Let's rethink language learning | Arnar Jennson | TEDxTitech

Learning a new language can be trouble. At least if done in the traditional way. Arnar Jensson tells us exactly how learning a new language can be simplified. Dr. Arnar Thor Jensson is the founder and CEO of Cooori. Cooori provides performance online language learning solution using AI. Arnar graduated in 2009 from Tokyo Institute of Technology with a PhD in computer science. His research focused on speech recognition. During his time at Tokyo Tech he figured out different ways to learn languages. After graduation, he started working on building his company. Now his company has large Japanese companies as clients. More important, efficacy results on the AI focused learning method show great results. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@MrAdryan1603]

Gracias por la excelente presentación. Qué esclarecedor y útil!

[@Neb30925]

So, basically an 18-minute advertisement for his app.

[@badger1296]

Not exactly. I looked for his app, but I couldn't find it.

[@kimheinethjensen8274]

The TOEIC exam is not a very good measure of a learner's language learning progress according to Childs (1995), so the AI hasn't really proved anything. What's the study mentioned in the presentation?

[@analdana2]

I have never seen a TED talk so badly recorded with so many sound flaws

[@MoJo01]

They must have recorded it with Tufo, couldn't' find a decent potato. Jokes aside, they are in Japan, couldn't' find a Canon with a stand. The moment his image showed behind in a 3d mirror theme, I stopped understanding.

[@mba321]

Imagine if this takes off and can be applied to subjects other than language learning. Just like cab drivers and translators, you can add teachers to the list of professions that will most likely be eliminated by AI.

[@Earbly]

Perhaps the jobs will be taken, but I'd rather just die than let AI do any possible task that takes cognitive power. Of course they can help, but I can't help but think that much of our brain's functions will be essentially outsourced to machines, and is you don't use it, you lose it. Will be a sad state of humanity. This is why I will learn endeavour to elarn and maintain languages in my braaaiin

[@everyonemakesmusicstudentf4062]

I hope the ap is more engaging

[@estikararas11]

Wow, big inventor 👏👏👏

[@alekszejivlev7390]

Thank you for great talk! I wish you to succeed in breaking barriers between countries and people. Best.

[@snowefrost]

Let's rethink if we are merely watching one of those reflections, and somewhere there is the original, better Ted Talk.

[@ismailaboulnaga3624]

correction: (there) to be read (their) mother tongue.

[@marconatrix]

He seems to have "reinvented the wheel", or in this case _programmed learning_, it was a big thing back in the 1960s ;-)

[@ismailaboulnaga3624]

Very interesting. However, learning any language starts by proper pronunciation. Then knowing ( and practicing) the influence of each letter sound {phoneme} at the end of a word to the first one of the next adjacent word i.e. mastering the phonetics and phonology of that language. I am pretty sure that you know that very well. Did you resolved that problem or not? I will appreciate it very much , if you elaborated a little bit more about how you tackled that through AI. For your information, I have a research idea for overcoming this barrier to teach Non - Arabic speakers how to master the Arabic phonemes that are not in there mother tongue. For example, the /R/ for peoples from east Asian countries - as you know they pronounce it as / L/. And of course to proceed for mastering the Arabic phonology. the idea includes many interdisciplinary branches of relating sciences, using their different research outcomes, exploiting the enormous facilities given by the digital techniques available at the present and future.

[@Donello]

"East Asian" - no, sorry. For the Chinese it's a problem, that's true, since their language doesn't have this sound (the letter R in Pinyin is assigned to quite a different sound). However, Tagalog has both L and R. Japanese does have an R sound (and no L), but Japanese usually don't have problems to pronounce it or to distinguish it from R). Corean has neither L nor R, but in my experience Coreans are also very well able to distinguish them and also to pronounce them. They confuse b/p/f/v.

[@EhsanAmini]

A promotional for an obscure language learning app by someone who calls a timer "AI".

[@Boz1836]

Lame infomercial for his company services. Not clear that it is better than any other system used spaced repetition - just throw in the magic buzzword "AI" and everyone is wowed. Not me

[@FREEDOM-23]

boring.