The Science Of Language Learning (10x Your Time)

[@aizuni]

As a French speaker I was so surprised when you said English isn't your first language!! I could barely tell that you weren't a native speaker. And for a French native speaker, mastering the English accent like that is even more impressive.

[@loistalagrand]

Merci !

[@honey3762]

same! I think his english is flawless and I'm american. I can hear a tiny bit of an accent but it's like a 5% twang.

[@jamirwalker]

Native English speaker here ....I couldn't tell English wasn't your frist language bravo !

[@FelixGibson-zz1dr]

I'm a native English speaker. He has perfect English to me. I've heard worse from natives. How many native speakers would have used the word "obscure" in perfect context, if at all?

[@jamesandrew1750]

what? he doesn't sound native at all

[@neotoxsin]

Your English is superb!

[@RobertLattery]

Yeah, your English speaking skills are so good it kind of makes me a little angry you can speak English so well, while I struggle with learning and speaking Korean. How long did it take you to become this fluent in English?

[@shlee5150]

@@RobertLattery 수고가 많으십니다. 한국어 잘 할 수 있을 거예요! 화이팅. 저는 중국어를 공부해요. 🥰

[@baxodirbaxramov3352]

In deep level of mental processing part, avoiding recognition itself, and instead, checking the definition/translation of the word in a preffered language and then trying to recall the exact word in a target language make a lot of sense.Because when you are writing or speaking(most difficult parts) the words are not actually gonna pop into your head out of nowhere.You will recall them first by its purpose and function in a sentence, then its definition and then the desired word.

[@loistalagrand]

Exactly

[@jesse_ledesma]

Can you please add some references and sources which support these language learning strategies?

[@lauriepaterson]

Thanks so much...I'm a native french speaker who speak german English and Turkish...I wish to have your English accent one day 😊❤

[@fipah5817]

I used to create my own flashcards in BrainScape but it definitely consumed a lot of time - not 15 minutes a day. And this is not time learning but just labouring creating flashcards. Pretty soon one learns them and has to create another deck. Premade packs never worked as well, however - they often lacked good descriptions or other components that would help me and make any card unique.

[@loistalagrand]

I agree. Take a look at my latest videos on learning languages using Netflix. I talk about software you can use to create flashcards from Netflix.

[@JonathanOlelo]

Unfortunately, academic institutions in most countries don't apply any science-based language learning methods. Like, I know many people who learned a language for years at school/college/university, but after finishing there, they didn't have any ability to use this language practically.

[@Ramz_914]

May be bc they not apply science-based methods to speak or use practically their knowledge? In school/college/university they just learn nouns, verbs, rules and etc.

[@Ishioka905]

I learned Japanese in university and I was taught by throughly scientific methods and the criticism that universities ignore scientific methods of language teaching is an Internet myth. Everyone I know who speaks Japanese at my level, C2, in European parlance, is the product of a university program like I went through.

[@PianoFan2011]

Hello Loïs Talagrand, whak kind of flashcard application I should be use? Thanks

[@Ishioka905]

If you really want to take a deep dive into SRS, I recommend the book "Fluent Forever" by Gabriel Wyner.

[@youssefsalman-kk3uq]

Your English sound 99.9999999999999% native speaker

[@mn-lc7em]

I have learned english, math, french, italian, only beginning the moment I have used synthesize, in practice Speak math or proramming

[@Brew2point0]

Native English speaker here, interested in learning Japanese. Very helpful information -- thank you. Your English has enough accent to identify it is not your first language but still excellent. Not the least difficulty understanding as you relay complex ideas.

[@YogaBlissDance]

He sounds like someone who could be a Spanish speaker or some ohter language in HIS FAMILY,not that English isn't his first language/or native. I live in a place with lots of folks who have very strong accents....I really wouldn't say he has an "accent" as in foreign...

[@thegod1075]

I've a c2 certificate in english, though I didn't practice speaking because I'm antisocial, I just wanted to learn English, so I could be to understand, but now I want to learn french, and I'm afraid of lose my english vocabulary, and I now that I'm not going to learn french as fast as english, 'cause I won't put all my focus on it, I'll keep learning english vocabulary 100 words a day, so I'm afraid to learn french, by the way I'm 15 years old

[@默-c1r]

If you're at c2 im English there is no chamce you can forget it. I suggest spending a little time per day on very hard material like a difficult novel. This will give you a high density of challenging words compared to other material so you don't have to spend as much time studying. That will give you more time to learn French. On another note, learning French will probably improve your English because 30-60% of English words come from French depending on how you count it so you will be improving your English as you learn French; you will get a deeper knowledge of the roots and etymology of most Emglish words.

[@loistalagrand]

how did you learn English?

[@Riseroseriot]

What kind of flash card can I use please and thank you

[@5yotub]

Would you mind giving us the research you are talking about? (The name of the paper, the link, the doi)

[@literalmenteolucas]

im also interested in bc i always heard that recognition flashcards was better than recall flashcards, and he keep saying that is a science research but not even let this papers on descriptions...

[@mido4339]

Thanks... Useful informations

[@loistalagrand]

Happy to help

[@freeslavemind]

Holy shit, your English is great. Gonna follow your advice.

[@gordoncurrie8673]

I am about to finish all 5 levels of Pinsular Italian. What are your recommendations on what app based program to continue my learning?

[@AhlemBalaouan]

😇😍just an awesome video, your methode to learn languages impress me a lot!

[@freeslavemind]

Do you think recalling also helps with recognition?

[@diegovega3013]

I watched the whole video. Could you share the sources you used for this video? I’d appreciate it

[@jnc555]

Same too I wonder why ? ... ?

[@loistalagrand]

Take a look at Paul Nation's book "What do you need to know to learn a foreign language?"

[@run2fire]

@@loistalagrandI believe you can download his paper for free.

[@samueluribeg8040]

Yes it's the way to learn.. thanks

[@loistalagrand]

You are welcome

[@Explorshon123]

What online flashcards do you recommend?

[@dmera001]

Also interested

[@Explorshon123]

@@dmera001 I watched some more of his videos and I think he was referring to the free download spaced repetition software known as Anki. I have been using it on my android phone and PC. I use the core 2000 flashcard set that he recommended and am learning 20 new words a day. Along with daily conversation I am really feeling a weekly improvement.

[@dmera001]

@@Explorshon123 great thanks!

[@loistalagrand]

Use Anki in combination with Netflix. Take a look at my video on how to learn languages with Netflix.

[@romeoxlee]

I have a question. I know you said that it is best to study the vocabulary every day. What about spacing repetition? Should I still do spacing repetition of I'm looking at the vocabulary every day. It's not vocabulary for a new language. I just want to build up my English vocabulary for writing. I was also going to try keyword method too. It's a method where you link the vocabulary word to a image.

[@loistalagrand]

Spaced repetition is indeed very important

[@romeoxlee]

@@loistalagrand thanks for answering my question. :)

[@LastMomentMan]

Why no subtitle for this video?

[@aders957]

1:00 lol I thought it was only a meme that French people swallow the initial “h” 😅 there’s a whole video about a French guy passing an interview and the interviewers marking how many times he’ll drop either “h” or “s”😂

[@catalystdrive]

Hey man, I use Duolingo and Memrise, do you believe these function well enough as flashcard type learning mechanisms?

[@loistalagrand]

Yes, they are fine, but you won't own your flashcards. Any reason you are not using Anki?

[@ders3476]

I am sick of youtubers who suggests lots of methods without not supporting them with valid researches. Why would i use someone's not scientificially proven personal method while i could use proven ones

[@loistalagrand]

True

[@lidiang3780]

❤Thamk you!❤

[@okongwugeorge6272]

I am George Okongwu based in Nigeria.

[@loistalagrand]

I'm the language scientist.

[@kristinemagno2212]

Hi your English is really good , I just want to ask what kid of flash card application is that I’m here in Canada and I want to learn the French in the right way please help me thanks and GODBLESS

[@lifeinethiopia]

Anki

[@superfan1631]

I need your app bro

[@learning2fall88]

Thank you so much for this video. I have been learning French the traditional way and I still don't understand the news in French... 😂

[@loistalagrand]

You can do it!

[@LibraMakeup]

"You know"

[@jodywilles2730]

impressive

[@عَبدُالرَّحْمَن-د8م8ل]

YOU MADE A PHNOMANOL MISTAKE, DEAR! WHY YOU DIDN'T ADD "ENGLISH SUBTILTES" IN THE THIS VIDEO ????????? WE ARE STILL LEARNING THEREFORE MOSTLY WE FIND IT A LITTLE BIT TRICKY TO CATCH SOME NEW WORDS.

[@ihebabdelwaheb4098]

I wanna click the like button a million times

[@amarug]

wow i would have bet my left kidney that you are american. i have once or twice seen non-natives with your level of "accentlessness" but they were all Swedish young women (for some reason they seem to be able to mimic the english sounds perfectly). but every french person i have ever met, no matter how fluent they are in any target language, sounds like he/she is speaking french, just with different words. the french are notoriously the worst at pronouncing anything else than french. sure the srs system is good, but you also must have a unique brain!

[@languageswithotavio]

amazing!

[@loistalagrand]

Thanks!

[@raj8294]

Your English excellent

[@SS-wi4tm]

I haven't played around with Anki tons but it seems like the process of making cards WITH pronunciation and visuals is very difficult. I've been studying French for a while and I've learned that, for French especially, without those 2 items plus gender, it's essentially pointless. But then each card seems like a huge hurdle to make. If there was a way to automatically make the cards I want (not some list of 1000 words) am studying, that would be great. But I can't find that program

[@loistalagrand]

Take a look at my video on how to learn languages with Netflix.

[@BOURGEOISMORGAN]

Being an Anki user what I do is that I use a plug-in in Anki that allows me to highlight a word (with the mouse) and then directly search for this word pronunciation from forvo in my target language and download directly that pronounciation into the flashcard I'm creating in one click. It works like a charm.

[@okongwugeorge6272]

Super fantastic!

[@loistalagrand]

Glad you like it!

[@Daniel-qi1ld]

I want to be fluent in English or I hope to reach a B2 :C

[@ethan073]

Your English sounds 99% native 😳

[@loistalagrand]

Thanks! Why am I missing 1% though?

[@YogaBlissDance]

@@loistalagrand You sound amazing, if you hadn't revealed the French, most the vast majority wouldn't know it wasn't your first language. Folks are just messing with you. It's maybe your cadence is a bit slower, but I hear it as you enuciating for the camera. I def. do not hear the typical French accent...

[@AliAlSharif-bk3zb]

The way i gasped so loudly when he said that English wasn't his first language

Francotahitiano.

[@kellyjordan6440]

This is NO "10 x your time". This is clickbait!

[@TheRealChippy]

There was never that next video, some say he went off the grid, some say he went breaking bad, some even say he moved to Alaska we will never know the true science of language learning and for that I apologize on his behalf I take full blame for his absence

[@loistalagrand]

I'm back.

[@thegod1075]

Great video

[@loistalagrand]

thanks

[@johnperez4295]

I thought you were Scottish living in America at first. I had to look at your name to realize you're French.

[@JBonaparte]

Why are you using Andrew Huberman thumbnails?

[@loistalagrand]

He's the one who's using my thumbnails.

[@Finn959]

I’ll see you in the next video. RIP

[@jelly-3860]

Why RIP? Has he passed away?

[@ratdoctor]

@@jelly-3860 no, he just hasn't uploaded

[@loistalagrand]

I'm back!

[@MsTranthihai71]

❤

[@elishevabarenbaum5319]

Not decent, perfect!

[@jhonelia5316]

Bro I have to attend the IELTS exams with in 6 please can you suggest that how can I master my Grammer way easy

[@libriniserenagobbo9717]

So, some sort of effort must be considered 😁

[@loistalagrand]

Yes