How to Learn Any Language SUPER FAST! (My 3-Month Plan)

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Timestamps:
00:01 - Do you want to know how to learn a language as fast as possible?
01:56 - Immersion Learning Model
04:08 - What can you do at B2 level?
05:01 - What can you do at B1 level?
07:00 - What, How & When you should learn a language
09:19 - How to use Assimil to improve your language skills every single day
10:27 - The Bidirectional Translation Method
10:47 - What to do in Month 1 of learning?
11:31 - What to do in Month 2
11:44 - My 2 most recommended resources
14:16 - How to get a tutor
15:12 - What to do in Month 3?
17:17 - How to plan your learning at the end of Month 3
19:13 - More about my course 'Become a Master Language Learner Level 1 - The Bidirectional Translation Method'

[@LucaLampariello]

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[@Algazhan]

Luca, could you make videos on other wallpapers, maybe it would be good to change design or location , and also you always stand a bit crooked.

[@azhivago2296]

@@Algazhan HAHAHAHA! It's sincerely impressive how good some people are at missing the positive and only seeing the negative, no matter how obscure or unimportant! Wallpapers!? Standing a bit crooked!??? LOL hilarious!

[@Algazhan]

@@azhivago2296 yes my friend, I am telling him objective critic, and I want that his videos become more attractive for people. And Yes he is standing crooked all the time, and as a good person I told him. I admire Luca and I am his fanat, he is great person. Only negative here is YOU🖐

[@azhivago2296]

@@Algazhan ok fair enough. Best wishes.

[@Algazhan]

@@azhivago2296 I am glad that we could understand each other, excuse me If I was rude

[@LibraMakeup]

Recommended by Luca (short summary for myself): assimil, pod 101 materials. 3 lessons/material/day. Read and listen. Then read. Then listen. Read out loud. Repeat (shadowing). Review grammar. Review previous day's material. Don't skip a day. Month 2 on add: lingq (text), lingopie (video). Tutor 2/week. Month 3: add any content, read and listen anything (keep tutor and month 2 activities). Take the B1 exam☆ Keep on learning~

[@gabrielacalle969]

What is POD101v? Where can I find that?

[@khoaphamngocang6073]

@@gabrielacalle969 Just watch the video

[@liahhendersonbanda5237]

@@gabrielacalle969 for instance they have a KZbin channel for most of the main languages so type in spanishpod101, they have free videos and tips. They have italianpod101 and others.

[@captainpugwash2317]

Much appreciated thank you!! Don't have to write it down on paper.👍

[@zealotranger]

if your in a rush hire tutors from the beginning and do 4+ lessons a week. A private teacher is the gold standard that all other learning methods are compared against.

[@englishwithmiranda]

So true!

[@xassy]

Totally agree and this is what Benny Lewis does (the 3 months guy).

[@abdullrahmangopa4925]

That will cost a lot of money 💰

[@oswaldocaminos8431]

​@@abdullrahmangopa4925Exactly

[@djordje721]

​​@@englishwithmirandaI started with tutor after 1 month od self-learning and I think it was too early. I think that one should hire tutor once they reach at least A2 level.

[@mybestideas1]

I want to add that B2 should be a goal, because if you reach B1 and then neglect it, you will collapse down to A1 in no time. Apparently getting to B2 is helping you seal that memory.

[@LucaLampariello]

Right on the money! =)

[@neilfazackerley7758]

I hear you do not forget when you hit C1.

[@rayflaherty3441]

@@neilfazackerley7758 You forget, but at a much slower rate.

[@abarusso]

Mixed feelings about this video. On the one hand, I'm glad someone finally made a video showing what it *really* entails to reach an intermediate level in 3 month's time. There's tons of videos out there, where people claim to have reached "fluency" in a ridiculously short amount of time, often skewing expectations and sapping motivation for clicks. On the other hand, I hope people won't take this plan at face value, cause in my opinion, that spells language burnout. Investing this much time into learning a language on a daily basis, while technically possible, it is practically a full-time job. As you often said, "language learning is not a sprint, it's a marathon". But your Belgian friend's story is very inspirational, and shows that some massive progress can be made in a relatively short amount of time.

[@rig7102]

A huge advantage to learning a language is submersion of course, having a girlfriend or boyfriend that is a native speaker is definitely a plus! That is how I learnt my Spanish, with the help of a horizontal dictionary, who is now my wife! 😉

[@alanespaguetiis2460]

Stop the negativity lol how in earth is a 3 hr shift a full time job? 🤣 If u get exhausted by watching just 1 video we get it, this not for you, but there are people that are different than you and definitely can achieve that and more

[@Dirtydreamer2023]

I believe this is not for everybody, If someone is not able to stay motivated and keep up with at least 3 hours day, then they shouldn’t aim for this goal.

[@neilfazackerley7758]

Yes I have the same German walking dictionary. @@rig7102

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

@@rig7102Immersion, not submersion.

[@fernandocortes1187]

1:56 total inmersion 3:34 CEFR 6 levels 6:31 About 7:11 y 9:07 Cómo? 10:50 3 horas al día 13:34 and Recap 18:00

[@LucaLampariello]

Thanks! You can also find time stamps in the description box of the video by the way =)

[@elxakiltse8773]

KZbin isn't using the timestamps you made. I think it's because the timecodes in your list are padded numbers, and also possibly because the first timestamp is not 0:00 in your list. Here is a corrected version that I think may work: 0:00 - Do you want to know how to learn a language as fast as possible? 1:56 - Immersion Learning Model 4:08 - What can you do at B2 level? 5:01 - What can you do at B1 level? 7:00 - What, How & When you should learn a language 9:19 - How to use Assimil to improve your language skills every single day 10:27 - The Bidirectional Translation Method 10:47 - What to do in Month 1 of learning? 11:31 - What to do in Month 2 11:44 - My 2 most recommended resources 14:16 - How to get a tutor 15:12 - What to do in Month 3? 17:17 - How to plan your learning at the end of Month 3 19:13 - More about my course 'Become a Master Language Learner Level 1 - The Bidirectional Translation Method' @@LucaLampariello

[@sharonoddlyenough]

It's encouraging to know that even you can have moments where you feel like you have less progress than you want, when you have built your life around language learning.

[@tusaludintegral]

This plan and its results only apply for a very close language (for example spanish-portuguese) and for experienced language leaner. Otherwise it is impossible. To master a language needs thousands of hours of immersion, even a real solid B2!

[@UnimportantAcc]

yep. doesnt matter what precise strategy you make up, hit 2k hours of immersion or you aint gonna be fluent. if you dont have a full-time job you could probably be done in about 12months. edit: i still dont understand these A/B/C levels my bad.

[@evanilsonp.8183]

That's right. I've been learning French for one year and I'm not totally used to the language. It's not as solid as English is (been learning English for 3 years now).

[@jennifermarea8011]

You can actually get a thousand hours of immersion in 3 months. That’s like 11 hours a day. If you live in the country or have passive immersion as some of the time it’s actually really doable. That combined with giving up all media that’s not in your target language.

[@LanguageWithYousef]

If I speak Spanish and French already, would this approach help me learn Italian?

[@tusaludintegral]

@@LanguageWithYousef Of course!

[@os3251]

Thank you Luca! I find this is a very practical, specific, comprehensible and valuable video for language learners.

[@chadbailey7038]

Extremely valuable! Thank you Luca спасибо

[@comosigues]

You are the truly MASTER 💙 I really appreciate all the content but the steps to study was the definitive hit THANKS

[@danieltorres3662]

Thank you Luca. One of the most consistent videos about language learning I have seen 🤗

[@LucaLampariello]

Thanks for the kind words, glad you found the video useful!

[@Dirtydreamer2023]

This a great plan for those who actually want to commit to this specific goal. No doubt, I use some of these tools myself and are wonderful. Excellent content Luca ✨💯

[@mrsaagar7]

Anyone that thinks that about 500h of immersion in 3 months is not enough has never actually committed to such immersion. Great video with great tips. If I'f personalise this schedule, I'd probably go for at least 6 months since that would work better in my schedule, but the methods would be almost the same.

[@Dirtydreamer2023]

Exactly!

[@orsilukacs]

Szia Luca! Örülök ennek a videónak, mert engem is folyamatosan az érdekel, hogy hogyan tudnék gyorsabban tanulni. Amikor meghallottam, hogy pont a magyar nyelvvel hozod a példát, nagyon felkaptam a fejem! Köszönjük a videót és üdvözlet Magyarországról! :)

[@Marisa3352]

I really needed this to boost my motivation. Thank you so much for this plan, Luca🌷

[@LucaLampariello]

You are most welcome Marisa ☺

[@EFoxVN]

Hi Luca, it is really great to have you and your videos back on KZbin. Your content is always inspiring. I am glad you mention burnout, because that is a pitfall to watch out for. And burnout is not pleasant and can cause depression and other issues. Kind regards.

[@novotniorsolya2611]

Köszönöm! Nyelvtanárként teljes mértékben osztom a nézeteidet az érthető, de ugyanakkor "gazdag" szövegek felhasználásának fontosságáról. Mindig igyekeztem ezt az elvet alkalmazni a mindennapi tanításomban, szerintem jó eredménnyel.

[@rapoldschoolhiphop]

nice to see this kind of video with clear instructions. on it for a week already 😎

[@carloseduardonaranjosuarez5917]

Thank you very much, Luca, worthy advice

[@steviem6993]

Very interesting! Ill give it a go, Thank you!

[@alexmlyn121]

I love your content. It motivates and helps me a lot.

[@Bnbakr552]

Ur Nigerian fan here! I have been in India 🇮🇳 for just a year. By following your advice, I can now speak Hindi. Even the Indians are amazed by my improvement! Thanks Luca😍

[@samaval9920]

You & your Indian friends may be interested wrested in Brazil Carnaval thé famous troupe Os ZFilhis de Gandji- Afro Brazilian group of fans of Mahatms Gandhi in Rio de Janeiro Carnaval. Many Brazilians have Yoruba origins, & many people still do Yoruba religious music, sing, dance (also aCuba, Haiti, ZTrinidad, Jamaica, etc. (+Congo, etc.) Boa sorte! (Good luck in Portuguese, as in Brazil,

[@renzoenglish6527]

Luca You are the best. Thank you !!

[@adriennludwig8987]

Szia Luca, te vagy a legjobb coach akivel a nyelvtanulás során találkoztam!! 🤔😃 Köszönöm a segítséged Üdvözlettel Ludwig Adrienn Budapest 😀

[@belladelgado1614]

Estar apagado a 2 o 3 recursos y manterner la consistencia, luego practicar con un tutor para salir de la zona de confort. Gracias como siempre lucas eres una eminencia en cuanto a adquisición de lenguas se refiere.

[@1004user_]

9:23 1. 오디오북 들으면서 동시에 따라 읽기 2. 내용에 집중하며 책 읽기 3. 책 없이 내용에 집중하며 오디오북 듣기 (소리에 익숙해지기) 4. 크게 소리내서 읽기 (발음 연습) 5. 오디오북 따라 말하기 (섀도잉) 6. 노트에 단어,문법 정리하기 이 과정을 매일 복습

[@paulwalther5237]

Interesting plan. It makes me want to stop my multi year Korean journey (I hit A2 in about 3 months and despite a decent amount of studying, I haven't progressed so much in the several years since) and try an easy language.. like Italian. Most people complain about the intermediate plateau. I'm stuck at the beginner plateau.

[@pmg2585]

Korean is wickedly hard for native English speakers

[@mub9075]

I have similar experience, getting from A2 to B1 is the hardest no matter which language I study. I think it has to do with the significant upscale of words of lower frequency and more complex grammar structures. And mindset shift of becoming an independent language user. What has worked to overcome this is a good B-level course + variety of comprehensive input + speaking practice. And patience!

[@mep6302]

If you want to get out of the beginner plateau, just start learning words and structures that are not for beginners. Watch content in your target language to see how many new words you can learn.

[@paulwalther5237]

@@mep6302 "just" lol. Thanks for the tips. I'm sure I'll make progress.

[@user-vd9pf6pu3o]

@@pmg2585 not really. It's a relatively simple language. (I'm a 2nd language speaker of korean)

[@MikePailleur]

Thanks Luca, at month 2 and 3 do you continue the 6 lessons of assimil + pod101 or just lingq and lingo? I guess not if I'm not wrong assimil have a bit over 100 lessons and if we are doing 3x30 in a month you pretty much done with it.

[@sheeliekittie9298]

You are the best language coach and my lifelong inspiration. Thank you for your amazing videos. Luca, and others, do we learn one langua g e at a time? Do we attain some level fluency or ĺevel until we move on? I am always worried I will forget my languages I already learnt. So I t ry to maintain all at the same time and I don't seem to progress at all in any language.

[@saidfarid6382]

Hello professor Thank you so much for your help and advice, I really appreciate your job. I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity. All the best. Take care and have a good time. Your Student from Algeria

[@alejandrocolautti235]

I am very pleased about the way you recommend to start learning a new language. I used Assimil to start learning English, Japanese and Italian and then continue with other inputs comprehensible. I am not as good as you in any of those language, but it's real that those steps you mention are totally enjoyable. Thank you Luca!

[@LucaLampariello]

Glad you find the video useful! =)

[@jeremybuckets]

Eh, I don't really think this is true. Your skills will atrophy from any level, yes, but it comes back extremely quickly. Your second time from A1 to B1 (if you failed to maintain the language) will be orders of magnitude faster than your first. And you can "lose" a B2 language in the same way if you don't use it.

[@Abdi_sulaiman]

Speaking about learning language. Just was enjoying everyday to learn without pressure. For me, i don't have target to achieve one goals. I am was very grateful for 3 month ago to starting learning in english. Bit by bit to be understand and build vocabulary and grammar. Even tho i know my english is not good enough, but i was still enjoying to learn and never think stop to learn. Perhaps i will doing for along time till my life is end.

[@danfrost9492]

Great video! Do you know of any other good alternative starting resources when Assimil and pod101 don't have the language you want to learn?

[@CaliGiu]

Hi Luca, I started learning German using this method. After 15 days I'm starting to have some problems, particularly with Assimil. I'm Italian and never studied German before, but having studied Latin, I already knew the cases and some structures. Unfortunately, the lessons have become very complicated; I can barely understand them and have no competence and forget many words. Is this normal? With the bidirectional translation, I was able to construct sentences but not with this method, is that normal? Also, to be honest, I don't really like Assimil in terms of content; the grammar is introduced gradually well, but 90% of the dialogues are boring and disconnected. I thought it would be much better. When I get too bored I go on Dw or Easy German; they seem more lively and fun.

[@qqwrdthjjj]

Great information

[@danielfittipaldi3705]

Great content as always, Luca

[@aaronalvarez6970]

Thanks i'll try

[@claudiuszaccon]

Well, I have some requiries, man! First: would you make a video so as to let us know how (WHAT-HOW-WHEN) to learn a language from B1-level to B2 as fast as possible? And then another one from B2-level to C1 again as fast as possible? I would really appreciate it! Second: speaking of Chinese, Japanese and other more difficult languages for us Italians/Neolatins/Germaniscs, how would you organise the "WHEN" of your method, considering that you might need from 6 to 9 month to reach B1 (and expecting that WHAT and HOW would be rather similar)?

[@samuelilko8501]

Please would you do a study plan for C-levels?

[@holasoyjose9683]

Great. Useful. Thanks

[@LucaLampariello]

Glad you found the video useful!

[@Francydpp]

Ciao Luca, ho seguito il metodo alla lettera. Sto al giorno 40, la comprensione e' molto buona, anche la conoscenza passiva della grammatica e la pronuncia in lettura/shadowing. Non ho mai scritto fino ad ora e la mia capacita' di parlare e' vicina allo zero. Se prendo, ad esempio, per prova, una lezione di Assimil avanzata la capisco ma non riesco a tradurla da L1 a L2. Come devo iniziare con il tutor se non spiccico una parola? Devo fare qualche esercizio prima? Devo attivare in qualche modo? Ciaooooo

[@konyvnyelv.]

Due to the refugees from Ukraine, libraries in Italy are producing many bilingual texts, especially for children. I won't waste this occasion

[@1serious0mfr]

I am trying to learn french as a native english speaker. I have spent some time already with pimslar and have gotten through 50 audio lessons throughout a few years along with some speratic learning through youtube here and there and obviously through duolingo as well. If I was to to put my learning into a higher gear could I use these ideas to become fluent in this amount of time? or mabye shorter due to some past experience learning the language a little bit in the past

[@evertonpacheco3636]

Awesome video as always, Luca, but I suppose the person in the picture at 0:53 is not a belgian guy named Jonathan.

[@premiumturkish]

Great content as usual. Could we say more is more for learning languages? 😆

[@EphemeralProductions]

Ok got a question luca. I have never been good with grammar, in the sense of knowing what stuff like past participles, conjunctions, adverbs, and all that other stuff is, even though I’ve spoken English my whole life! That was something i could never follow with in school. So my question is, would you say someone needs to know all that stuff first to grasp a foreign language well? Or is it possible to learn it without all that stuff? Im Asking because in the lessons I’m doing its mentioning all the present and past and so on, and it’s getting me confused. lol

[@alexeigonzalez7798]

Hola luca, soy cubano pero vivo en estados unidos hace 5 meses tengo 33 años y veo la necesidad de aprender ingles, crees que con esta edad podré aprender y ser de útil tu método de traducción bidireccional

[@_mark_787]

Thanks foe the incredible tips. Probably like a d2 is dutch rn

[@tesla4014]

What books do you recommend to learn English quickly?

[@13Zeberdee13]

Ter es maravillosa pero challenging, so one tidbit of advice here to moonrocket listening comprehension. You can open Audacity to record the audio simultaneously, which allows flagging in real-time all hard stuff with one simple key shortcut. Then it's easy to extend and export all of these labels. You get dense and sticky material to use as flashcards in Anki or listen along a day. Rinse and repeat.

[@Mateo-et3wl]

huh?

[@izaqueandrade5545]

That's true, you can do it.

[@kaiw522]

To sum up the entire video: immersion. The answer is immersion. definitely a fast way to learn but it's not an option for many language learners

[@gijsgrottendieck8081]

Hey Luca, I was wondering how maintaining other languages might go into this like you’ve said in some other video. I plan to begin Spanish in July for an upcoming Erasmus and I’d love to know your thoughts on ‘juggling these languages’ whilst putting in this much effort for my targeted language. I’m a Dutch native, English c2, French c1, German c1.

[@steviem6993]

Impressive !

[@gijsgrottendieck8081]

@@steviem6993 that’s very kind!

[@gamergame5318]

Thank u muchas gracias 😊

[@SpaceFRce]

i studied japanese for months and made it to like A2.I will try this with hungarian as i gave up on japanese for now.I trust this and thanks

[@chadvader974]

Why would you take all the time to get to a2 and give up... keep going or you will forget it!

[@englishwithmiranda]

There's no one-size-fits-all recipe, but total immersion and having a passion for the language help. My students who focus their study time on active skills (speaking and writing) are far more likely to gain fluency fast. Reading, listening and studying grammar are too passive, especially after the intermediate level. There are also differences between languages. English is easy to start because there's little conjugation or gendered articles. However, English is difficult to master because of idiomatic language, jargon and phrasal verbs. German, on the other hand, is very difficult at the beginning due to complicated articles (der, die, das, dem, des, etc.) and grammar. Many learners give up when dative and accusative forms are introduced. If you make it past the first two semesters it gets much easier.

[@LuisMorales-sx2cl]

Active language.. This is the key

[@Tehui1974]

This video is great timing for me, as I intend to start my Spanish language journey in July this year. I've spent the last four years learning a second language to a B2 / C1 level. I want to figure out how to structure my days as I work full time in an English language environment (my native language). I want to put in 1 hour a day of Spanish (at least initially), in addition to my usual daily immersion routine in my second language (about 2 hours). I've got a few months to figure it out.

[@michaelrichards669]

Very good video. On KZbin I like to use Easy Languages. You can find many languages. Type in Easy German, Easy Czech, Easy Mandarin, Easy Japanese, Easy Spanish, Easy French, Easy Portuguese, andddd also two I did not know.... Easy Sakha and Easy Esperanto. Sooo many to pick from... forgot Easy Russian and a bunch more. The main subtitles are in English but maybe for other Non-English speakers you can change it or it is already set for your language in your Country??? maybe

[@laurenazalea]

I really like LiñgöPie! 😊

[@TheFiestyhick]

Very excellent

[@francisbangkok2937]

Thanx Luca! Grazie! 😊😊😊

[@koekkoek2270]

Does somebody know if he means the audio book (e-book) or the book itself from Assimil?

[@AdamYLM]

Wow, interesting video. I still don't think I can learn a language like Hungarian to B1 in just 3 months. I will say with your method, 6 months will be soonest to B1 for me in very different langs like Hungarian.

[@LucaLampariello]

Yes Adam, for Hungarian 12 to reach B1 (at a very intensive pace) is more realistic

[@mariagiovannabiraghi757]

Ciao Luca, negli scorsi mesi ho applicato il tuo metodo per apprendere un può di Rumeno. I risultati sono stati buoni, riesco già a capire buona parte delle conversazioni ed esprimermi con frasi semplici su argomenti quotidiani o raccontare brevi storie. Volevo chiederti un consiglio, ho notato che le parole prendono forma nella mia testa in forma scritta e poi io le leggo, è normale? È un limite in prospettiva di raggiungere un livello avanzato? Devo continuare così? Ho provato a parlare come faccio in tedesco o italiano, le due lingue che ho appreso da bambina, ma commetto tantissimi errori grammaticali, molti banali e non riesco a costruire le frasi a "sensazione". Cosa mi consigli? Grazie

[@LucaLampariello]

Ciao! In pratica vedi sottotitoli nella tua testa quando parli? Se è così, è una cosa che succede anche a me ed è normale. Per quanto riguarda la seconda domanda, appuntati questo: prima il MESSAGGIO e poi LA FORMA. Concentrati sul comunicare, non nell'essere perfetta. Le cose migliorano con il tempo e la pratica. A questo riguardo, ti consiglio di guardare questo bellissimo TED talk che spiega meglio il concetto: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqG9kmmIaNegiLM&ab_channel=TEDxTalks

[@mariagiovannabiraghi757]

@@LucaLampariello Grazie Luca. Ne farò tesoro. L'ho appuntato sulla copertina del quaderno che uso per preparare le conversazioni. Grazie davvero. A te devo tanto.

[@cheerclara5617]

May I ask, what if I already need two hours just for looking up dictionary for the vocabularies in the lessons. How to make sure I can do 6 lessons a day? I feel frustrated. Thanks for your tips!

[@emphire31]

thank you for such a great video, by the way, I think there is a small mistake at minute 3:43 , it says "Common European framework of common european framework", I think it should say " Common european framework of reference for languages" as you say in the video

[@antoniomonteiro2856]

Assimil is a really great resource. I've learnt Dutch up to B1 level thanks to Assimil. However, it depends on the language. If you want to learn European Portuguese Assimil is really bad and It has some basic mistakes. It seems it was written by some non native.

[@igat1983]

You suggested some great materials for beginners. What to use when I try to learn a language that is not covered by those resources, i.e. Kazakh. I don't expect to learn the language fast, as it is very different languages from my mother tongue. Lack of scaled down materials really demotivates me. I have only a few audio from books or native resources with limited access and no subtitles or translations to English. What would you suggest? How you would approach such situation?

[@putinisakiller8093]

The best way is the right app. Unfortunately, that app doesn't still exist. There is LingQ which offer some possibilities but I don't know about Qazaq exactly.

[@evanilsonp.8183]

Italian is a language that I have failed so many times to learn because I did not see any kinda of meaning to me but now my perspective about this wonderful language has changed and then I decided to really learn it. I'm 1 month into it. If anyone who is seeing my comment and would like to have a partner to practice with, I'll be here waiting for your comment.

[@jasondorsey1357]

I am learning Italian too, I am here for study if you are still learning

[@Daviddaze]

I remember your early videos having bookshelves, etc backgrounds. This blank timeout wall is different. The real attn grabber is the holler shock pic . (Yaghhh!). What are your last 3 langs aquiring since Hungarian?

[@YogaBlissDance]

What is "holler shock?"

[@Daviddaze]

@@YogaBlissDance the video ad has a picture of Luca surprised and shocked with his mouth open and arms swinging. It reminded me of someone hollaring. :)

[@YogaBlissDance]

Luca, you know I love yah! I'm in your wonderful intermediate course- but I have one comment, lately you've been making videos against the white background. I know it's easy to film them that way, but it's so nice to see you in a "real" space, or outside, just some variety in visuals would be really nice. LUCA I actually am wondering if you are joking....5 hours...what is the rush...why 3 months?

[@robertoestevao1310]

Excellent video! Do you have a video showing how to reach C1 level in three months as well? But starting from B1 or B2, of course.

[@LucaLampariello]

I do! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYekeXyQpql0grc&ab_channel=LucaLampariello kzbin.info/www/bejne/ravJYX5rqqt5ptk&ab_channel=LucaLampariello and kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKq2fJ2Ficd7qbc&ab_channel=LanguageBoost

[@putinisakiller8093]

It's easy. Just study 25 hours a day. 😊

[@erikgardetemps9708]

Il y a des problèmes avec lingq soit sur la web que sur l'app. Impossible de s'inscrire 🤔

[@user-vd9pf6pu3o]

I followed luca's tips and now I am fluent in nenets, chechen, tibetan and karakalpak.

[@LucaLampariello]

Good for you ;-)

[@Turkiye_long-live1]

@@LucaLampariello Thanks Luca Using your tips I successfully learned sentinalese in 2 weeks. However I tried to speak to them and they shot an arrow, In my butt.

[@oxygen454]

Duolingo has worked fairly well for me but I have had previous experience with learning the language. There is not much talking so that I feel is the apps biggest downside.

[@ePeditto]

Would it be better to spend my time doing this 5 days a week VS a 2 hour class + an hour of my own self study 5 days a week?

[@tripjj8662]

Strange that Luca who is a polyglot refers to common language learning apps like LINQ (Link) as Ling-Q and Italki (aki) as italk-I

[@derrickcas2500]

I know it is pronounced "link" but I' ve always thought it should be pronounced "link you", as in link you to the language you are studying.

[@AndreThebobs]

Hello Luca! I would like to learn Japanese and Mandarin. Which one should I start with? Thanks!

[@LucaLampariello]

The one you feel like learning André :-)

[@AndreThebobs]

​@@LucaLampariello As a Brazilian, and therefore a Portuguese speaker, I believe that the similarities between the sounds of Portuguese and Japanese make it easier for me. Thanks for your help, teacher!

[@friendryan]

you said pod 101 but you also said 2 others . why dont you give link for pod 101 have no idea which to get

[@Siharyvani]

can we apply this plan in two languages that are really similar like spanish and french.

[@LucaLampariello]

You can, but I would not recommend learning both at the same time and with this specific plan

[@ocip1976]

I, personally starting doing it two days ago jejeje

[@monaraiz3456]

I'M FROM SOMALIA I speak somali language I want to learn english language and arabic language✅really learn language isnot easy but I try my best🥺💪👸

[@Hellenicheavymetal]

I would love to do this but there is no Assimil Greek for English learners. I can just do Linq I guess.

[@TheCudlitz]

When there is no assimil for a language you want, just look for 'Teach Yourself' or 'Colloquial', they are good books as well.

[@Mateo-et3wl]

learn french first

[@derrickcas2500]

Linguaphone makes a similar course, but it seems expensive to me.

[@putinisakiller8093]

Hi, Luca! One question has been bothering me for a long time. 😊 In your opinion, how do CEFR levels correspond native speakers skills. For example, what is C2? Is it an average graduated student, or a high school student, or ...?

[@LucaLampariello]

Hi there! Thanks for the question. I made a video about C2 vs native speaker: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKmYkGVpgZ5qsJY&ab_channel=LucaLampariello

[@putinisakiller8093]

@@LucaLampariello Thanks, I'm going to watch it.

[@neilfazackerley7758]

I did C1 German and got 80%. I would say looking at the exam papers for C2 you have to have a much wider general vocabulary so you can write longer essays about a wide variety of controversial topics and also be able to hold a conversation about topics that would require you to be pretty well read in the language. I am still working towards that by reading high quality newspapers, magazines with political or scientific themes, listening to podcasts every day from high quality news providers and crucially trying to write and talk about what I ve read and heard to a native speaker on tandem or italki. People say I am fluent, but I consider C2 to be almost like being at the start of another journey, compared to C1. In short it is vocab and synonyms and essay and discussion structures you need to know well to pass C2. The grammar has mainly been covered by C1

[@putinisakiller8093]

@@neilfazackerley7758 I think one can be pretty fluent at B2 level and even B1. Fluency is about speaking speed and understanding basic things. Though C levels demand rich vocab, (very) good grammar, many specific phrases... I'm just curious either C2 in a native language (does that exist at all?) equals C2 in a foreign language? I'll never learn 90 thousand English words. 😁

[@neilfazackerley7758]

@@putinisakiller8093 I agree. Not possible to get to the vocabulary of an educated native. All I know is that my partner said that many Germans would struggle with C2 papers due to the very wide general knowledge needed, let alone the grammar and vocab.

[@MrBassapalooza]

But what about a language with no app, no subtitled tv shows, and generally very scant amounts of anything? In my case, this is Albanian - what then?

[@LucaLampariello]

Excellent question and a great idea for one of the next videos!

[@Carlos-yz6tt]

que ha puesto a Ter de ejemplo jajsjsj adorooo

[@ajfernandezs]

I bought an Assimil book, bored to death! Level B1 also includes writing non-complex but well-structured texts, using formulas according to the type of writing, taking into account grammar and vocabulary breadth. You will not arrive in 3 months, nor in 6!

[@roseromano]

This sounds good for people who don't have a job or a life or family and friends. And who never clean their homes.

[@samtherouc]

Can we use the assimil tool online?

[@LucaLampariello]

Yes you can

[@NikolettaMuhari]

As a Hungarian: even we don't speak our language perfectly :D so he is awesome! It is a REALLY hard language

[@anmathunach]

never knew that's how you're meant to pronounce Italki!

[@sebastienfixary1442]

Hi Lucas ! What's your take on Duolingo ?

[@LucaLampariello]

Interesting idea for a video!

[@putinisakiller8093]

It could be MUUUUUCH better. 😎

[@manishbhardwaj6251]

A lot of people tend to forget that in order to get certified on the CEFR level it isn't necessary to ace the exam with a near perfect score. E.g. to be DELE certified one need to score only 60% and that makes even B2 not so impossible within 4 months.

[@ImNotJoshPotter]

Good to verify that I'm on the right track for my resources, methods, and plans. But 5 hours a day is insane lmao. Not bothered though, just gonna keep trucking at my hour a day making small daily progress.

[@giorgioatzeni7210]

Grande

[@kalevipoeg6916]

I'm glad you mentioned the fact that languages that are very different from english are not really going to be possible to learn to fluency in 3 months, though I think it can be underestimated just how difficult some of them are not just because the language itself is difficult but because there is a severe lack of comprehensive material available that will actually prepare you speak at any sort of level even remotely approaching fluency (and even then native speakers will immediately know you're not a native speaker and will find it cute that you try). Estonian is the example I'll bring up because it's a language near and dear to me - my family is from Estonia and I am Estonian but grew up abroad - and I can tell you without reservation that you absolutely, positively 100% will NOT be anywhere near proficient in this language in 3 months - or quite frankly even 3 years - for the following reasons: 1. It is COMPLETELY different from Indo-European languages. Estonian, Hungarian and Finnish as you mentioned are not even in the same language TREE as English, German, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, etc. In fact, English is very literally more closely related to HINDI - spoken in INDIA - than it is to Estonian. It's fundamentally alien to an English speaker in terms of several key sounds, sentence structure, logic, how you THINK when you think in the language, and so on with the exception of some loan words from German or Swedish or English (such as kohvi). It's about as far removed as you can get. In fact it actually has some words that are the same sound and meaning as they are in Chinese like the word for he/she, and has words like "jaam" (station) which are of Chinese origin (relates to the Chinese word zhan - station). 2. It's agglutinative - so you can end up with a lot of words melded together into one super-word, like the famous example kuulilennuteetunneliluuk (which by the way is also a palendrome). In English, you would say "the edge of the ice" - in German maybe der rand des eises (you can immediately see the similarity between "eis" and english "ice" and the structure is similar - in Spanish "el borde del hielo" - in French "la bord de la glace" (again, similar structure and you can see in "glace" the similarity to components of ice-related english words like "glacier" ...but in Estonian it's jäääär - literally the words for ice and edge meshed together and literally it'd translate to "ice edge". In English something is BY you - the dog is BY your side. The building is BY the other building, but in Estonian it's kõrval - which means literally on the ear - if taken literally of course that sounds like nonsense but that's the thing I mean - it has traits of really ancient languages that date back to the ice age in that it refers to body parts rather than stations of proximity and that to an English speaker can be really weird 3. It has FOURTEEN CASES per word. That means basically every word can be transformed in how it ends and how it is pronounced FOURTEEN DIFFERENT WAYS depending on the context or even the place within the sentence or what the subject is. Even native speakers who have spoken it their whole lives sometimes struggle with this. Some person living in the U.S. has effectively no realistic chance. I speak Mandarin Chinese as well so I have a good bearing on this when I say that even though some linguists place Estonian and Finnish in the 4+ category and Chinese in the hardest (5) tier, the reality is that in terms of the SPOKEN language alone, by itself, Estonian is far beyond Chinese in difficulty and complexity. Chinese is actually really simple once you realize it's all about building blocks - there are no long words, you don't have a ton of cases, everything tends to be in one or two word increments and short, so once you have the 4 tones down and the basic grammar rules it's only a matter of stringing the building blocks together. But Estonian isn't like that at all. You just have to KNOW all those different ways specific to each word, by heart, without thinking about it at all. Have fun. Not going to happen. Oh, native speakers will COMPLIMENT your progress but when they say your Estonian is "really good" what they MEAN is ("for a foreigner...it's cute, really, that you try, because you have no chance in hell of reaching native level fluency or even close") 4. Most people have NO reason to learn it unless you, like me, are from an Estonian family. There are only a million speakers on the planet and MOST of them live in Estonia itself, so you're really unlikely to ever even USE what you'd learn which means you're really likely to FORGET anything you thought you learned - and it impacts motivation too for non-Estonians - because you have no inside connection to the language, culture or country and no real reason to put in the insane amount of effort required to learn it. This is really important when learning languages because you WILL hit that burnout phase, you WILL hit that plateau where you feel like you try and try but your level doesn't get any better, and you really NEED to have that REASON you want to learn it or, statistically, you will fail. 5. This is a HUGE reason here: There is VERY little in terms of comprehensive, structured content available compared to the far more popular languages like Spanish or German or French. I'm not kidding. It's a wasteland. You have a course with Speakly which offers 4,000 words (just so you know the average five year old native speaker has a larger vocabulary than that), which is ok to get started, and it costs money. Then you have Keeleklikk and keeletee, which are only designed to (in theory) help you get to a B1 level (though I have looked through it and I sincerely doubt - in fact I almost guarantee - that you will not get to a true B1 level using ONLY that). It's such a rarely spoken and little-heard-of language that even DUOLINGO doesn't have a course for it and Duolingo has KLINGON - so that tells you something. Basically there is NO online course or program that will realistically get you to an upper level. If you COMBINED Speakly, Keeleklikk, Keeletee AND other methods -videos, shadowing, reading, etc - you MIGHT get to a B1 level but it's not happening in 3 months and if you think so you're kidding yourself. In fact I'd be extremely impressed if someone managed it in a year of consistent learning because it IS going to be a huge, steep learning curve if it is your first language you are learning other than English. If you've studied Finnish before, that's different - you might do it in 6 months - but to get to B2 much less C1 or C2 from there, no, I'm sorry, but that's a journey YEARS in the making - which is why NOBODY learns this language - because it is a MASSIVE investment for a language that would only be useful to you if you are one of us - which, statistically, 99.999% of people out there are not Estonian by blood or culture or in any way. To put it another way, in the U.S. there are almost 50 million people of German descent so there's a LOT of people who would have a family-linked reason to want to learn it and get in touch with their German roots - but there are 27,000 people of Estonian descent and that figure includes actual Estonians who are living in the states. That's how unlikely it is that you'll even run into someone who is and have a chance to employ the language - and it's not a country that would hold a lot of interest to expats - the culture would be alien, the language would be alien, it's cold, it's dark 20 hours out of the day in winter, Russia is just across the border and might want to invade at any point and HAS done so in the past (why my family fled - the Soviets invaded). Anyway it's just an example but languages like this, I'm sorry, but when someone even says 6 months to a TRUE B1 level I'm saying nonsense. I've seen really smart people I know try and fail to sound like anything more than a babbling baby in 6 months, and one guy I know speaks 5 other languages - but with Estonian he ran into a wall.

[@anna8282]

Very interesting to read about Estonian! All those words make sense to me, but well, I'm Finnish 😁

[@gamergame5318]

It’s like people that live in cancun will not really visit places in cancun. People that from the us and Canada might visit more places in cancun they need researching places to visit . Like visiting China . I’m sure most people that live there never visited the Great Wall . If u born in the us u wouldn’t study heard to learn English coz us is mostly English . Coz English will come in time it could take 7 yrs or more to learn new words

[@Alendevlin]

I learn language since I am on sick leave nothing to do but to be busy

[@Baronzeu]

Hi Luca, I also have a scientific background like you and when I got into language learning all those theories and hypotheses left me a bit baffled. An algorithm, a formula, a model either works or it doesn't. Why don't they seriously test them on large numbers of people before writing books? Let's take Krashen's hypotheses, they are a beautiful theory, they are fascinating, but there is more of philosophy and imagination than science to them. The published studies (although not scientific) speaks loudly enough and then all the people who tried to follow them rigidly for thousands of hours, nobody made any considerable progress among those. It amazes me that some of these theorists are even university professors. I'm not questioning the importance of comprehensible input here but the theory itself is kind of mental masturbation.

[@LucaLampariello]

Thanks for the message! "Let's take Krashen's hypotheses, they are a beautiful theory, they are fascinating, but there is more of philosophy and imagination than science to them" Have you ever read any of Krashen's books? And how do you define "science" when it comes to language acquisition?