Why Everyone Should Learn a Second Language | J Lou | TEDxHKU

[@JLou0]

thank you for having me! i hope this inspires people to pick up a new language 😊

[@叶天杰-k1g]

Great speech

[@cinnamonandcandles]

You are so pretty I can't 🤌🏼💘 love from Kazakhstan

[@Ishral_XInt]

Салам с Кыргызстана брат, молодец что слушаешь полезные лекции и развиваешся​@@cinnamonandcandles

[@MyEnglishjourneywithDany]

Omg! I loved your video! ❤ I'm practicing speaking alone, that's why I recently opened my KZbin channel 😁

[@TaigiTWeseFormosanDiplomat]

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[@gabrielmaximianobielkael3115]

This thing about bilinguals having greater empathy is totally true. it's amazing how knowing a second language changed me as a person. it has a great influence on your personality, it changes your identity on a cultural level.

[@geasderlinasdwsxcdeasd]

true to ,e

[@afghanistan2.03]

It is very necessary for everybody to learn a second language. By learning a second language, we can make our word wider, and we can communicate with different nations around the globe. Moreover, a second language can help us to find a good job easily and we can level up our knowledge.

[@SoowanLEE]

great demonstration.

[@Pantita.f]

This TEDx talk by J Lou is truly inspiring! Her personal experiences as a third culture kid add a unique and relatable perspective to the importance of learning a second language. The way she connects language-learning to brain science is fascinating and provides a compelling argument for everyone to pick up another language.

[@joyyyy777]

She is an inspiration! As a new language learner, I was glad to listen to her personal experiences. Although English isn't my native language, I'll keep learning until I die.

[@marcioluna2565]

I'm Brazilian and I have been studying english about ten months. I know it's not easy to learn english but I never give up! I'll speak english one day. This is my goal!

[@archieeboyy]

I'm also from Brazil :D I'm already fluent, but I'm studying French... Don't give up, sometimes looks harder, but you got this!! :))

[@fearmamba]

Hang in there lil bro. I'm from Brazil aswell, from Rio to more precise. The more you consume the more you get used to the language mate. I'd consider myself fluent in english currently but its only because i've been using every single day, if you don't use it you lose it. Keep doing what u doing and ur gonna get there in no time. Good luck dawg!

[@CrispoXofc]

Don't give up! It's what I say to myselft every single day. I've been learning this language for a couple of months too, and it's being a challenging and exiciting journey. Hope we all can achive our goals, and one day be able to speak and understand this beautiful language fluently. Btw, I'm Brazilian too.

[@nathangoncalves4824]

I'm from Brazil as u. This is interesting that we are able to understand better the world, be with mind open, and to communicate with people with this internacional language. One day at time, you'll get better. That's the journey

[@iycontrerasm7782]

me too want speak fluently english is my dream!

[@YeisonHIncapie]

I like this kind of videos. I'm from Colombia. I usually watch a lot of Ted's videos during the day. These videos are very useful for me and help me to improve my listening. Someday I want be fluent in English.

[@zachary4078]

hello bro, when watching these videos, do u open the subtitles

[@YeisonHIncapie]

@@zachary4078 Hey bro. I watch the videos without subtitles. I think this way is much better to improve my understanding in English.

[@juankmilocardona2670]

You're on the right track bro! I'm also from Colombia, B2 in English and I just started acquiring this language 7 months ago. Keep going! 💪

[@QianHuiBie]

I want to study Spanish, I come form china, can you teach me Spanish, we can chat use English together.

[@simple8077]

That's true bro, I'm started to learning english since a month ago and these videos help me so much !

[@kaka5656kaka]

I'm Japanese, and have been learning English since I was little. And I was dispatched to Indonesia as an expat. And it made me realize that understanding different culture deepens and enriches your life for sure.

[@HKr18358]

It's mentioned in the video that learning a new language improves one's brain. It's not only confined to learning a new language but it has to do with learning something new be it a language or a musical instrument or any other qualifications that you might think of.

[@LaineMiranda-k3w]

Learn a new language open new doors for the world and knowledge. The key is to do 1% every day.

[@AznRuutz]

Hi Jlou, Dan , Mom , Dad .... I've been following your youtube channel ever since you started and enjoy it very much just because we both speak cantonese fluently , but we both look so different. When I do my yearly visit to HK ( birthplace of my wife) nothing brings more joy to me than when a wattress or salesperson compliments me on my Cantonese skills. ( thank you to my wife ). I'm 100% chinese, but I'm 3rd generation living i the United states. My mother spoke Chinese to me, but I always answered back in English. We were both binlinqual. Till I met my wife, she taught me the courage and skill to speak cantonese in public and although Its not perfect, The contrast of my rather Mixed race look person who speaks pretty good Cantonese is utterly amazing , empowering and something to be proud of. We once took a train to Florence from Paris, France, and we befriended a girl who asked us ..... "Why do you only speak one Language" ... as it turns out, and I've discovered, most europeans speak several languages and it is quite common. If I ever see that girl again , I can answer her with .... "I can speak 2 languages". !! I'm Richard and enjoyed your TED talk .....

[@JLou0]

Hi Richard! Thank you for sharing, keep going with your Cantonese! Happy you enjoyed the talk :)

[@geasderlinasdwsxcdeasd]

@@JLou0 thank you

[@-nf9vt]

Foreign languages are great especially for career paths. I definitely recommend Spanish and French. Immersive translate will still help you revise on them and get better. It is an app

[@Camellia-t5y]

说的对

[@chiudaniel]

I'm proud of this girl as a Hongkonger.

[@anhpam9205]

I am a native English speaker who has been learning languages all my life, including now in my 60's. I think it is a wonderful skill and activity. I cannot imagine being limited to knowing just one language and I can chat with many people. Although I am weak in math and science (non existent) , somehow, languages come fairly easily to me. As for identity, my ethnicity is clear: both parents have same background, religion etc. I moved to another another country after high school and had to learn a new language and culture, which are vastly different to the place I was raised in. I no longer have much connection to it ,so in a way I say I have a mixed cultural identity. Thank you, J. Lou.

[@christineduffy8821]

Hola Diezn dobry

[@陈炫璇]

Wow it is cool to study language all the life time! Respect

[@LCZ-rd7ui]

I admire you,you are growing up in such an international environment,diversity culture and language those will open your sights .Thinking on different angles of problems .

[@senafikri5709]

The way she delivers presentation should be appreciated, for she could deliver it systematic and well-prepared.

[@adelheidjaeger3201]

Great video! It makes me think of my children: I'm from Austria and my partner is from Belgium and we live in Spain. Spain is their home and if you ask them, the children would say they're Spanish. They do get to visit our countries often but they feel very Spanish. It just makes it hard sometimes when I explain that in Austria or Belgium some things are done differently but they usually understand that. Both are still young so we'll see how they feel when they grow older. Love from Spain🌻

[@butterflyblue-gl4qp]

I'm really enjoying your explanation!! I've been learning English for a year and still thrive into B2 level

[@SunNatchanon]

This video is incredibly insightful. The way the topic was explained made it easy to understand even for beginners. I especially loved the examples given-they made the concept much clearer. The visuals and audio quality were also top-notch, which really enhanced the learning experience.

[@siasea_lang]

I loved this video. As a Ukrainian, who was born in the east and had a lot of relations to the Russian culture, I had difficulties identifiying myself from the childhood. It got further since I started living in different countries, such as Germany, Thailand and Croatia. I absorbed a lot of cultures and I speak different languages, and living in Croatia now, I find it difficult to feel that I belong anywhere …but at the same time I am so grateful for my experiences and I truly believe that it made me much more compassionate and understanding towards different people. I hope we can all appreciate how different we are, cause it’s really beautiful ❤

[@DO-mn6sx]

There are a lot of important things she said. It was a very good time for me. What I would say to explain my feelings is she is so cute.

[@RiyaRozaki-og3qn]

I like this video because she's right that we have to learn second language, especially English. I've been studying English for a long time, in my point of view English is very important to learn because we can interact with other people, not only domestically but also internationally

[@TườngNguyễnMinh-u4b]

Love her confidence and her clumsiness with PowerPoint as well

[@EmilianoFonseca_USA]

I'm from Brazil, and my journey learning english its being not easy, videos like this helps me a lot with my listening. I hope be able to got a natural conversation one day

[@denyawan]

I was struggling with my identity. Even tough I was in my own country, because my country has soo many different languages. Javanese was soo hard for me, I learned this language for more than 3 years. but the impact for me is really beneficial to survive as a minority. Soo, unlocking a new language is marvelous. you'll get a lot of advantage you haven't got before!!

[@CrisisghostOM]

Such good points! I will show this to my ELL students

[@marianarolim7285]

Pretty good! I live in Brazil, but I was born in England. I have been studying English for a long time, I studied Spanish too and, now, I´m learning French. It´s a incredible experience. Congrats for the great talks @JLou0

[@aaronvoltaire5780]

Learn a little of English was definitely the best thing I did, since then I am being better paid for the same job, and, as you can realize, I don't know English very well

[@caotripham6145]

I am from VN and currently i am also trying to learn and use two languages which are English and Chinese. I find that language is the most remarkable way to express your idea and connect to others. Moreover, everytime i feel intriguing when expressing myself in different languages. Thanks to this video for giving me a huge motivation to continue on the journey to acquire and explore Chinese

[@hoangdaidung]

Me too bro VN❤

[@ensin75]

I really learned a lot from this speaking. Third culture kids are really an important issue. We should pay more attention to these children.

[@jingbinzhao3750]

She is an amazing talker!

[@hasmikasatryan2947]

While I'm not a third culture kid, I grew up in Armenia, speaking a language that only our nation speaks. Working in an international organization, I’ve seen firsthand how important a second language is for communication, thinking on your feet, and sharpening your thinking. What I find especially cool is that I get to teach others some Armenian words and phrases to Europeans and Americans. It feels amazing to have English as a second language while sharing something as unique as Armenian with people who are unfamiliar with it. It adds a special layer to my cultural identity.

[@shermanwu8194]

According to your classification, I am a 3.5 to 4 cultures person. I am basically a Hongkonger, a totally Chinese born in HK, able to read and write English and Chinese, speaking English, Mandarin and Cantonese. But following the trend of most HK new generation, I learnt Japanese as well. After studying Japanese, I can now appreciate and enjoy Japanese cultures, such as cuisines, music, fashion, drama and J Pop, etc. When I studied in Canada 30 years ago, I also found papers of education research in USA showing significant differences of cognitive skills for those knowing more than one language. People exposed to 3 languages / cultures would even be better. Actually, strongly backed by statistical data gathered, the research found these people are privileged and could show higher achievements in their lives. In fact, you can observe this fact by just verifying who are the CEOs leading the global enterprises in California where many residents are new immigrants. Instead of being rejected by societies, by breaking the cultural barriers and social norms, these privileged kids are actually leading the world, challenging the old traditions and bringing mankind towards the future.

[@SpiderwebLearning]

This video just popped up on my KZbin homescreen and it is fascinating. This is the first time I heard of the term, "Third Culture Kid". It is a really intriguing topic. I am going to do a little research on the topic. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@chinldofdargon]

I'm now learn English and Japanese. They really open my mind.

[@SoowanLEE]

Me too. I'm from South Korea ! I agree with your opinion. And I hope we can speak English one day! have a great day

[@verocortomam8915]

It is a great presentation of the life. I am French but I lived in a few other countries in the world until I was14 years. And now a the end of my life I am not feeling that I am French in France.

[@akmaldzakwanfaiz641]

I like this video ❤. It's important to learn a second language, by learning second language, we can communicate with a foreigner and it's very fun for me. It can make our world wider. And also it can make us find job easily.

[@SS-us1ny]

Love this inspiring talk and it really shows a different J lou to me. In Hong Kong, mixed-race people are generally considered to be more attractive and they could speak English well. So I would think J lou would be really proud of being mixed, but I found that she struggled and has gone through a lot under identity crisis. So never judge a person only by looking from the outside, each of us has our unconfident part.

[@vallovii]

I like this video because she's right that we have to learn a second language, especially English, English is my second language. I have been studying English for a long time, in my opinion English is very important to learn because we can interact with other people not only domestically but also internationally.

[@陈炫璇]

It is cool to be able to speak multiple languages fluently like this beautiful girl in the video. Also, the identity of which country belongs to might be a tough question for person growing up in multicultural family. Anyway, like the cool girl said hopefully everyone can be proud to say where you come from and have chance to learn a second language.

[@NajwaShofa-z7o]

as an Indonesian, y'all know that indonesia has many cultures and languages. I am exactly from java so my language was Javanese. but when I talk to my friend from another city I'll speak Indonesian. yeah from this video I realised learning and picking up a new language is important, moreover English as International Language. recently I've learned English for my new language. my reason? that's simple cuz it can make me communicate with all of people in this world. not only English rn I'm trayin' to learn Korean. This thing about bilinguals having greater empathy is totally true. you'll develop yourself better and u'll have a great personal brandin' as well.

[@portalrapperline6584]

This lesson to came to do understand to speak more languages it's important in life, your brain opens and you may get some opportunity in your life, thank you for this video

[@K-dramaSpecialClips]

😊

[@nailasalma5899]

I love the way she explains, helpfull.

[@alwaqiah9960]

Great video, great story, this video can improve my listening skills

[@买了明天d]

This video is talking more about the experience of the girl instead of why we should learn a second language .

[@akaciisher]

YEAH , IT IS A LAME AND INPOTENT SPEECH WHICH DID'T EVEN FIGURE IT OUT.

[@neo.private]

I like this sharing show. I started practice more English, after I was over the years old 30.

[@Lolcoca]

It’s really important 🤍🤍

[@Kanguruo]

The biggest problem is that learning a second language is extremely time-consuming, but you can become bilingual more easily if you choose Esperanto as a second language. It opens your mind to lots of cultures, including cultures of smaller countries like Iceland and Hungary. You get to talk to people from many different cultures. The World Esperanto congress ended yesterday in Tanzania, so many Esperanto speakers from Europe, Asia, America got to learn a lot about Tanzanian culture and started to appreciate African cultures much more than the average person.

[@truecomment7384]

Cantonese is my mother tongue. This young lady is amazing, she spoke perfect Cantonese accent!

[@christychow123]

that was basically the whole point of the video. she’s saying she has lived her whole life in hk so obviously she can speak cantonese perfectly.

[@blankbrain149]

I am very inspired by her

[@jorgerm20]

I like to watch this videos during my day because I can improve my listening skills. I would like to be fluent in English. 😊

[@charliezhang5036]

I am Chinese , it is really difficult for me to learning Spanish, but as she told us , learning a new language is really fascinating.

[@张文文-s4t]

Emmm,maybe your grammer has something wrong,bro.

[@wtfidk0]

inspirational advice to take up second language ☺☺

[@MyEnglishjourneywithDany]

Exactly! Sometimes it's not easy but we have to keep going, I'm practicing speaking alone, that's why I recently opened my KZbin channel 😁

[@sunvaj6754]

Learning a 2nd language is to become smarter, according to experts.

[@DilnozaRahmon]

I love your accent,i always listen to your speech to speak like you😮💯

[@georgelo6686]

Some Hongkonger actually also are Third Culture kid when interacting with Mainland Chinese, I was always being teased by my mainland Chinese colleagues as 英軍 ( English soldier) as I am actually not one of them culturally

[@TAEJUAHN]

Why you guys want to learn English? In my case, I love to conversation with other people who has the each cultural background. It's really hard to persist but finally we can make it

[@MyEnglishjourneywithDany]

I'm from Mexico and I have been practicing speaking more frequently since one week ago, that's why I recently opened my KZbin channel 😁

[@rocioconde1646]

I am glad to read every comment. It helps me to continue learning English 😊

[@suiyuzhu]

Thank you,

[@Peacemindi]

as an Indonesian who live in small village, bahasa indonesia is our second language

[@HKr18358]

I don't understand being so troubled by just being asked where you are from. It's quite natural to ask people where they are from almost anywhere in the world and keeping it private would surely spoil the atmosphere that would otherwise go on smoothly and peacefully.

[@davidbrisbane7206]

I immediately said Australia, although I was born in the UK. No identify crisis here 😂🤣.

[@KaYungCalebLai]

idk, I feel like she's spoken from a perspective where she's being looked down upon in hong kong as being a mixed race kid. The reality is that mixed race are usually deem prestigious in Asian society and I'm sure she's aware of that too considering her popularity in social media.

[@on3445]

'Where are you from?' the answer for her is 'I'm French Chinese, and I grew up and I live in HK.' As simple as that. If people don't understand that's their problem not yours. It's not that hard to understand.

[@fatimawazer4323]

U need to learn second language because you are greater than ❤

[@ShowRisk]

It is very necessary for everybody to learn a second language . By learning a second language.

[@asuka4ever1979]

Such a smart and beautiful girl.

[@balloffire39]

Bu keeping these words in minds already I'm learning a Foreign Language Spanish. I'm loving this Language. What r u learning?

[@FC-BS]

French, Japanese and Spanish

[@cookiemonster4968]

Yeah but she is a mixed girl with a french daddy and chinese-hk mum - that’s why she is multilingual and could speak in french (and basically the majority of hk educated people all speak English Cantonese Chinese). Don’t think it took her much effort considering her unique background.

[@minhthunguyenngoc8745]

she's so talented and beautiful

[@mehdismaeili3743]

Excellent .

[@XTIGERPUBGM]

I watch every day your videos 😊❤😊❤😊❤

[@manu47193]

❤I live in Thai and be the global people 🎉 I think you is angels from heaven 😊

[@K-dramaSpecialClips]

That's why I have too much empathy. 😊

[@FC-BS]

As a polyglot and half Chinese I agree, everyone should learn at least one language other than their native one. Btw I don't know any Chinese

[@张文文-s4t]

Maybe you could learn Cantonese.

[@FC-BS]

@@张文文-s4t I mean, this could be very useful as I have a friend from Hong Kong. She does speak very good English but I could surprise her by speaking Cantonese

[@gtaraful]

I'm learning 2 languages,English and Korean as hobby.

[@DilnozaRahmon]

How did you learn English?It's marvelous💯

[@emerson7173]

The great message, learning new language is hard activity

[@Tsui_Chan48]

The problem of being fluent in multiple languages is that i forget words in one language.

[@Camellia-t5y]

这一类的视频让我思考，我很喜欢。

[@mycooluck]

Is that official school dress? so stylish!

[@Deep_880er]

My native is Hindi, I am fluent in English and learning French

[@Norbu-p4x]

English is my forth language, and I am learning my sixth language français

[@UCBerkeley6272]

Please no hate.

[@UCBerkeley6272]

i am a canadian born chinese who was bullied constantly everywhere i go for being my own self.

[@zyma6440]

( never wrote a comment before but felt i should get this one out). I believe its kinda really hard and confusing to come from a family of different backgrounds or being a third culture kid, because you may hear your people from both sides say that you dont look like us or you going out your mother on the streets and feel people criticizing i.e skin, hair ( i know its not their business but as a child it may hurt them) and also get stuck in their head. Its not only white nations but being Blasian and etc. And that may cause the child to feel insecure about his/her identity. So, i amnot disagreeing with multinational marrieges but yk....

[@triworld]

Hey 👋🏻 friends how are you 💖🫂 im from India 😊 nice to see your comments 😊

[@Mingmassage]

She is from Hong Kong. Bilingualism is a struggle.

[@ileyosu8063]

knowing 3 languages much more better than 2

[@张文文-s4t]

truth

[@edwardhunt1114]

❤Your brain is really cool”

[@danydefadlan6947]

Second language acquisition (SLA) refers to the process of learning a language that is not the learner's native one

[@Ryouki1206]

Why the main camera was so far away from her.

[@achrafmerabet7522]

Clever boy 😅

[@jersihnojoseramoszuniga1085]

He is showing her greatness

[@Camellia-t5y]

maybe they just want to show more things

[@kimseokjen92]

My second language is English and I am struggling to fluent and little improvement in English. It is hard because most of the time I speak my native language and insecure to talk in English.

[@syahrulalamsyah7669]

She speaks so good and fast, if i didn't read subtitle i don't understand anything

[@GulsanamBaxodirova-m8f]

You made some grammar mistakes in if conjunction. (If l didn't read subtitle I wouldn't understand anything) the correct version. Thanks😊❤

[@cliffordrichardc]

very beauty

[@Vaibhav-ie2pp]

Wow ❤

[@jeffcyho]

When I’m in HK, I’m seen as a foreigner as my Cantonese accent is off, when I’m in the UK I’m Chinese with a perfect Scottish accent??

[@vedatcicek4413]

It is better to explain your origin than try to hide it

[@user-77719]

Really stunning speaker

[@naylachifdzil7158]

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@alperbhc]

I think that the people coming from the social media background (youtubers, instagram influencers...) should not give speeches in TED, just wasted some minutes of my time trying to figure out if she is really going to say something inspiring...