How to learn any language easily | Matthew Youlden | TEDxClapham

Polyglot and linguist Matthew Youlden explains easy steps to learning a new language and debunks popular myths about language learning.
Languages have shaped Matthew’s entire life, from learning languages as a child with his twin brother (www.superpolyglotbros.com) to later being Babbel’s Language Ambassador and working as a lecturer. Having already studied over 20 languages, Matthew’s mission is to share his joy of languages. He truly believes that with the right tools and a healthy dose of fun, anyone can easily learn a new language. matthewyoulden.com.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@MrBaiLiE7]

Shortcut #1 - Look for similarities to your language (help you recognize patterns & understand meaning) Shortcut #2 - Keep it simple Shortcut #3 - Keep it relevant to your situation and needs. Shortcut #4 - Use 30 minutes study time a day or smaller periods more regularly Shortcut #5 - Listen to Radio, Watch Movies with English subtitles Rule 1) Live the language, own the language Rule 2) Make plenty of mistakes Rule 3) Make it fun. Friendly competition is good

[@MegF142857]

Good summation: 8:13 Begins talking about how to learn - with suggestions and methods.

[@BirdsofParis]

MrBaiLiE7 bless you 🙏

[@maxivento1226]

yes that's It, no need to watch the video.. he is awfully boring

[@hyacinthdibley]

No he is not boring. YOU find him boring. I actually find his voice soothing. To each his own.

[@noaksabi7947]

THank you!

[@inukag9]

This video had me constantly checking my volume settings

[@theinstartist1190]

Exactly 🤣

[@codywilkinson3042]

Lol

[@Poemasypocomas]

Same here 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Wrkumlin]

inukag9 Me, too...

[@homegirl5763]

Haha I had to crank mine up

[@carissadanab9315]

I was in hawaii 3 years ago on vacation. while shopping i noticed the lady working there was korean cuz she murmered korean under her breath after dropping something. so i just started speaking to her in korean, something i studied as a hobby. i explained i was buying a gift for my moms birthday, and i ended up getting 70% off the necklace. she just took the price down because i "spoke her native language and she enjoyed the chat with me"

[@FumecriHimecri]

Lovely episode!

[@morgiewthelord8648]

Korean move

[@smridhinischal3184]

yup..Koreans are really nice to you when you Converse with them in their language.. currently I'm also studying Korean..hope to get fluent

[@caio6042]

Quantos anos voce demorou para aprender ingles ?

[@abumusaal-indunisiy1245]

This is the gems that he talkin about!

[@urDAsellsAVON99]

“Look for similarities in your language” *Laughs in Cantonese*

[@vsgunning]

yes, I want to learn Mandarin but I dont think I can find similarities very easily

[@espadachin026]

@@vsgunning mandarin=madarina in spanish there you go

[@vsgunning]

@@espadachin026 madarin and a mandarine too. I speak 7 languages and am currently attempting to learn Khmer. The think I mean is if we dont know the script it is extremely difficult to find links and similarities.

[@alejrandom6592]

wa vietnamese?

[@ickym3]

@@alejrandom6592 im trying to learn vietnamese its very difficult

[@ssc1348]

"The more languages you know, the more people you are". Brilliant

[@Abdullah-de5ln]

❤Notice to diverse language lover :Hello there!Are you looking for a different language speaking partner? I'm a native Bengali speaker,you know what!Bangladeshi people sacrifices theirs life to save theirs beloved language on 21 feb 2020 and this is the reason why 21 feb is called international mother language day.I think a lot of story that we Bengalis have to share with outsiders and the same way all the outsiders have. I'm trying to learn English and to be more fluent like a native English speaker.I'm also a good known Hindi and Urdu language. If anybody who is interested to learn Bengali,Hindi or Urdu language and to teach me English language or other language. pls contact me over whatsapp [phone].

[@RONEFFECT]

It is said when people speak a different language their personality changes like a schizophrenic. I am a firm believer of this because when I speak Spanish I feel nothing like I do when I speak English.

[@barshadixit4567]

I agree- I'm tri lingual(Idk how to spell it)- when i speak English my personality is like a bubbly and cute type. When i speak hindi I'm more confident and when i speak odia I'm shy

[@Cheesesalad]

@@RONEFFECT Interesting... I never noticed until I read your comment. I'm german and usually a very shy introvert. But in english it's pretty much the other way around. Thank you. Another reason to explore new languages. It feels like getting to know another me.

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

I want to be a polygot and I want to learn new cultures and lifes. This is my biggest dream

[@user-it8kw3wy2y]

The more languages you know, the more people you are. 😅😢👏👏👏 Beautiful !

[@joyview1]

I wander if it does have same meaning in English) "more people you are" as "better as human" because more things makes you human.

[@user-it8kw3wy2y]

+Alexandr Martynov I suppose, though it does depend on how you compare the two.

[@roucoupse]

I speak only French and I can assert you there are many people in my head, though.

[@wilsonsuero38]

yes 😀

[@renehenriksen1735]

Are you skizofrenic? Or just a polyartist like Mystique/Raven Darkholm?

[@arcticpolyglots]

“Learn a language, and you’ll avoid a war.” ― Arab proverb

[@sulemese1624]

my instagram name = sule_mese ı want to improve my english . could you talk with me ? please :)

[@alwayslearning7672]

So ironic.The Arabs are always fighting!😂

[@thewild2334]

@@alwayslearning7672 so ironic, misunderstanding idiots like you are always commenting xD

[@lmarshy9120]

@@alwayslearning7672 I think It was two world wars between European countries and America not the Arabs.

[@alwayslearning7672]

@@lmarshy9120 I said nothing about wars.I said fighting!

[@tookurjaerbs]

"Don't be afraid to make mistakes." Seems to be a common theme in a lot of these language Ted Talks and other videos. Noted. 👍

[@mcmerry2846]

You can't commit mistakes if you don't know anything

[@omodiagbedominicedeoghon4607]

It is a fear children don't have and they grow up to master the language of their culture.

[@FOXMAN09]

I ask myself, why do I keep watching these ted talks about language learning when they are all virtually identical

[@theanimemusicnetwork5234]

@@mcmerry2846 You can: you just don't know what are the mistakes.

[@quintonj1616]

I followed this rule of thumb closely until I attempted to speak the language I'm learning to strangers and they mocked me.

[@RocketLR]

Im learning russian by hanging out with russians and listening to russian music. Only problem is, it's hard to remember things because of the amounts of alcohol we drink...

[@CyberMachine]

Do you have any recommendations for music?

[@RocketLR]

@@CyberMachine Lots! Whats your genre? Rap: Max Korzh has a lot of good songs. Honestly I don't know what genre to put their songs sometimes. Grivina, she has cold deep house ish songs. Her music video on malchik party is awesome so is the song. Lesha svik has chill songs. Hennessy by Zomb. If you like strange groovy songs then MATRANG might be something for you.

[@CyberMachine]

@@RocketLR OMG! I prefer rap and I'm already in love with Max Korzh. Thank you so much!!

[@minuit6305]

I heard that Russian is one of the best languages to learn especially if you're into tech and the internet because half of the stuff on the net (especially dark web) is in Russian!

[@yahyazitane3785]

@@minuit6305 indeed.. That's why I'm learning Russian too

[@PhelipeNascimentoo]

I'm brazilian,16 years old, and I just wanna say that speaking another language is the best experience ever, I've been studying english for almost 8 years, I make mistakes for sure, but they exist to tell me that I'm capable of turning it into a different way of learning, now I'm studying korean, it is much harder for sure, but I won't give up, no matter how long it could take.

[@internautaaleatorio7795]

Keep going!

[@casualenglishwithamy6951]

Keep going!!!

[@Abdullah-de5ln]

❤Notice to diverse language lover :Hello there!Are you looking for a different language speaking partner? I'm a native Bengali speaker,you know what!Bangladeshi people sacrifices theirs life to save theirs beloved language on 21 feb 2020 and this is the reason why 21 feb is called international mother language day.I think a lot of story that we Bengalis have to share with outsiders and the same way all the outsiders have. I'm trying to learn English and to be more fluent like a native English speaker.I'm also a good known Hindi and Urdu language. If anybody who is interested to learn Bengali,Hindi or Urdu language and to teach me English language or other language. pls contact me over whatsapp [phone].

[@eliezerribeiro7729]

stick to it iveness

[@user-kp2li9xn6q]

힘내요

[@godfatheralexander]

I'd like to correct the Ukrainian saying he quoted in the end (I'm Ukrainian myself). The saying translates as: "The more language you know, the more human you are."

[@keeanoagustiadi241]

I've become a big fan of Oleksander Usyk!

[@edicionenaudioyvideo3459]

Makes more sense

[@Emersongaldino.com77]

Tome cuidado com a Ucrânia , Rússia e china está quase em guerra , provavelmente vc já deve saber porém estou alertando

[@komavagroup]

nice one einstein

[@Agforever12]

I’m trying to learn Ukrainian right now. That’s why I’m watching this video!

[@tomseinfeld7124]

I did change my phone's language to spanish Now I don't read anything on my phone

[@SamirTimilsina]

I did that too and in the process I got my Twitter account suspended/blocked because I kept pressing on buttons without knowing its meaning.

[@charlize6994]

Samir Timilsina 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@HackWindows]

I changed mine to French and now I’m a croissant

[@MrCagnacio]

A few months ago I started to learn german and for a couple of months I didn't know which day of the week i was living in till I got to learn it in german. Considering the lockdown I can assure to anyone that I didn't have the closest idea what day I was living because I didn't have to know whatsoever

[@alexvaldivia8356]

Copelandia I did the same, but changed it to swedish. I couldn’t even know for how long I hadn’t respond a message

[@headlesshieu]

Why is the audio so quiet?

[@margaritamanoukian1404]

I have the same question

[@gatinholegal]

me2

[@shk00design]

Guess I have to turn on the [CC] for close captions to pick up most of the dialog.

[@user-bv3cg8hx6g]

I would rather download this video and convert into mp3 to listen louder. It is too quite so that can not concentrate listening to it.

[@gladysl5236]

Hieu Nguyen turn up the volume then. 😎👌

[@yuladindasari8893]

"The more languages you know, the more people you are" I really agree with this quote, because language is a means of connecting to communicate. Therefore, the more languages know ​​will make it easier for living things to relate to fellow living beings in all corners of the world.

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

True, I want to learn Spanish and I want to talk Spanish with Latin America's people

[@technofanatic01]

I can speak English and French and I just started to learn Norwegian. Language is cool

[@steffcher1997]

Hi, Where are you learning Norwegian from?

[@alessandravs.angeles29]

Hi

[@fakhrizasyailendra4716]

i just now day in norwegian like mandag,tursdag,torsdag,fredag

[@fakhrizasyailendra4716]

@@Alia-cm4zv are you can speak fluently or in just daily conversation?

[@fakhrizasyailendra4716]

@@Alia-cm4zv and how long you mastered every other language?

[@bohdantoporivskyi5747]

The last Ukrainian proverb would be literally translated as: "How many languages you know, that many times you are a human"😊 Thanks for an interesting motivational speech!

[@bruhcc5033]

Actually, yes!

[@ahmetmuratcelik6806]

Omg there is a Turkish proverb which means the exact same thing. That's fascinating :d

[@nickwilliams6623]

" As many languages you know, as many times you are a human being " but its not a Ukrainian proverb but Goether's quotation.

[@daadaa6356]

we have the exact same one in Czech! I guess it's a slavic thing :D

[@Abdullah-de5ln]

❤Notice to diverse language lover :Hello there!Are you looking for a different language speaking partner? I'm a native Bengali speaker,you know what!Bangladeshi people sacrifices theirs life to save theirs beloved language on 21 feb 2020 and this is the reason why 21 feb is called international mother language day.I think a lot of story that we Bengalis have to share with outsiders and the same way all the outsiders have. I'm trying to learn English and to be more fluent like a native English speaker.I'm also a good known Hindi and Urdu language. If anybody who is interested to learn Bengali,Hindi or Urdu language and to teach me English language or other language. pls contact me over whatsapp [phone].

[@KatherineRoman]

I am Ukrainian and I was so surprised when he spoke Ukranian in the end. Huge respect! :) Greetings from Ukraine

[@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood]

Katherine Roman how easy is it for a Russian to understand a Ukrainian and vice versa?

[@taras123UA]

Yes!!!

[@7even01]

John's Fitness and Strength I'm from Ukraine and we grew up hearing Ukrainian and Russian languages, so I'm native in both of them (also, I can freely understand Belorussian and partly Polish, never learning them), like a majority of Ukrainians. As I know, Russians, mostly, can't understand Ukrainian, but part of them can.

[@andreymakarov5615]

I'm really sorry, but Ukrainian is not a language...

[@andreymakarov5615]

Alexandr A. P. agreed. It's basically a RU dialect with some addition of Polish words.

[@helloworld8583]

"Скільки мов ти знаешь - стільки разів ти людина" this quote standing in my college, in my classroom for learning English! And now it's so pleasure to hear it from him!

[@obadaodeh1625]

he speaks 20 languages half of them fluently, wow this is staggeringly amazing wow.

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

True 👍👍👍

[@monicatoro2286]

As a spanish teacher, I can't express how amazed I felt with this speech. I totally agree with every single word he said. And I can assure you that, after being able to understand many ways of learning languages, everything he said was truth. Enjoy learning a new language!

[@LesserMoffHootkins]

You should be ashamed of yourself. I can’t say what I really think, or I’ll get kicked off KZbin.

[@okmrsavage]

@@LesserMoffHootkins and you should get off youtube until youre 13

[@hatimhatimo1954]

@@LesserMoffHootkins i think this is not your spot and you must apologize

[@KainobiN]

@@hatimhatimo1954yes for sure he should apologize

[@PassionforDreaming]

This is a great talk! I dedicate my channel to talking about languages and language-learning and I love watching talks like this. I don't speak 20 languages but I can converse in four! I agree with what he said and this isn't the first time I've heard this. I've heard the same advice from other successful polyglots, so I can tell you that what he said works for a lot of people. More people need to see this

[@seriekekomo]

We all can be like him. Some people may have a better ear or be more talented than others, but as he said this is not about perfection, it is about communication. If you put passion and work into a language, soon enough you will learn it. I wish you a happy language learning! Je vous souhaite un apprentissage heureux des langues! ¡Os deseo un felíz aprendizaje de idiomas! 祝你语言学习快乐！ Eu desejo vocês um aprendizagem de línguas muito legal! Belleza! (I would write it also in Italian, but I'm not that confident yet, I have just started this week. If you see a mistake in any of these sentences, don't hesitate and tell me!) Why don't you also add more translations of this sentence, it would be really fun!

[@nalinh0]

Thank you!!!

[@lucasavelar997]

About the portuguese: " desejo a vocês um aprendizado de línguas legal."

[@seriekekomo]

Lucas Avelar Obrigado! :D

[@Anhonime]

Ich wünsche euch glückliches Fremdsprechenlernen! ;) (my German is kinda rusty, feel free to correct me) Życzę radosnej nauki języków obcych! (Polish)

[@margaritamanoukian1404]

Σας εύχομα καλή εκμάθηση ξένων γλωσσών! :D (Greek) btw Anhohine,I think it is called FremndsprAchenlernen :3

[@tjb8158]

I just love this presentation so much and it really hits every point right on the head. Im learning spanish currently and am doing everything that was recommended here. It helped reassure me that i am on the right path. I hope all are well on your ways in your respective language journeys!

[@KitKat-is5qg]

Update?

[@ava1803]

Can you speak Spanish now? Are u fluent?

[@tjb8158]

Hey guys! Yes my Spanish is probably around a C1 level and I'm even dating a Mexican girl! Thanks for the interest!!

[@ava1803]

@@tjb8158 thanks for the update! All the best

[@yugomoises8917]

I'm currently learning spanish language, Thank you for the words, it motivates me a lot. ❤️

[@lenamonroe2961]

Hows the Spanish coming along?

[@antonyramirezferrigno2979]

Hey Matthew :) that's a pretty cool talk and inspiring. I'm actually on the way to learn my fourth language and I can say that it has been one of the most fulfilling things I have ever done in life. Will start following you guys on Social Media.

[@aferrallms4642]

I really enjoyed this presentation. As a language teacher for more than 10 years, I have reflected many times on why I was so interested in learning the languages that I have learned, and how I could instill that interest into my students. This presentation contains many excellent ideas and points that all make complete sense. I would recommend this video to anyone who feels apprehensive about learning a new language.

[@estikararas11]

Wow, this is one of the best learn language explanations I ever heard. Thank you very much Sir, you show us the way.

[@MisterGames]

Watch at 1.5 speed, press your ear to the speaker. You're welcome

[@kevinree6461]

Thanks

[@caveman540]

lol....gracias.

[@megalopolis2015]

This is a really fun and motivating talk. I noticed when I was watching a film tonight in Romanian and Russian how similar some of the words were to Spanish and English. I definitely resonated with what he said about finding the similarities. Bravo, Mr. Youlden.

[@LuigiCotocea]

You know as a Romanian i consider Italian Espanol and French being easier than Russian. Remember Russian is a Slavic language not a romantic one like Romanian which contains latin too!

[@christopherellis2663]

I did French at school. Quickly picked up Spanish before travelling to Europe, found that I could read about 90% of Danish newspapers after about three weeks. Third trip to Europe is being planned. Also was able to get a handle on Basque. All of this in my sixties.

[@conormccormack5913]

Christopher Ellis how did you learn danish so quickly?

[@christopherellis2663]

Conor McCormack in København, one is surrounded by Danish. Once one has a handle on such words as på og til, the rest is almost English. I cannot speak or understand it, for it has consonants not used in English b d g r sk, for example. Æ ø y are found in French and German. It's called immersion, but some study of grammar and vocabulary are necessary.

[@abdirahimmussa2708]

woow hvordan går du

[@LesserMoffHootkins]

You were born talented, unlike most people. Or you’re lying.

[@SpanishAcademyTV]

Thank you! Very insightful The 30 minutes to study each day is such a game changer!

[@JixieDye]

I loved this. I'm learning Danish at the moment. I absolutely love the language. Just switched my phone to Danish. Hope I don't get lost with it

[@kaeleiolson3113]

I only speak English fluently now but I'm learning spanish and I want to become a polyglot

[@keegster7167]

Same boat, but I'm learning Italian. By the way, I recommend making sure to pronounce the words a lot, because then you'll remember them. Recently I've gotten a lot better just from that.

[@missl4304]

Jelly Squid same here!

[@AllTheNamesIPickedWereTaken]

Kaelei Olson my advice is to actually use the words you learn frequently. Even when talking to your friends try to form sentences and call certain objects by their name in that language if you know that word. I was able to learn 200 Japanese words and about the same amount of kanji in a month and a half just by doing that. Good luck :)

[@luiyi0308]

Christopher Agha up

[@lingletsgd4892]

I know a good amount of words in Spanish, Italian, and I'm trying to learn slovene

[@Verisimilitude_]

This was encouraging. I am trying to learn a second language. It’s not been easy but I know I can do it!

[@runa8036]

I am Japanese, and learning English process is sometimes hard and I feel frustrated as to why I cannot speak it smoothly after years of study😢 but this video reminds me of the joys of language learning! Sometimes I feel as if I could go to a different world just by studying English in my daily life😊

[@Lieutenant-Dan]

Ganbatte!

[@Garadrim]

言語を勉強するって結構難しいですよね。でも諦めないでね！言語の中に他の国と文化が入っている！それはすごく楽しいから諦めないで！ Ganbatte!

[@r2ca677]

Your English is perfect!

[@MsShellectable]

Your written English is excellent. You've got your idioms down!

[@cameliavera]

Perfection is over rated. Im happy just to communicate.

[@amirjamili5327]

I think learning a new language is like a brilliant adventure that everyone can have in Life.

[@LesserMoffHootkins]

Everyone can fail.

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

I totally agree with you. This is great adventure for me

[@yolandasuciati9288]

So motivational. Thanks for sharing! :)

[@sherifmatt4338]

I speak 4 languages and i'm learning german, i'm a bit affraid of it but i'm gona do my best, this guy is an inspiration for me, I want to be like him and that's why i'm gona do my best to learn german and a lot of languages !

[@cakes_lollies9948]

i know this is a typical question but on average how long has it taken you? i'm learning french and about a month in and still building vocabulary.

[@sherifmatt4338]

+cakes_lollies Well to speak spanish it tooks me 8 months, but now I speak it well. You can 'understand' a language and speaks it correctly in 3 months. Good luck !

[@FrozenCompass]

+sherif matt thank you! What methods were you using? I'm find French hard cause natives just push it all together

[@sherifmatt4338]

+Monique H Well honestly I don't use any methode but I have some "technics" I begin to learn the presentation; Hi my name is... I am 20 years old etc etc. Then I download 2 apps, one of conjugation and a dictionary. Then I try to learn the basics verbs; eat, drink, live, work. Yeah and don't forget; Writing is VERY important, it helps you to memorize. And don't worry for french it's a very simple language, tell ur self that when you'll learn french you can easly learn italian or spanish ;) Hope it helps =)

[@jhonatanjk1251]

Not a polyglot or anything, but i've been about 4 months learning french and i've learnt a lot of vocabulary thanks to Memrise, also i'm watching a tv show in french (even though it's original language is english i managed to find it in french) and i'm reading le petit prince :) everything thanks to duolingo, memrise and alexa.

[@genymaranunesgoncalves9895]

Entre muitas palestras e motivação, organização de pensamentos e o poder de tocar o coração, essa superou de uma forma magnífica e espetacular. Para motivar- me a continuar e fez eu entender , perceber, que também sou capaz de outro idioma aprender e não ficar presa num casulo de receios e medos de me aventurar. Pois o desconhecido quer me encontrar e eu almejo com ele estar.

[@Thankyouma]

Thanks for amazing time! Recently,I have started learning English again. So, This video was so useful! Thank you from Japan!

[@midnightearth1015]

Very insightful. I've been studying German on and off for about a year, and probably couldn't hold a basic conversation, and if I could then I wouldn't be understandable. My biggest problem is probably keeping things relevant. This really helped, let's see how I'm doing in a month or two!

[@mohammedanask5921]

And how you did it?

[@ohexwhy1769]

howd you do

[@katrinaaverage-potato5828]

Ich lerne auch Deutsch! I only started a few months ago though, what do you use? I’m using Duolingo and some audiobooks my local library has from pimsleur

[@ghod2114]

I am at pre-intermediate English level and I was wonder that I understood almost everything from this video. This is amazing. Also enjoed the sentence at the end in Ukrainian because I am from Ukraine ^_^ Thanks a lot, hope this video would help me and other to learn better and get such a great experience as I had

[@gordanastefanovic8470]

"The more languages you know, the more people you are." I like that 👍

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

❤️🥰❤️🥰

[@michelleonsen4942]

ただいま50歳。今までの人生で日本語以外の言語（＝英語）習得できませんでした。この歳になりフランス語を習得したいと思っています。しかし成功体験ないので踏み出せない、自信がない‥ そんな時に「外国語を習得するとホテルの部屋がアップグレードされるかも」「自分に関係あるものだけを学ぶ（＝私の場合はグルメと買い物なので観光会話できればOK）」この２つの言葉で頑張ってみようと思えるようになりました。 あと、「助けてー」「道に迷いました」も習得しようと思います。

[@learn_french]

Well... it was interesting... I think that learning a language is not a ONE way thing and you need to learn a little of this and a little bit of that. I have been teaching for more than 20 years and I got some great results... but there is just a simple fact that people should understand... you need to learn some grammar and understand how the language is structured if you want to learn it. The vocabulary is just a question of being able to remember the words. Then after will also come the way to pronounce... and French is a challenging language! But if you put yourself into it... everything is possible!!!

[@tanyasehgal4316]

Hey ! Vincent. I follow your videos :) Haha !

[@prtdiva]

You have to learn grammar but you don’t have to learn it day one to learn simple frases. I think that’s the point he’s trying to make. Dive in and worry about the rest later 🤗

[@ronaldcaliva5004]

You dont just adopt the language easily ,it takes time for you to actually speak out the languange you're trying to learn

[@user-on3yr3oo1r]

From my point of view, there are some psychological problems of learning the second, third and so on languages, because a person must overcome the patterns of his own mother tongue, including pronunciation of course. I think this is the main problem. Maybe I'm wrong ..

[@ishish8816]

Every native speaker thinks their language is hard. But how hard it is to learn a language depends how similar it is to your native language. Grammar is so important especially when the language is very dissimilar to yours like I’m learning Czech. You’re right you can miss half the meaning of a sentence of le.g language if you you don’t know how to decline the nouns and pronouns. You can rite learn phrases but depending on the type of learner you are.

[@PennyLouiseLane]

I loved this so much I'm crying. "The more languages you know, the more people you are" was the best quote i've ever heard of.

[@vasiliydmitriev3723]

yes, but the speaker generally says the same only pretending to be very clever.

[@edessentials3206]

Get out more often. There are many excellent quotes to top this one. When the pandemic is done of course.

[@user-py6oq9yt5j]

Thank you a lot! Last phrase was unexpected, because I never saw phrases in TED about Ukrainian, and, because it’s my mother language, I was touched right in the heart ❤️ thanks for such inspired video 🙏🏻 with love from Ukrainian- з любов’ю від українців 🇺🇦

[@wontaeklim9580]

Great lesson. I love this. Thanks.

[@kirkendauhl6990]

I'm so glad I watched this video, my previous experience with a TED Talk was more of a product than educational and it's made me wary of clicking on the videos. I'm trying to learn Finnish and while some of these rules are great for languages that are more popular, it's hard to find the resources and media needed to gain experience in that language. I've put a Finnish option on my computer and I follow Finnish tags on social media (namely suomipaskaa lol)but as far as music and video, that's going to be a bit harder to run into. I appreciate the video and your time immensely, it's given me some things to mull over and think about while on my own polyglot adventure. Hyvää päivää!

[@YohanBlake-hy7gb]

Kirkendauhl do you know it now?

[@littletomato6561]

I’m trying to learn Finnish too! Maybe we could be partners in learning the language?

[@someonenew9024]

Besides my mother tongue, I have a degree in English, am fluent in Spanish and am currently learning German. I can also understand Portugese and French. I love languages and I soooooo agree on making the mistakes. I tell it to my students all the time.

[@lilidane8975]

Alors est-ce que tu comprends cette phrase ? :D

[@oleginkayandir1144]

❤

[@ProfeKristel]

great and motivating!!! I am going to start with a new language this same week!

[@alenmateomunoz4362]

I like him; his voice is relaxing. He speaks without exaggerating his enunciation and pronunciation. I totally agree with Youlden's shortcuts to language learning and the golden rules.

[@vitsouza]

I don't know it's just me who found the audio too low. But, this video has giving me a lot of tips for my knowledge about English!

[@griffincreech2019]

Very good English! Keep up the good work!

[@MrsClarisse14]

I don't really have any of those problems he is talking about and I wasn't planning on watching this to the end... I just enjoyed his way of speaking so much :)

[@mturkdeniz]

Language learning is brain improvement for me , if we know more languages it is mean more perspective we can look, go out to the routine of your life. it is mean also learn another culture and therefore realize your culture more. Thanks for nice videos.

[@engelguillermotaboada2683]

Languajes are my pasión since i was a young Guy., definetly i want to keep improving my french and German and now with thé internet it's easier . Thé key Is practice every day great vídeo full motivation thanks.👏👏

[@anthonydiaz6250]

Exselent expositione, i´m putting on practique the advice numbe 3: cometing mistakes. Than u matthe

[@charityodunsi5255]

Bravo ! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@mi-mi222]

I am so happy to hear quote from my native language. I don’t even think that it can be possible. So proud for my language and Ukraine at all!

[@22vah]

Excellent presentation! Thank you

[@jennaholly]

I have been learning Turkish for about two weeks now! This is a very useful video thank you!

[@KanalYD]

Devam ediyor musun öğrenmeye? :)

[@paintinggalaxies5925]

Him: Languages are beautiful! Him earlier: *_D I E_*

[@romiagua2746]

É também com estas sacadas, que sigo aprendendo e aprendendo. Todas. 👀👏

[@m7dtbh580]

I moved to study in Turkey, I have been here for a month and the constant need to learn the language brought me to here (although I already speak 3 languages) He gave me the courage to learn harder, thank you TED

[@wanda5548]

you got this!! iyi şanslar

[@Maxim_Vu]

I'm a student. I have been leaning English for 3 years ago. I try my best with it. Thank you for this video

[@julianbasse]

How to learn any language easily ? Step 1: stop viewing this video, instead, start studying languages.

[@guyfawkes5055]

HAHAHA

[@sergiosengkey1133]

Not really, because for people who want to learn english watching this video is a way of learning.

[@katief4700]

This really inspired me. I'm a current monolinguest learning Russian,Swedish,Spanish and Portugese. Yes I do realise learning 4 languages at once is a challenge. But I have the freedom to learn it whenever and however I want. At school you're forced to learn a language which you might not be interested in and you go over useless stuff again and again. I have bought a specific notebook for each language and I study for at least 30min a day. It is very satisfying to see how many pages I have done. My motivation? the freedom of when you are fluent. I look at people who are bilingual and see them speak to others, it's amazing. Plus I just love being able to travel the world being able to speak to the locals.

[@LesserMoffHootkins]

I bet you failed miserably.

[@chrisgilmannTV]

If I may suggest, try to learn the romance languages first since you are already taking on Spanish and Portuguese. Adding french and Italian will be like value-add to what you already have. Bonne chance!

[@DanielBro42]

well?

[@mayrafigueroa5541]

¡Me encantó! Muy buenos consejos. Disfruté ver el video 😊

[@eatdrinkplaytolearnchinese6957]

Great tips ! Very useful and helpful ! Thank you for sharing!

[@IcantThinkOfAname9]

hey they're the guys from babel

[@margaritamanoukian1404]

yesss

[@evilmorty1440]

really? o.O

[@margaritamanoukian1404]

yeap,they did a video on Babel about how they learned the languages and they spoke on each language :3

[@evilmorty1440]

Margarita M Cool! I am from Brazil and I speak Three languages.

[@shikamarunara8920]

XD that is why i am here :)

[@pritheebecareful7070]

Ironically, I need subtitles in order to know what he is saying.

[@sulemese1624]

Didn't you understand anything ?

[@eduardoreis8443]

How is your English today ?

[@mightyxt]

Do you know English now?

[@mlart9787]

Me too! Only cause the microphone isn't very loud.

[@june.w.1288]

He has a strong accent, and the sound is very low, besides not everyone can listen to this in a quiet, peaceful environment. For example if someone has little children who are yelling a lot, or if someone is in a bus, a lot of passangers chatting around him/her... Guys, have some empathy and understanding!

[@llovemycountry.1631]

YOU R SO BRILLIANT I LIKE YOUR PRESENTATION AND I WILL USE IT.

[@adriantdt8774]

I've been followed babbel since 4 years ago that i started studying languages and i'm his fan number one!

[@KimsonJohn]

in Africa it's standard to speak more than one language.

[@vandanashinde5989]

KimsonJohn also in INDIA 😉

[@HDdk100]

I think that's the standard in the most of the world tbh - in Europe it's the same I think the average is close to 3 langueges

[@bennartey3409]

Very true. My mother who never went to school speaks nine Ghanaian languages and English. I speak seven languages including English and French. My small country Ghana has over 25 different languages because there are so many ethnicities. I learned three languages simply by living next door to native speakers and interacting with them.

[@stg1325]

Ben Nartey im so jealous of u 😅 all i wanna do is learn french 🤦‍♂️

[@bennartey3409]

A.S. 1 You can if you put in the effort. If you have Alliance Francais in your country, they may run French language courses. Or you can learn online. Use Rosetta Stone app. which is really rich in content. Give it time and practice regularly.

[@kaunas888]

The title is a bit of click bait. It is not about how to learn any language easily, but techniques to make learning more engaging and effective which is not the same thing. As someone involved in languages, I can say that individual aptitude varies greatly and highly influences how much one progresses. Most languages require a considerable commitment to get to an intermediate level of communication.

[@henrielliot9658]

Great presentation, got a few really good insights. Thanks

[@igorandrade8531]

What a great video! Thank you for sharing this info! Thank you so much!

[@blue1spiral]

"make grammar fun" um, TELL US HOW lol

[@user-mo1bo6tz9x]

motivation is the key, keep in your mind the reason why you're studying that language...remember your goals

[@dittykong9517]

think of grammar as a series of elements and just playing around with it

[@egeoeris]

I'm making fun of my suffering when i don't know the best way to put something in my sentence. Have to say it's quite working beside my decreasing confidence to speak with anybody every day

[@ShoroukA]

Lmao yesss!

[@lakersrull]

Learn the basics then move to the real fun content, there you will experience more unknown grammar rules, learn some, forget others but dont get too stuck on it, keep going. It's bloody hard in the beginning but the content, your fluency and understanding keep getting better, even if you learnt one word a day.

[@meniporat3527]

Can you please improve the accuracy of the subtitles? Thank you.

[@tanishqvedak1862]

They are auto-generated captions i.e. google analyzes the audio and then does a speech to text algorithm. It's not really accurate but works most of the times

[@benafrem]

+tanishq vedak Really? I never knew that,thanks

[@nellygarcia5017]

If you go to their website they have accurate subtitles & transcripts available, so you can read along as you watch.

[@hannahsparkleeyes9869]

Thank you! I definitely gonna start.

[@vasiliydmitriev3723]

and you will be greatly disappointed.

[@the_hazh]

Thank you, It was very helpful.

[@noura6271]

i like this it's to interesting , for me l'm now learning english and i speak arabic very well and a turkish

[@casualenglishwithamy6951]

Awesome

[@Abdullah-de5ln]

❤Notice to diverse language lover :Hello there!Are you looking for a different language speaking partner? I'm a native Bengali speaker,you know what!Bangladeshi people sacrifices theirs life to save theirs beloved language on 21 feb 2020 and this is the reason why 21 feb is called international mother language day.I think a lot of story that we Bengalis have to share with outsiders and the same way all the outsiders have. I'm trying to learn English and to be more fluent like a native English speaker.I'm also a good known Hindi and Urdu language. If anybody who is interested to learn Bengali,Hindi or Urdu language and to teach me English language or other language. pls contact me over whatsapp [phone].

[@Rin-hn4nt]

Bende!

[@HazynetSonic]

It is typical survivorship bias! If I could learn foreign language for a something time, then other people will do it. I have been studying English for 15 years almost every day at least an hour! I learning with different teachers and myself, but I cannot write nothing without translator. For example, this message I can write only with Google translate. With great difficulty and with the help of a translator, I understood this video, thanks to the subtitles. I can understand small part of TED video, but I cannot understand something when I watch American movie. People think, that if they can, other people can too. But it is wrong! We all have different cognitive capabilities. And when people who have no problems learning a language say that the inability to learn a language is a myth, it causes anger. People just don't understand that not all people can do the same! For example, in my country I am a highly paid IT developer with unique knowledge, I know programming languages and mathematics. But I absolutely cannot learn foreign languages. I don't want to offend anyone, but the advice in the video is very naive and has been given many times by many people. I've been learning one word for almost a week. I look for it in context, in video, in text, in literature. But the next day I can't remember it. To remember just one phrase and context, I need a hundred repetitions and at least a week!!! You just can't understand that not everyone remembers words or phrases and their context after one, two or ten repetitions. I need to see a word hundreds of times to remember it. Do you think in 15 years I haven’t figured out language learning techniques? Or haven’t you watched about 100 Ted videos on how to learn a foreign language? It’s just that for many people this is a hundred times more difficult than for you. And you need to understand this, but you cannot understand it because of your selfish picture of the world. It seems to you that if I can do it, then everyone can do it. But everyone else is not you.

[@lostsha]

What an adorable accent, pure and comprehensive english. I wish everyone who’s first language is English spoke like that. That would’ve been great for us, english learners. Correct me please if I did mistakes :)

[@mailynjohana6415]

thanks, i start to learn english and this conferences was very helpful to me . thanks

[@mansur386mirzoev]

Great video. But I didn't hear the speaker because the video is pretty quiet.

[@memorellie]

Yeah, I couldn't hear it too.

[@mansur386mirzoev]

Elitsa I. Hello. Nice to see you. Can I ask you please?

[@ursulafynn6223]

I couldn't hear too

[@muradmahi9815]

@@mansur386mirzoev what dear?

[@Heggie_Boo]

Definitely needed to hear this. I want to learn so many so I can go anywhere and talk with anyone I meet. Working on Japanese first, and already know a little bit, but definitely going to put this advice to work!

[@teresae.8932]

How's it been going Heather? Just started Japanese myself

[@user-ld9hi5oh9f]

so inspired person he talks about most important things in life which is comuniction..... with anther culture ,people or learning new experience and by learning new languages you will get them ❤

[@user-ux8bq8sx1r]

Отличная подача, реклама настоящая захватывающая, хочется использовать Ваши правила, не бояться ошибок!!! Вы ТАЛАНТ!!!

[@Earth098]

Excellent tips!! By the way I've been already using them to learn Swedish these days.

[@abcxyzsven]

Earth+ Do you have some websites that you can recommend for learning Swedish?

[@hurcan7530]

Sven Dreier hmu, I'm native

[@trentauno6230]

Im also learning swedish. It such a beautiful language although it sounds so watery....i dont know why, but thats why i like that language in the first place. I speak Croatian (it's known as Serbo-Croatian) and English, but as i said i really wanna learn swedish.

[@felina650]

Lista para aprender un nuevo idioma, saludos y felicitaciones :)

[@cortezphenix9569]

¿Que es la idioma quieres a aprender?

[@annastar4452]

Matthew Youlden!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! YOU INSPIRED ME!

[@7tonton]

There are TedX talks by native speakers of Mandarin, French, Egyptian Arabic and a lot more. They are really helpful in my language learning.

[@profaaulas9555]

Let's be honest... If you have motivation to really study everyday, you can learn a new language. It doesnt matter if it's fun or not, it depends on how dedicated you are. I believe that most people keep looking for magic in language learning, but this doesnt happen. If you can have fun, great! But you'll always need dedication!!!

[@user-lb7ov3pd9i]

Выступление интересное и приятное, спасибо спикеру! Вот только я не поняла, как же легко выучить любой язык?

[@filipinoheritagesocietyofm1699]

Thank you for the motivation. I hope I can stick to the rules.....

[@macubelen07]

You're simply excellent and awesome Matthew!!!

[@swod1]

It’s funny - everything I’ve learned in my life had similar principles as this. Excellent stuff Es curioso, todo lo que he aprendido en mi vida tiene principios similares a este. Cosas excelentes

[@iams.1537]

The more languages you know, the more HUMAN you are.

[@johnroberts8088]

Interesting, so people who only speak one language are....less human? Sorry, I mean, less HUMAN?

[@anthonylopez7707]

John Roberts yes

[@aryanspecialtruthonly.2311]

I don’t understand this logic but high 5

[@makeshift307]

NANI!?

[@makeshift307]

@@johnroberts8088: yay, i'm sub-human!

[@yunusagyldz7925]

Just GREAT! Thank you so much ✨

[@mahmoud5461]

Amazing video, thank you a lot..