Do you want to learn a language for ages OR do you want to SPEAK it now? - Lýdia Machová | PGO 2021

[@gregmcnair4272]

For the life of me I don't understand why people hate on Duolingo. When I use it, I am DEFINATELY NOT thinking that I am learning to speak. I am learning words. That's it. I know that. And in my opinion, it is presumptious for anyone to claim that they know what another person is thinking while they are using Duolingo. Duolingo was a helpful tool for me to LEARN Indonesian vocabulary. It helped me to ACQUIRE more vocab while reading because the more WORDS I knew, the more enjoyable it was to continue reading. I learned to speak by listening and speaking. And I NEVER had the illusion that Duolingo was teaching me to speak.

[@richard135b7]

Lydia brings so much insight into learning languages every time she speaks. And I love her motivational style. This conference talk was awesome and so was her TED talk that everyone interested in learning a new language must see.

[@Mschiav0]

The "do you speak, not just read" insight is outstanding and I've never thought about it that way. Thank you, Lýdia.

[@paulmd2208]

I always laugh at the memory of a Muppets episode I saw once. Jean-Pierre Rampal, the famous flutist, was a guest on the show. He started speaking to Miss Piggy in French. She got all flustered and said, "I'm so sorry, Monsieur. I only speak French, I don't understand it!":)

[@marvelenia6702]

From my own experience, it am convinced language learning is different for everybody. For myself, I do not speak for several years, until I really understand a lot of vocabulary. I want to be able to read the language too on a reasonable level before I speak. Once I have that level, I can start speaking and after that I need a couple of weeks before I can speak reasonably well to native speakers. It has been this way for me with 4 languages and now I am working at Russian. In my opinion, it takes a longer time before one can read Russian reasonably well, because of the different alphabet and the stress issue.

[@thakuridhruba]

I love the your way motivation on polyglot language learning technique. ❤

[@huseyinbaykan6936]

Every time i watch you, something changes ❤❤❤

[@le-gadp5629]

Thank you Lydia! Great inspiring talk.

[@ravishrivastava8789]

Beyond appreciation🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@FelipeRodrigues-tm2vi]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@jasonbaum4161]

This is an amazing video!!!!!!

[@alvaroguerrero1950]

Muchas gracias por todo lo que nos compartes en estos videos, realmente son muy valiosos; gracias por la dedicación y el tiempo para elaborar este material. Podrías en los videos próximos mejorar el audio para que escuchemos mejor?

[@sallen1231]

Hi Lydia, thank you so much for your inspiring talks - I’ve seen several now and they are very encouraging. I did think of one more reason for avoiding speaking. I’m learning Korean, and in that culture - and many others i’m sure - there are many ways to cause offense if the wrong politeness level is used. So there’s a fear there that makes one avoid speaking. I don’t have any regular contact with Korean speakers, so getting started is difficult. Can you recommend any online resources for conversations in foreign language? Does the Polyglot community have anything that might help?

[@gauthierbukonde326]

Hello Lydia ! Thank you for video. I live in Congo Kinshasa and I’m a polyglot. What can I do to attend polyglot gathering summit. Thank you very much !

[@nihattozman2481]

I'm considering which English vocabulary I should learn step by step. Should I learn idioms, slang, and phrase? Maybe I will never meet a native English speaker or I will not live in a native English country. I just want to communicate with people all over the world. Nowadays I am studying essential 4000 essential English vocabulary. I realized that I don't know some of the frequent English vocabularies.

[@a.r.4707]

Watch English TV programs a lot, wether British or American ones. That should help a lot.

[@keegster7167]

You can definitely find people online to talk to. Maybe you can go to a language exchange site, if some English speakers also want to learn your language. I think Lydia Machova mentioned that she also paid tutors to talk to her

[@thegoldenshield5261]

Thank you very much...

[@jo-go8gt]

To all those guys out there speaking a couple of languages: would you have any piece of advice on what to do when you start learning a language making another one just happily pop out of your head? Almost like there was no room for more than x number of languages in there... That's really frustrating

[@Sprachliebhaber-Languagelover]

43:00 Not just for similar languages, it happens with any language. The stronger the second becomes, the less the first interferes. Focus on the new one and don't worry too much about the older. Just don't use the first one on purpose.

[@liambyrne5285]

No problem ,I would like very much to help you ,so find some place where every speaks the language you ard learning and don't speak any other language in one month you will not be thinking in your native language

[@jo-go8gt]

@@liambyrne5285 Thank you. That will be super hard but I will try :)

[@Languagementoring]

Hi Jo, we recommend an 80/20 system, where one of the languages gets 80% of your attention and the other language the remaining 20%. Working with the 80% language should be more effortful and active, while the 20% language can be more passive (e.g. watching series, reading a book etc.) After a while, say 1-2 months, you can switch the languages. This way you make sure you give each of them the same amount of attention.

[@jo-go8gt]

@@Languagementoring Thank you! I will try that.

[@leysan7729]

21:47 I'm sorry, but there are (grand)parents who say that. You are lucky to not have experienced it, it hurts so much.

[@Itziar_hay_yan]

Lýdia, no estoy de acuerdo en que incluyas a Steve Kaurmann en tu argumentación (13:39), habría que ver qué dice él.

[@ericcartier2233]

just a caveat to what u re saying about the tendency we would have to avoid speaking....it's not true. It's just that opportunities of speaking with someone are so tiny when we don't live in an English speaking country. that's as simple as that. All the other skills are just a matter of willpower.

[@rashidah9307]

I think it depends on the person. I'm not one of those people who avoids speaking (and it sounds like neither are you) but there are, in fact, many people like this. You might be surprised to know that there are tons of people who move to a country where their target language is spoken and they never learn to speak it. I have witnessed this firsthand. . . Even if you are surrounded with opportunities and native speakers you still have to take the initiative to speak and you have to be willing to make mistakes and look silly sometimes in the process. You still need will power. On the other hand, there are many people who have never lived in or traveled to an English-speaking country, for example, and yet they speak very good English.

[@ericcartier2233]

@@rashidah9307 I totally agree with you! and especially in this day and age where everybody stay at their home watching their screens....in solitude or in their partner's company.

[@Itziar_hay_yan]

En español se suele usar más el verbo "saber": ¿sabes inglés?. Y ni siquiera sé cómo se diría "fluent" en español y es mi lengua materna, pero es que no se usa ese concepto.

[@ninjaextraterrestre2556]

Se usa, "fluído". Y a mí me han preguntado si hablo mucho más que si sé. Pero supongo que depende de tu entorno

[@Itziar_hay_yan]

@@ninjaextraterrestre2556 Claro, y también hay gente que dice "eventualmente" cuando quieren decir "finalmente" y otras cosas parecidas. Como dices, depende de cuanta influencia tengas de la cultura anglosajona. Ya sé que "fluent" se taduce por "fluído", pero lo que quería decir es que nunca he visto que se use en este sentido, salvo si se estaba traducioendo del inglés. Jamás he oído preguntar si se es fluída/o en un idioma 😀, aquí se pregunta por el nivel según el MCER, sin embargo, en inglés, se dice todo el rato. Lo que sí se podría preguntar donde yo vivo es ¿puedes hablar/escribir/leer de forma fluída? Perdona la chapa, pero es que me da rabia la hegemonía que tiene el inglés en el mundo y como esto moldea incluso nuestras opiniones. Me parece estupendo si alguien tiene como principal objetivo al aprender un idioma, hablarlo, aunque yo no lo comparta, para mí es más importante entenderlo, pero creo que la argumentación de este vídeo se cae con la traducción.

[@hizaleus]

Would reading aloud be useful? There are barriers to finding someone to have a converstion with.

[@ninjaextraterrestre2556]

Thanks, all that you said does have sense. I have someone i can talk to, however, only by text, so, should i talk to myself of different topics to get used to it? Also, spanish is my mother language, there are no courses in spanish i can pay for the language i want to learn (serbian), so i have to use english, that makes things a it more annoying because i have to think on things twice when it's a word i forgot, got any tips to avoid getting annoyed?

[@a.r.4707]

Hey, what is your level in Serbian? Are you beginner?

[@Lee-he2qp]

I’m confused, Lydia recommends speaking to learn a language yet she points out that Steve Kaufmann is an amazing polyglot but he recommends reading to learn another language, which is it?

[@recycling7581]

Which is suitable for you

[@recycling7581]

You should do what helps you

[@josejaimevidalrosales8660]

❤❤

[@adonasbuhr2784]

When are these talks going to start including actual evidence?

[@M_SC]

When are you going to learn that KZbin isn’t a free university class

[@keegster7167]

@@M_SC But even in university they don’t just give you the papers for the statements they make. In lectures professors summarize their experience

[@Daviddaze]

Lydia is an interpreter , has a phd & taught @ language university. She surveyed students, found that majority want to speak. ( output). Another polyglot,Mr. Kauffman, says listen, read( input) quoting Mr. Krashen phd. Listen to other polyglots & find your learning system that works 4 you. Reading, listen (inputs) speak, write( output) . Are you creative, logical, structured, shy, outgoing, detailed, intuitive, which affects your learning ability.

[@recycling7581]

What do you wonna hear buddy

[@Абдухамид-б1ж]

Hello Lydia, hello everyone. I graduated from the World Languages University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1999. But I went to another business and unfortunately haven't almost practiced English more than 20 years. Now I can write, read, enough vocabulary, even think in English, but speaking is very, very bad. Who can give good advice, what should I do to improve my speaking?

[@ninjaextraterrestre2556]

Make a trade with someone with a language you know. You can try forums or apps :)

[@M_SC]

You need a skilled listener. There’s a teaching method where the teacher says nothing and the student just talks and talks. Teacher can give feedback at the end. It’s not a “real life” conversation so you can take all the time you need to think of words, say the same thing 5 times, rephrasing it each time until you find the words. And the right teacher can supply the little words and expressions in conversation that tend to be not taught in school and won’t appear in novels or movies much. Try italki maybe

[@Sprachliebhaber-Languagelover]

Obviously, you have to practice speaking (second takeaway). But how to do it and what else you have to do together with such a practice, depends on what your goals are, what's preventing you from speaking (39:27), and on what you really learned and haven't forgotten. First, answer those questions. Then, build a stratergy according to them.

[@rafalkaminski6389]

Duolingo tires me and i actually dont feel the language.

[@lisalegault275]

Same. I found it became boring rather quickly

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

I want absolutely NOTHING to do with other people while learning a language. I am interested ONLY in reading and writing in that other language for the purposes of translating all my political mathematical ideas into as many other languages as possible and upload them to my website.

[@liambyrne5285]

Wow

[@vanjibhaichaudhari4947]

Advertise dikhate rahte ho,English speak sikhate nahi.