Does learning languages make you smarter?

[@Thelinguist]

📲 The app I use to learn languages: tinyurl.com/2m6hjrmf 🆓 My 10 FREE secrets to language learning: tinyurl.com/bdddn8rf ❓Do you feel that learning another language has changed your brain? Let me know in the comments!

[@PurpleDrac]

I just wanted to say you kick ass Steve! I knew there was a reason I enjoyed studying Spanish well that explains it. you really have this thing down to a science 🧠and really enjoy listening to your channel. So much insight and knowledge you share in the videos "giving away free game" as they say 😄hahaha 😂😂 cause it is! Literally hand giving us the tools to master pretty much anything. Just free knowledge for anyone who wants to learn it's incredible you'll always be this really awesome person in my opinion for that one small fact. 👍🏽Keep it coming! 😎

[@RetiredPolyglot]

Language learning is a truly life-changing experience. You adopt a new personality and open new doors 🚪

[@PedroHenriqueA20]

It's true

[@jamilamussa7250]

I couldn't agree more

[@Vyborne]

I think it depends upon where you live. When I lived in Europe, learning languages always seems to make you smarter and more attractive. In the US, where I live now, no one cares, and the people/employers will tell you they don't care too (unless it's Spanish).

[@kitenne4944]

It might depend on the part of the US you live in too. In my experience most people here think it's cool to know other languages since so few people speak a second language they weren't raised with, though ofc there's those who see it as a waste of time.

[@tataruovidiu9305]

Because of you I didn't give up on learning English. Now I'm at the second and I'll continue to learn languages for the rest of my life. Keep going!

[@agoodler]

I like to study languages as well. I've been doing since I was 16 (now I'm 17). I'm learning my third language when I'm 23. Until there I'm going to focus on improve English. My first language is portuguese, which is yours?

[@kenitabaum4843]

Amazing !! Keep it up❤❤ I’m working on my 3rd language now as well

[@Swahiliteacher888]

Can I teach you Swahili then as you seems your are a language enthusiast and I love it

[@doslittleduendes2569]

@@agoodler 🇪🇸🤝 🇵🇹 🇧🇷

[@agoodler]

@@doslittleduendes2569 🙌🤝

[@Jaem-QAN]

I don't know whether learning languages would make one smarter or not. However, I acknowledge that learning languages make my brain feels less foggy and forgetful. It makes my brain works better and in the long run, I feel happier as I have more stuff to do. Currently, I can speak around four languages and still learning on how to master all of them. I hope I can make more friends, experience more eventful and memorable things in this life time. Hopefully for all of that to take place and manifesting myself the best wishes!

[@TWolf317]

I really like what you said about people being a kind of "caricature" before learning the language. I never thought of it this way, but I think it's very true. Without even being aware of it, we form this uninformed image of what people who speak that language and live in that country are like. But through learning a language and engaging in the culture we can really begin to understand people in another culture from our own. It's rewarding and gives us such a new appreciation for the people and their culture.

[@kitenne4944]

In anthropology people sometimes say you can't truly understand a people without knowing their language. To an extent I've found this to be true, because in the process of learning a language you learn so many details about their culture since language is very much a reflection of a culture, and you get to talk to people from those parts of the world which teaches you a lot about their experiences and perspectives.

[@SirJack-lr3vm]

I remember that I used to be very bad at maths when i was in highschool but I also learnt spanish at that time which even made me to organise my logic in a nother way to some extent it was not very changing. However I learnt japanese as welll when was 17-18 and boom, I could start to learn maths. That was unexpected so i started to beleieve it might had to do with the fact that japanese works with grammatical cases (the particles) and has a different word order. When I arrived to calculus I noticed that japanese phrases work like a function. In general that maybe was in that way because the things happening in our brains are as what is now known by those studies. I think that if had never leant japanese, I wouldn't learn some maths. I never studied grammar deeply; I only used the method Mr. Kaufmann exposes and lingq. This comment sounds like publicity, I know, but it isn't, i am profoundly happy and grateful for Mr. Kaufmans work which really helped me to overcome that difficulty by learning a language.

[@DLG24]

Applying the correct knowledge at the correct time, makes you come across as a smart person. The language is just the pipeline through which knowledge flows. But the final judge of smartness is time.

[@Ngt96]

Wow mate. I really like your comment. Thanks

[@DLG24]

​@@Ngt96Thank you:)

[@andermarchena2043]

I realized that whenever I am actively learning a foreign language, I am way sharper cognitively. I can remember more information, and I usually tend to be able to choose more exact words in a broader vocabulary in my own native language. So I definitely agree, Steve!!

[@lsh4646]

I have an increase in endorphins when I undertake language learning. Right now, I am learning Turkish using my Turkish/Deutsch textbooks and also watching Turkish serials on YT with English captioning (native speaker) and reading the transcripts in Turkish. I attended graduate school in Germany, majoring in Slawistik/ Slavic Philology.

[@lsh4646]

Cok cok tesekkur ederim​@@gee8883

[@lsh4646]

Thank you ❤.​@@gee8883

[@TheLordskate]

I am navite spanish , and i learned english by myself and when i speak with someone all the time heard the same about my expresion and the way how i talk . Its like i am another person , now i am learning German and i really think lenguajes helps me alot and makes me feel smart.

[@RetiredPolyglot]

Yes, learning languages does make smarter. Tried-and-true 👍🏼👍🏼🧠

[@amanojaku9157]

Languages make you feel more human. It gives you the ability to see the world from multiple perspectives at once. Although I've studied 7 languages in my life, I realized this first after studying Japanese in Japan. It changed my personality for the better.

[@AgataAnio]

You are a wonderful man, Steve. With your energy you motivate others to act. Thank you❤

[@Oler-yx7xj]

What language learning has been for me, is a framework to look at learning in general and to refine learning methods and approaches in general. This, in a way, has allowed me to become smarter. Also, this brain-aware approach to learning, that Kaufmann argues for, has taught me a habit of some kind of self-reflection, which also have been helpful

[@mtlee5334]

Learning makes you smarter, language learning included.

[@joseluisvincesmenendez4597]

What I like the most about this guy are your books , your library

[@zinknot]

A kind if indirect benefit I've had, is that due to finding language learning partners and helping by explaining words in English, my own language, i have had to learn my own language better, because many times i find that i didn't know how to explain subtle differences between certain words.

[@-nf9vt]

Well , I don't know about many languages making you smarter. I just know that its really interesting and also a way to open doors for your career path. I have been using Immersive translate to learn foreign languages and i don't regret my choice.

[@Kanguruo]

For those who don't have enough time to learn a foreign language I would recommend to choose Esperanto which can be learnt in a reasonable amount of time. It is used much more widely than many people assume.

[@davidbrisbane7206]

Can smart people on average simply speak more languages than not so smart people, or does language learning make you smarter. If it does make you smarter, this is the best kept secret in the world.

[@Spirit-FilledMindset]

From what I've noticed, when trying to learn, if you can create a mini standout event (sometimes trauma can play a part), you end up making connections faster and retaining the info longer term. For instance, in Japanese, I came across the words for hospital and beauty parlor. They almost sounded identical, but it also became kind of funny to me if you were to get them mixed up. This stood out and now I know both words based off of that standout event.

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

I am sure you are right. We remember only stand out events from our past. I’m sure I read that chemicals produced when we are emotionally aroused, e.g. scared, strengthen the processes that form memories. Thus to learn a language better, use inout that is more exciting and engaging, not just dry texts. Sometimes I can learn a foreign word from a single exposure to that word, if the context grabs me.

[@Seabasstien]

I'll do almost anything for an extra neuron ❤

[@pepijykyum]

😂

[@bentrayford6132]

Why does the youtube language learning community seem to ignore or minimise the role that explicit memory plays in language acquisition? (Post grad psychology student here)

[@SuonoReale]

I’m a native anglophone and have gone to medical school , still studying Japanese for 3 years now, and music, and by far the hardest discipline has been classical composition and learning to use the Dorico music notation program . That being said Japanese is way harder than anything I encountered in medical school. Though probably because, how practical is knowing Japanese in North America …? It is hard to convince your mind that it is worth learning …

[@andybliss5965]

Can relate. I did Japanese, it's hard but I had the advantage of living there at the time. Now I'm doing French and it's just so hard. In my day to day I'm a programmer. But as you said it doesn't come close in complexity as trying to learn a language as an adult.

[@derpauleglot9772]

Well, new things stick much better when you can relate them to something you already know, and Japanese is quite different from English. When people study composition, they usually already have a lot of experience/knowledge that they can build on (listening to music, playing instruments, sheet music, music theory, etc.) The better your Japanese gets, the easier it becomes to learn more. I am pretty good at remembering useless things and forgetting useful things, so it's probably not about whether Japanese is practical or not. Emotions (positive or negative) probably play a big role.

[@NewAmerican-g5]

Thanks for the useful video. Hi from Ukraine

[@maxyi2672]

Steven, LingQ is the king. It’s soooo good. Thank you so much for this awesome language learning tool. Also, BTW, could you make deleting languages easier? I was just checking out all the different languages and later when I trie to delete them, it’s a battle. 😂😂

[@tttyuhbbb9823]

Fure sure!

[@HappytreeLuis]

Yup

[@2Lemma]

It surely does make our brains more efficient to learn new languages even if we do not personally notice it or find the change remarkable. For me, after several years of haphazard study in several different languages, I suddenly noticed that I had built skills that made my language acquisition at least somewhat easier, but I believe it is more of an adaptation than a simple trick. Socialization and emotional regulation come easier, too, as I learn how other cultures approach the same universal human experiences. I imagine our world would be much more peaceful and empathetic should we prioritize language learning and other branches of knowledge in our society rather than fame, riches, and consumerism.

[@oswaldocaminos8431]

Dear Steve: I'm studying Russian by my own, through You tube lessons, What kind of strategies would you recommend me to be sucessfull in my learning process?; I would really appreciate your advice.

[@noviboerniat8204]

So do I

[@賴文茹-y1w]

The descriptive pictures you show pass too quite I suggest that let them last longer ever you continue to talk.each should be last 15 seconds

[@Gerard_2024]

Good point. They go by too quickly.

[@thiagoxaviersoutricolor8260]

Hello Steve how's it's going, I adore learning other languages it's very good bye good weekend.

[@gamingwithpurg3anarchy157]

I hope my portuguese is so good some day that I don't have to focus to understand. I want to be able to pick any audiobook (which I've had troubles finding what I want to read) and understand everything. I want to understand all Brazilians but listening comprehension is so difficult to improve :')

[@kitenne4944]

I started learning Portuguese almost exactly a year ago and can understand a solid 95-98% of what is spoken depending on the accent. Full disclosure, I was already fluent in Spanish which meant I started out being able to read the language pretty well, but what really helped me was finding some Brazilian youtubers/streamers I loved and watching their videos with subtitles in Portuguese every day, because that helped me connect the written words to the sounds. I also listen to a lot of Portuguese music, which is useful for exposing yourself to a variety of accents as well as getting used to hearing and understanding the words when there's background noise.

[@gamingwithpurg3anarchy157]

@@kitenne4944 being fluent in Spanish would definitely make it infinitely easier 😂

[@alexanderoverchenko5770]

How many languages you know, that many times you are a human.

[@DiggerWhoops]

Makes you a more complete human being.

[@vitoriamendes1386]

Olá Steve, como vai? Existiria alguma possibilidade de você traduzir seus videos mais "famosos" para todos os idiomas que você fala? Incluindo o meu nativo... gostaria muito de acompanhar mais de perto seus métodos, abraço!

[@user-bk7dw5gs5p]

I'd like to ask you that age does matter when you learning different languages? Because i'm over 35, sometimes so I wonder it is too late to learn something.

[@tohaason]

"over 35", how much over? Because I sure wish I was only 35, or heck, 40.. or a bit above.. at that time I learned, no, acquired English, and Italian, and it was basically a breeze. Most absolutely not too late to learn a language, quite the opposite.

[@gabrielinacio6331]

What about the question? What was the answer? 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@bOstik210]

When is the interview with your hero Manfred Spitzer coming??

[@elvis.cunningham]

Why did you remove the graph view from the statistics in the LingQ dashboard?

[@NathanRoeslein]

Steve I’m learning German and this is what remember rn from LingQ o think it’s pretty good what do you think? andrais ist einen Hund. Er und nathan stecht jeden tag. Viele Hunds sprechen andrias Nein. I know that’s Kind of a bad sentence but that was all from my first lesson and the grammars correct right Ive been trying to focus on that. How did I do?

[@raymondongus1404]

Hi Steve. Did you attend primary school in Mombasa Kenya by any chance?

[@LanguageswithErman]

❤

[@Desperteacriançadentrodevc-r1f]

Amazing

[@ErSa-q5q]

I don't know how use the app what should l do????

[@ingela_injeela]

Definitely need to strengthen the grey matter! ☺️

[@MuhammedAnwa]

The audio quality is not the best 😏

[@deCincinnatus]

Дякую, Steve. Слава Україні.

[@David-wo4hh]

you are a really superman!

[@sarvarbeknasriddinov9645]

👍👍

[@adamgilbert4541]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Mohammadreza-rp8oh]

عالی 🎉

[@alimajidian1974]

You know many languages, but you're not deep in any of them. (LEVEL A1 or A2)

[@noviboerniat8204]

Who?

[@Dyf-gu9or]

From the river to the sea PALESTINE 🇵🇸 will be FREE .

[@YeSureWhatever]

This isn't a commie encampment. Get out of the comments section.

[@Dyf-gu9or]

@@YeSureWhatever that's the truth and the truth must be told everywhere. FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸 ♥️.

[@Cuinn837]

Every nation has the right to be free. Israel is included, as well as every nation in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

[@gamingwithpurg3anarchy157]

Considering there's over 21% of the u.s population that is still illiterate in 2024.. somehow.. I'd say yeah.. learning definitely does make you smarter. I mean you can't get dumber from learning a language so.. 😂

[@davidbrisbane7206]

Language doesn't make you smarter. If this were true, Steve would be winning Nobel prizes.

[@IsmailElhachami]

If this isn’t a sarcastic comment it’s the most stupid thing i ever read

[@백인줄어든다]

I stopped watching this video. There are many difficult words and stories as a learner... i will watch easier contents of you

[@karimaben-r3k]

I think I'm the only Arab🙃🙃

[@joelvanlunteren5456]

Bro there are millions of Arabs

[@karimaben-r3k]

@@joelvanlunteren5456 🥰🥰

[@KAMAL-pw7jg]

First

[@mikemoreno2406]

Here u r 🏆

[@AddisTime]

imagine if you included the "israel" flag in the thumbnail pic

[@camelbro]

Yeah he'd be goated

[@ismailbassam1303]

Bullsheat

[@mikemoreno2406]

🇮🇱

[@MemoMemo-sr6bp]

Anyone can newly learn the Arabic language and wants someone to talk to. I can do that on Skype, but you must pay $5 per hour.

[@Unknown-hu4gf]

Bull!!!

[@bf7840]

Steve, please do an interview with Powell Janulus, who is probably a few miles down the road from where you live. White Rock B.C. The motivational value of the two of you getting together for a conversation would be priceless!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_Janulus

[@putinisakiller8093]

NO! :D