.

[@CulusMagnus]

@@GuruViking Optime! Spectavi illam 'interrogationem' in youtube; placuit valde! Ante aliquot menses quoque cum Alexandro locutus sum. Bene cedat istud iter et tibi sit felix lingua cum eius peritiam adeptus eris! (Iam quam credo te satis bene scire scribentem!)

[@pauladee6937]

Ligum and Yoni, learn great roots in Greek.

[@TLK3324]

There's a lot of verbiage. I wonder what the gist is?

[@TLK3324]

What is the memory secret in a nutshell ??

[@alvodin6197]

When someone's they have secrets, they usually are selling you some non sense, rebranded as something that might seem attractive..Perhaps consider comprehensive input, if you actually want results.

[@TLK3324]

@@alvodin6197 it means; there is no any secret :)

[@johndoe4073]

Memory palace. Imaging rooms and spaces that you’re familiar with, then use objects in that room to make associations with whatever you wish to remember. There are a number of great resources out there. Moonwalk with Einstein is a great book on memory competitions.

[@PirateRadioPodcasts]

Ahoy mateys! N.B. YT, as it so OFTEN does: UN-subbed us. Just letting you know. Captain "Long John" Sinclair.