The intermediate plateau explained | Daily Digest 26/9/19

Today's daily digest talks about two myths that are believed and perpetuated by a majority of language teachers and learners that explain why people feel stuck at the intermediate level.
One is the myth of cognitive decline, and the other is the myth of learning styles.
In this video I destroy those myths using truth, not axioms.
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[@genl5641]

Totally agree with you. As I'm getting older I've found that my brain has never worked so well and it doesn't look like it slowing down. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@MrKorvin7]

Oh! What a great episode! Thank you Christian! If you"ll be in Russia, come in =)

[@kiS2chi]

I got 3 sec to understand the joke 🤦

[@andrewm9513]

Next time I'll be told at work I'm slow, I know what to say - I'm just smart :D

[@factotumadivinis1831]

Amazing, hilarious, stunning. These are three new words that I have learned in the process of passing from intermediate to advanced. I am 52 and I will never give up. Greetings from Chile.

[@leandrorego3618]

At 40 I have realized that I learn any subject, practical or theoretical better and faster than when I younger. I think that it's because my brain links all information it accumulated along the years to construct new ideas. I can see everything more clearly now. Now everything adds up. Now I learn with no effort.

[@Johan-vk5yd]

Another analogy for(to?) the language learning plateau came to my mind: Physical fitness is improving very fast when you start exercising. Unfortunately the fitter you get, the harder you have to train to get any better, (which can reduce your motivation to keep at it, when you reach an intermediate level of fitness).

[@nguyenkhanho2251]

All the stuffs you have convincing us are actually consistent with everything I read from language researchers and what I've been through. You promote me to keep going on teaching by stories. Thank you Christian!

[@tarekaidi981]

so many misinformation is spread around the world, what's makes them very hard to get rid off but not impossible, even though they have a good percentage of truth.

[@m4rche77o]

Transfert. I'm a personal trainer and I discovered, watching your videos, that our brain works exactly like our body. If you want run faster, doing push ups make you better in doing push ups, thus pushup has low transfert in running. Up Hills running, bouncing running, jumps can makes you to improve in running because are more related, they actually make you faster, they are a good transfert in running. Repetition makes you better in that specific skill, learning a list of words makes you better in memorizing things not speaking a language. Learning words in contest makes you understand situations, or things that you can reproduce later. Thanks Christian, you are the best teacher I ever had!

[@Canguroenglish]

100% this!

[@kosalakannangara3082]

💡

[@vladimirmedvedev4949]

You are joke is a little bit stupid, but it really helpful to know in enother situations. You joke is simply in kiddish, however it is what I'm need to start to watch video and right a comment. Thank you for this video.

[@solea59]

I'm not entirely sure the intermediate plateau actually exists. I think people want to get off at a " halfway station " so they can take a rest. To be honest I have been at a halfway point ( if it actually exists ) in spanish for years. But I didn't call it a plateau , I just had other things to do, like bringing up kids and going to work. Now I'm retired I have resumed in spanish and started italian too but I refuse to get stuck in some halfway station with no cafe to get a coffee 🙄 !

[@mavidoressan1698]

Can someone explain the joke? I couldn't get it🤔🤪

[@TheJrussi]

the word of the day is axiom , maybe obvious ,; is obvious that blind man can up to the sky and jump down " skydiving" because is blind , if you say is because of the an dog is hilarious

[@mariaodilahilariocioffi9361]

Who is this 12 people that doesn't like Christians? How is it possible? 🤭

[@lollylolly4821]

Hello! You dispel two myths in which I firmly believed!!! Thank you so much!!!

[@cindybellota]

Wow, that's so interesting! I watched in a video that some scientist explain that we can learn whatever we want because our brain makes new connexions... there are no limits! and that made feel so excited because I want to learn so many things. And the information that you give about the intermediate plateau makes a lot of sense and gives me the courage to keep learning, little by little without feeling stuck. Thank you!

[@DavidDavid-sb7yt]

Amazing video the chart explain why is hard to improve !

[@nergismeurer7070]

Yes, a very stupid joke!

[@zidenis]

This video is a gem of wisdom. Thank you.

[@peterwilliams942]

Fascinating insights! Thanks for caring and sharing!

[@elmayalopes3815]

Learning in the context.

[@svenkataramudu7102]

You are very nice sir

[@patriciabarbosa3656]

In Portugal we say that joke ii is a dry joke ( piada seca), lol

[@Canguroenglish]

It was as dry as a desert!

[@anpcpro]

May God help you, Christian. Please, continue your brilliant work. You're helping thousands of learners. 🙌

[@ionflorea5349]

canguro english date 26/9/19 vs youtube date 9/26/19. selfevident?

[@elisabettagambarin3647]

Which is the source of your information? How old are the children? 5/6 year olds have a different selective approach from 8/9 year olds and so on and how old are the adults you’re talking about? 40/50 year olds have a different cognitive capacity from 50/60 and 70/80 year olds and so on

[@direktorukraini]

Hello Christian! Can you explain what thet mean? Take off those common clothes and come down looking like a princess! They have translated it like ... and get dress like a princess! Some gay said thet it must be calm down instead of come down.But it still sounds weird.And doesent explain.

[@hkabreu]

I got it now

[@jsssa8005]

😢

[@aydarbanned]

Hey, I watch your lessons often, which is good motivation. But with old age, the human brain deteriorates as evidenced by studies of the real brain post-mortem. In fact, starting from the very birth, the human brain begins to collapse, but at the same time form new connections, and when the first process begins to prevail over the second, marasmus and scolerosis occur. And the only chance to delay scolerosis is to form new connections, that is, to learn new things.

[@andreychernykh256]

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[@AlessandroBottoni]

Best video I had the opportunity to watch in a very long time. Many thanks for this gift, Christian.

[@jorgeangeleri9516]

Hola. Muchísimas gracias por tus clases. Son magníficas. Con relación al paradigma de la diferencia de aprendizaje en función de la edad, estoy completamente de acuerdo contigo. Un abrazo desde Argentina

[@reglisse42]

I like your explanation, I like your analysis, I like your lesson thanks Christian

[@arturk2402]

Why did you show on the board wotd? there is no such word By the way, it is very good knowledge for me thank you so much for your teaching

[@Canguroenglish]

WOTD = word of the day

[@arturk2402]

thanks for your explanation

[@enriquevalencia2295]

This daily digest was intersting to me , because I understand why it is dificult to me learn english playing guitar ,, jajajajaj ,, it is a bad joke

[@helenagantzias1439]

You are great, teacher! Amazing your explanations!

[@tonybroad6465]

some good content here, probably twice as long as it needed to be

[@hearttouchingsongs6692]

Sir please tell us what grammar books we need to study to improve english

[@benjaminestrada1670]

THANKYOU GREETINGS from México

[@gabrielcuellar3732]

I agree, I believe that there are techniques and methods but the main think is to be constant in what you want to aproach.

[@raketaraketa4961]

Younger people can have more stuff in their heads . It depends on age , but otherwise

[@felipecarvajal9952]

Great!!!! thanks a lot, you really transformed my teaching.

[@lookatthesky4223]

Your explanation is great, thank you a lot

[@moulmour]

Now i feel more confedent i'll go all for it, Thanks a ton Chritian! see you on friday live.

[@andrewm9513]

I wonder where you get all these topics, they are awesome!

[@marcospinho3140]

Christian I believe some people came to the world to change lifes, with your particular and special knowleges. People as you makes me believe again in the humanity. Marcos Pinho / São Paulo - Brasil.

[@Canguroenglish]

Thank you

[@hkabreu]

Listen again to understand the joke

[@lahlouhtarek7103]

could anyone post the dictionary he shew

[@tgoshark]

I agree that when you are in the intermediate it seems that I don't learn more. it seems that I can't improve my speaking

[@Canguroenglish]

That's because you already know enough! Now you just need PRACTICE!

[@ПетрБерезин-к7ы]

It's too sceary for the dog :)

[@hintergarten]

The fact that you, as an adult, can learn a second or third language with relatively ease shows that your brain works as good as before. Aging has no impact at all. Great conclusions from those studies. Thanks for sharing them.

[@Canguroenglish]

My pleasure!

[@juliaba775]

Sorry, I don’t agree with learning styles being a myth. People who go to study architecture are already visual learners, and those who study music are auditory ones! ))) they have chosen their vocation because of their inner nature (at least most have).

[@tesseract8412]

Christian can you please clarify where can i find that video about myth how age affects your ability to learn language? cuz i can't find

[@tesseract8412]

It seems to me i have found it! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmHHk62BpdyWbsU

[@Canguroenglish]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/onOuZXV7d9qob9E

[@СуровцевИван-г6в]

Is that a vacuum cleaner sound background?

[@Canguroenglish]

Printer!

[@robertorosati53]

Very interesting

[@jainmathew804]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@Bestink]

thank you for your joke, today then i drove my car i had thought that i must to use english language then i "wash bones" (i dont know how it translates to english, in russian it means - talk bad things about other people bad driving ) it will be helpful for my study, and i've done it!

[@Johan-vk5yd]

Bestink info Christian is my role model for a teacher, being as supportive as he is. Could you learn as much english also being supportive to people making mistakes in traffic?.

[@Bestink]

@@Johan-vk5yd where did he say that, I think joke about blind people is very rude, and nobody hear my shouting about other people in traffic, except myself

[@Canguroenglish]

I am just sitting here imagining you driving around Russia cursing at other drivers!

[@Bestink]

​@@Canguroenglish and cursing at white bears at Yakutks(close to Arctic circle) )))

[@Viviane96893]

Thank you!!!

[@rappellieussaint1566]

Hello... Merci Christian.

[@Sergio-ht2bt]

What will it rest when you destroy all of the myths? Will it be truth? : )

[@Canguroenglish]

I HOPE SO

[@Sergio-ht2bt]

@@Canguroenglish , Or may be you will create A Brave New Myth : )

[@МрПро-ы7т]

👍

[@mohammadsabry4454]

Nice video ❤