How to Learn 10+ Languages | UN Polyglot Reveals Secrets | Evolve Podcast

🌐 Welcome back to Evolve! In Episode 5, join us for an insightful discussion on languages with Rafa and Jack. 🗣️ From learning strategies to immersive experiences, Rafa and Jack share valuable insights and tips for language enthusiasts. Discover how Rafa is able to speak over 10+ languages and find practical advice for your language-learning journey.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:26 10+ languages
1:30 How Rafa Started Learning Languages
2:31 Losing the British Accent
3:40 UK Education Doesn't Encourage Learning Languages
4:55 The Boring Part (Grammar)
6:10 The Fun Part (Culture)
7:31 Obsession (Passive vs Active learning)
8:36 Learning Through Music
10:08 Learn Through Netflix
11:00 Not Being Afraid of Making Mistakes
11:29 How Jack Learned Arabic
12:20 When To Receive Feedback
15:00 Learning Through Subtitles
16:15 Do You Need To Travel To Learn A Language?
17:41 Making Friends To Practice With
19:02 Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone
🔍 Key Points:
Rafa's language journey and fluency in English, French, and Spanish.
Practical language learning strategies beyond the classroom.
Overcoming cultural and language barriers through immersion.
Tips on incorporating languages into daily life and forming connections.
The power of making mistakes and receiving constructive feedback.
The role of media, music, and movies in language acquisition.
Subtitle hack: Boost your learning by reading lyrics and watching with subtitles in the target language.
🌟 Connect with the Team:
* Rafa's LinkedIn: / hakim-horton-43a6aa82
* Jack's IG: / evolvejack
* Evolve IG: / evolve_hq_podcast
🤝 Join the Conversation:
Have you recently started learning a language? Share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below! What advice do you have for those taking their first steps into learning a new language?
🌍 Whether you're a traveler or learning from home, Rafa and Jack's insights will inspire and guide you on your language-learning adventure. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and leave your language-learning questions in the comments below! 🚀 #LanguageLearning #polyglot #language #languages

[@evolve_hq]

Thanks for watching everyone 🙏Let us know where you're watching from in the comments 🌎!

[@nbayern7000]

Greetings from a fellow language learner. I'm American, learned German, Russian, Spanish, French, Turkish, Italian and learning Japanese

[@evolve_hq]

Greetings, that's awesome! What are your study methods?

[@yilb332]

Fak

[@TheHhalfScandinavianGirl]

How did you learn Russian what was/is your routine? :)

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Why would one try learning non-pretty and impossible category 10 languages such as Japanese etc with mostly funny words that aren’t pretty when there are truly gorgeous languages like Norse / Icelandic / Dutch / Gothic / Norwegian / Welsh etc that are the most alpha languages ever with super gorgeous words - choosing wisely, by only choosing the pretty and easy languages, is the key to being a successful polyglot, and I am learning 25+ languages at the moment and have over 50 target languages which are all pretty and easy category 1 and category 2 languages and Irish and Scottish Gaelic are the only category 3 languages on my list and the hardest languages I am learning, and I focus mostly on the prettiest languages ever, and I highly recommend learning the prettiest languages ever Norse / Icelandic / Dutch / English / Norwegian / Gothic / Faroese / Danish / Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Forn Svenska 2gether as they are the prettiest and most refined and most poetic and most modern and coolest languages ever created that are way too pretty not to know and the most fun to learn and speak and hear and see etc, and Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic and Hungarian and Slovene and Latvian and Galician / Latin / Gallo are also very pretty, so they are all a great option, and, I am upper intermediate level in Icelandic / Norse / German and advanced level in Norwegian and upper advanced level in Dutch and mid intermediate level in Welsh / Swedish / Portuguese / French / Italian, and I am writer level in English and native speaker level in Spanish which are my first languages that I’ve been learning passively since childhood, and in my other target languages that are newer I am beginner level!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Learning hundreds and thousands of new words every day or week while constantly revising previously learnt words is the only way to see fast progress, so focusing on vocab is the most important part of actually learning the language or languages! I actually watched the video with Icelandic subs, and I cannot believe that I could understand almost every word, so there were less than 20 new Icelandic words that I learned from this video - my Icelandic is so close to advanced level, I must have learnt a lot more words than I thought, as I also use G translate a lot for Icelandic, so I learned maybe one thousand or more new extra words from G translate, as I focus on vocab most of the time! To see fast progress, one must focus mostly on vocab, so, maybe about 90% of the time focusing on vocab and 10% of the time focusing on the other things such as grammar and sounds and pronunciation, and, one should definitely learn all the sounds and all the pronunciation rules and diphthongs and the alphabet and the prepositions and conjugations and the verbs to be / to have / to become / to do / to go etc and the pronouns as a beginner, as it makes it way easier for one to understand more words in a sentence and to properly hear the pronunciation of each word, for example, in Icelandic the letter p is pronounced f when it is before a t, so a word like skipti is pronounced skifti, but I didn’t really notice that until I actually learned that pronunciation rule, so if I wouldn’t have learnt about it, my hern would have probably continued to ignore it and would have probably considered it a mispronunciation or something, so knowing all the sounds and pronunciation rules is very important to hear and notice the correct pronunciation of each word, so I definitely recommend learning those things at the very beginning and also learning the basics, and always learning each word with its pronunciation and spelling, so vocab videos and sometimes G translate and lyrics etc are great ways to learn new words, and always watching every video and movie with subs in the target languages, especially after getting to a mid intermediate level in a language, so after learning the first 5.000 words, I recommend watching everything with subs in that language to learn new words passively from the context and to see previously learnt words over and over, so that they become very automatic!

[@runningriot7963]

Obsession is the most powerfull thing when it comes to learning a language.

[@evolve_hq]

Agreed 👊

[@Ozzywonders]

Hello from USA 🇺🇸 Great advice and very interesting ideas, I speak English, Spanish andI’ve been trying to learn German for 1 year. Vielen Dank.

[@evolve_hq]

Thanks! We are glad it was insightful. How are you getting on with learning German? 🇩🇪

[@FrozenMermaid666]

I highly recommend learning the prettiest languages ever Norse / Icelandic / Dutch / English / Norwegian / Gothic / Faroese / Danish / Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Forn Svenska 2gether as they are the prettiest and most refined and most poetic and most modern and coolest languages ever created that are way too pretty not to know and the most fun to learn and speak and hear and see etc, and Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic and Hungarian and Slovene and Latvian and Galician / Latin / Gallo are also very pretty, so they are all a great option, and German can also be learnt 2gether with them - choosing wisely, by only choosing the pretty and easy languages, is the key to being a successful polyglot, and I am learning 25+ languages at the moment and have over 50 target languages which are all pretty and easy category 1 and category 2 languages and Irish and Scottish Gaelic are the only category 3 languages on my list and the hardest languages I am learning, and I focus mostly on the prettiest languages ever, and also, I am upper intermediate level in Icelandic / Norse / German and advanced level in Norwegian and upper advanced level in Dutch and mid intermediate level in Welsh / Swedish / Portuguese / French / Italian, and I am writer level in English and native speaker level in Spanish which are my first languages that I’ve been learning passively since childhood, and in my other target languages that are newer I am beginner level!

[@successcollege4283]

Love & Respect from Korea Great video your guys created...i love it. Polyglot i heard this #weird word# 7 years ago at the age of 57 . Frankly speaking i did not know the Meaning of polyglot. But now struggling to be so called #Polyglot, Amazingly something incredible & unbelievable took place in my life after i launched the multi-language aquisition project. Language learning itself to me a senior learner massively help me evoke curiosity hinden in my heart & brain, also encougage me to keep staying healthy , happy as well. To seniors learning language is an antedode of all worries & diseases, additionally engergy-booster.....no more comfort zone to my life. I am just a language lover.

[@evolve_hq]

Thank you for sharing your amazing journey! It's inspiring to hear how language learning has brought such positive changes to your life. 🌍

[@FrozenMermaid666]

I highly recommend learning the prettiest languages ever Norse / Icelandic / Dutch / English / Norwegian / Gothic / Faroese / Danish / Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Forn Svenska 2gether as they are the prettiest and most refined and most poetic and most modern and coolest languages ever created that are way too pretty not to know and the most fun to learn and speak and hear and see etc, and Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic and Hungarian and Slovene and Latvian and Galician / Latin / Gallo are also very pretty, so they are all a great option, and German and Swedish etc can also be learnt 2gether with them - choosing wisely, by only choosing the pretty and easy languages, is the key to being a successful polyglot, and I am learning 25+ languages at the moment and have over 50 target languages which are all pretty and easy category 1 and category 2 languages and Irish and Scottish Gaelic are the only category 3 languages on my list and the hardest languages I am learning, and I focus mostly on the prettiest languages ever, and I am upper intermediate level in Icelandic / Norse / German and advanced level in Norwegian and upper advanced level in Dutch and mid intermediate level in Welsh / Swedish / Portuguese / French / Italian, and I am writer level in English and native speaker level in Spanish which are my first languages that I’ve been learning passively since childhood, and in my other target languages that are newer I am beginner level!

[@lolal2502]

​@FrozenMermaid666 this is crazy

[@anniepark9938]

Hi, Rafa! I admire your multi-language talent! I hope to see you in Ulsan, Korea! Jack, welcome to Ulsan, Korea.

[@evolve_hq]

Thank you very much, we are looking forward to our Ulsan trip!

[@hossein232]

Great episode!

[@evolve_hq]

Thanks Hossein!

[@gabrieldariobrasuna-5695]

Really interesting the video! I am from Argentina and I love languages too much. Thanks for all your comments about languages. I have studied English and Portuguese and also sign language. It is not a burden for me to study languages because I am passionate about that

[@evolve_hq]

Really appreciate your positive comment. Keep learning and evolving your language skills every day!

[@user-se3zq6ww4n]

Asks and answers himself. ‘I just love to speak ‘ 😂

[@evolve_hq]

Our Rafa is definitely a talker 🤣🤣

[@Spence-from-Seattle]

Please work on the camera focus. The blurry shots (1/3 of the video) really distracted from the great content. For my Duolingo AI talks, I used two cameras and switched between the footage to maintain quality shots. Splicing together the footage takes time, but it's worth it.

[@evolve_hq]

Thanks! We note and appreciate that and have made sure to iron these errors out to produce higher quality videos (this was recorded in November last year) and we are releasing new videos every week!

[@heredia7528]

Maybe you should invite Luca Lampariello or Steve Koufmann.

[@evolve_hq]

Great suggestion!

[@crystalinfinite6917]

Hii everyone, I am a Polyglot from India know about more than 10 languages including English obviously 😅.Hindi, I learnt Urdu, Turkish, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Japanese and little bit of Spanish and Italian ❤

[@evolve_hq]

Thanks for tuning in! This is amazing, how did you learn all of those?

[@han_ane9763]

What's your method ?

[@rollorhino]

Great video.

[@evolve_hq]

Thanks, we are glad you enjoyed it!

[@polylangh2635]

Enjoyed the episode 👍🏻 greetings from Latin America

[@evolve_hq]

¡Gracias por ver!

[@Vifnis]

No mention of Artificial Intelligence processing language automatically into other languages... even for video format? What are thoughts here?? Personally myself I think the obsession bit is spot on, I found myself having the same adventures on the internet trying to look up new and novel things about different cultures using Wikipedia - translate page!! There is so much more information on Wikimedia Group pages than just English alone, especially Wikisource and Wiktionary!!

[@evolve_hq]

Appreciate your insights! AI language processing is definitely becoming an increasingly relevant phenomenon with a lot of potential though we hope people don't rely on it too much! Thanks for sharing! 👍🌐

[@digitalmediaproductions7976]

Has anybody heard of camera focus?

[@evolve_hq]

Any tips to improve?🙏

[@Spence-from-Seattle]

​@@evolve_hq - Record or buy some B roll that you can splice in for the times when the camera goes out of focus. Use multiple cameras so you can switch between them when one goes out of focus. There's a KZbinr, I think Casey, who has tutorials.

[@Spence-from-Seattle]

Patrick McKinnon: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIC9o3mNqbekmdk

[@Spence-from-Seattle]

@@evolve_hq- I haven't watch him for a while, but Serpentza used to do a great job of incorporating interesting B roll into his videos. B roll is a great way to keep the videos visually compelling: www.youtube.com/@serpentza/

[@darkphotographerr]

0:31 So basically the guy learned 2 languages and some phrases in couple of others. What's the big deal? Why make such misleading title?

[@evolve_hq]

Good point, can you speak more languages? Maybe you can help us improve!

[@misscamay]

agree, not a true polyglot

[@evolve_hq]

@@misscamay Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[@lolal2502]

​@@misscamayare you polyglot?

[@rashidah9307]

I disagree... There is no precise definition of polyglot. Some people define it is as speaking 3 or more languages. Plus, I appreciate Rafa's honesty about how well he speaks languages besides French and Spanish. My guess is that he knows more than a few phrases even though he wouldn't describe himself as fluent in them. How many languages do you speak to a really high level? It actually takes quite a bit of commitment and effort to speak 2 foreign languages, and I was happy to hear his foreign language learning advice.

[@misscamay]

not a true polyglot mehhh

[@evolve_hq]

Thanks for your comment!

[@lolal2502]

How many languages makes you polyglot?

[@xKingofDaNorthx]

@@lolal2502knowing 3-5 or more languages makes you a polyglot. The definition of polyglot is someone who knows several languages. Doesn’t really give an exact number.

[@sun_rise_23]

When Ukraine and Russia unite, Russian will be the common language. Historically, this is one nation.

[@user-zl3mw9ek6i]

You should improve your knowledge of history.

[@sun_rise_23]

@@user-zl3mw9ek6itime will tell who is right

[@user-ml2nb4du8d]

Man, what are you talking about? Go learn history, because your knowledge is terrible. Ukrainians and Russians have never been one nation. And for your information, Ukraine has its own official language, Ukrainian, which is fully functional and has no disadvantages in use.

[@anthonycastro2146]

Crazy guy

[@sun_rise_23]

@@user-ml2nb4du8dIf people have the freedom of choice, they are more likely to speak Russian than Ukrainian. Or they will know two languages. But the nationalist regime is forcibly squeezing out the Russian language and depriving people of a choice. It is a violation of human rights when people who have spoken Russian all their lives cannot send their children to the school in their language. Isn't it?