PINC16: On Hacking Language Learning (And Rachmaninoff's 'Dream')

A performance and talk I gave at the PINC16 conference in Zeist, The Netherlands on May 18, 2015 on how to learn languages more efficiently. More links below:
My pronunciation trainers: fluent-forever.com/product/fl...
My blog: blog.fluent-forever.com/
My book: fluent-forever.com/book/

[@derbar7051]

All hail our language Genius!!!!

[@Emile.gorgonZola]

James Fergus Genius? He doesn't even know that many..

[@jamiebrooklyn222]

Cette vidéo est formidable! Thanks for your help learning languages Gabriel :)

[@slicksalmon6948]

Lovely voice.

[@lilianmiramontesjr.7550]

His voice is heaven...

[@thehrebs4195]

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[@TheDavidlloydjones]

Gabriel, Well of _course_ you have a beautiful voice: you've studied the sounds from dot one! :-) Seriously, quite apart from your fine singing, I think your approach(es) to the pronunciation of languages is really first class. Well done and thank you!

[@victoriat.606]

Спасибо! Здорово!

[@ELPULANTO]

Great talk. Could you please share with us the software that you used?

[@ELPULANTO]

***** ok. So apparently there is a list that you made with 625 words. How can I get that? Do I just buy the book or is there another link for it?

[@ELPULANTO]

***** got it. You REALLY need to redesign your website. It could definitely use better design.

[@TheShaleco]

Great talk! Ich lernen deutsch und ich bin etwas schlecht aber es ist sehr spaß. Ich will lernen viele Sprachen. Ich liebe lernen. Danke Gabriel für dieses video, es it wunderbar!

[@andreasmeier7728]

+TheShaleco are you still learning German?

[@TheShaleco]

Andreas Meier Ja ja, ich spreche ein bisschen besser

[@andreasmeier7728]

TheShaleco wow :) hättest Du Lust, dass wir uns auf Facebook verbinden? Dann könnte ich DIch vielleicht unterstützen

[@TheShaleco]

Andreas Meier Es tut mir leid aber ich nicht habe facebook.

[@andreasmeier7728]

TheShaleco ok Falls Du Hilfe möchtest, sag einfach bescheid :)

[@ToshuoVids]

I really want to see you take these singing skills to the karaoke room in Japan once you're a bit further into Japanese! You could be the coolest foreigner ever.

[@ilovesparkour]

***** Did you take the "Moktor" story from Tim Ferriss?

[@codebeard]

I have taught myself 2 languages using SRS and am now working on my 3rd. I don't use images though and wonder if this is really worth the extra effort. I don't doubt that it's worked well for you, but is there any research to suggest that using images is quantifiably better for everyone? Otherwise I can imagine that it's just training your brain to associate one particular image with a word, not necessarily a holistic concept (including experiences and emotions) with which you might want to associate it.

[@pegy6384]

codebeard I think the point is more that you need to not be doing translation on the cards for the most efficient way of learning the new language. Pictures are a good way of learning vocabulary without having a translation.

[@codebeard]

***** thanks for the link, that was interesting. Do you have the actual citations for that research? I like to read these studies myself. I was also thinking, I might try adding some new vocab in German (which I'm currently learning), some with just words and some with images, time how long it takes me to add the cards, then study them both for a few weeks and see what the stats are in Anki for each group.

[@stefanhansen5882]

***** There is also research saying that translations can be efficient. I quote: "Vocabulary expert Paul Nation (1982) concludes that learning vocabulary is faster for many learners if the meaning of the word is given through an LI translation first." Source: "Myths about teaching and learning second language vocabulary: What recent research says" by K. Folse

[@codebeard]

Stefan Hansen Interesting - thanks.

[@stefanhansen5882]

You're welcome. :)

[@TheShaleco]

Is there a program that you used to create your flashcards?

[@petersmissen9757]

TheShaleco Anki. ankisrs.net/

[@mhacker84]

На первых же секундах был шокирован)

[@grodius]

What is the thing around your neck?

[@0sba]

Jesse Fair Seems like glasses to me.

[@dmanikhine]

Произношение хорошее. Но есть еще над чем работать. "ч" плохо получается )

[@FLlTTER]

Was that Russian at the beginning?

[@Emile.gorgonZola]

The singing thing is getting so annoying

[@betavulgaris7888]

$10 for a word list? LOL. Some people will buy any old shite i suppose.