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  • if i wanna learn 3 languages is it better to learn them all at once or is it better to learn them one at a time\???? i wanna learn arabic turkish and swedish but i would also like to learn japanese or german ......and yeah i have a long road to finish

  • Thank you very much for giving me useful suggestions to study a foreing language.

  • Are you a believer in learning two languages at the same time? Right now I'm learning French, but I also want to learn Spanish to be able to communicate with my family in Mexico.

  • YOU! Now you've trigged me at learning languages. You make me pissed off, jealous and very impressed. I assume that's a reaction you'd like, since you actually are inspiring me. I am Swedish and speak English and Icelandic and then Swedish fluently, but fuck this! I'm gonna learn Arabic and Russian now. See you in 20 years, I'll be kicking your polyglot ass! :)

  • Hi, Richard. I have learned a lot from watching your videos. I am in the process of learning Spanish, I've been taking Spanish since seventh grade and I am a Junior in high school now. I plan on moving to Florida after i graduate, and there is a lot of Latin American influence down there. I want to learn Spanish, and some others, to almost the point of fluency, as I am interested by languages. Do you have any tips for me specifically for Spanish?

  • Hallo Richard, ich schreib einfach mal auf Deutsch schließlich beherrschst du diese Sprache ebenfalls. Wie kann ich effektiv Vokabeln lernen? Für Spanisch habe ich noch mein Schulbuch, das ich durcharbeiten kann, aber was kann ich bei anderen Sprachen z.B.: Englisch, wo ich schon einen erweiterten Wortschatz habe, machen? Danke für deine Mühe

  • wow great !

    thank you for the links too!

  • Hola Richard, que talento y que dedicacion! Nos inspiras a disfrutar los idiomas :). Quisiera que me dieras un consejo: que recomiendas para superar el "language crossover and interference"? Hablo espanol, ingles y rumano y he aprendido italiano, noruego y aleman pero confundo mucho los idiomas que comparten su raiz (ej. italiano, rumano y espanol). Como le haces? Gracias! BTW, eres grande :)!

  • Hi Richard i would like to learn serbian i've been studying for 1 to 2 years do you know any good sites for serbian? please respond

  • @sweenkingandwow2 It would depend on your level really. Serbian is not a language I need to make time for because it is used around me and I am exposed to it anyway through TV, music and even written media. Sometimes I am addressed in Serbian too. If you don't have access to natives, then I would probably look at the newspapers online for some written material - Danas for example. You could listen to the VOA (Voice of America) in Serbian/Bosnian or Croatian for aural practice. :)

  • @Torbyrne thanks for the tip :)

  • Learning languages is more than speaking with other words. It is creating understanding for each other on this planet - some call it peace! Keep it up! Stay studying! Thanks for your tips and advises Torbryne! Danke, Merci, Gracias, спасибо!

  • Stvarno mi je drago da takvih ljudi kao ti POSTOJE! Ti mi dajes snagu da ucim jezike!Puno srece tebi i tvojoj porodici!

  • Hvala lepo!Hvala Bogu sto ima ljudi kao ti !Toliko jezika govoris "svaka ti cast"! Ti mi dajes snagu da ucim jezike! Puno srece tebi i tvojoj familiji! POozdrav iz Nemacke !Uostalom ja sam madarica nadam se da ces jednog dana nauciti i Madarski bila bi ponosna na tebe!Prelepo pricas Nemacki!M

  • What is the best and most efficient way to learn a language. I don't want to waste time so I am spending time researching the best method. I have learned grammar from a good book but I don't think that's helpful to become fluent. I want to be good at speaking & reading and writing. I am OK with reading and a little bit of writing but not good at speaking. I am worried that if I do immersion, I won't be good at reading and writing. If I study from books, I worry I won't be good at speaking.

  • it was nice to hear you first talking german THEN english... :D..

    nice video... :)

  • thanks for all your videos, G-d bless you, you are one of the people that inspire me to learn even more. greetings from México.

  • KOLIKO TI JE VREMENA TREBALO JEDAN JEZIK DA NAUCIS????WIE VIEL ZEIT BRAUCHTEST DU EINE SPRACHE ZU ERLERNEN???MENNYI IDÖ ALATT TANULTÄL MEG EGY NYELVET!?? THANK YOU!

  • How old are you?

  • gracias por tu ayuda en serio que es de gran ayuda y te felicito por tu trabajo !!!

    solo quiero hacerte una pregunta la edad de la persona te limita para ser un poliglota !! y si puedes hacer un video como este en español de verdad te lo agradeceria!!

  • Thank you for this very informative video on all the great resources available to language learners. Our company Brainscape is fairly new but we are also another useful resource for learning languages. Check us out and continue giving great tips and inspiring people to take advantage of the different ways they can learn languages!

  • Koliko ti je trebalo da naucis jedan jezik!!1 ili 2 godine!Moze li se sam nauciti jedan jezik bez ljudi sam kuci???na primer sa cd a???hvala

  • @TheMartikaa just wanna ask.... i know that this is a slavic language and i understood nearly everything (cause i know 2 slavic languages: Russian and Ukrainian) ... what you've typed sounds a little bit like Ukrainian (with latin letters)... but which language is that?

  • @TheMartikaa Ja ne mogu reći koliko vremena je potrebno za mene naučiti jezik. Svaki jezik je drugačiji. Naučiti jezik kod kuće je moguće za svakoga, samo mora učiti redovito. Assimil je vrlo dobar kurs za to (poliglotta80 je primjer). Pozdrav! :)

  • thank you so much! i've been struggling with my desire to learn languages for a learn time.

    may i just ask one question? do you think that it is more difficult if you are trying to learn more than one language at once. More specifically, do you think you should get to a certain level of proficiency before you attempt to move onto other languages?

    My main problem is listening and comprehension so I find it hard to find resources for that!

  • @morpheus2902 Learning multiple languages at the same time does cut the amount of time down that you can dedicate to learning grammatical structures and vocabulary. It can also create problems with language crossover and interference. However, some people manage it quite well and has no or few problems at all. I say, go with what feels right and a system that allows you to make the progress you feel happy with. :) The most important thing is regular study. :)

  • Do you know any hebrew? thats a language I want to learn.. my father is from Israel

  • @julhest I can speak some Hebrew, yes. It is a beautiful language! :)

  • Hola, cómo estas? He estado estudiando ingles y aleman con un metodo que yo mismo he inventado, aunque basicamente es una miscelane de consejos y metodos que he visto en varios cursos y libros. Es un metodo eclectico.

    Pero fundamentalmente me baso en la mnemotecnia y en el principio de que el cerebro analogamente a su estructura, aprende haciendo vinculos y reforzando esos vinculos.

    Qué opinas de esto y sobre todo cuál es realmente tu metodo?

  • @pinkfloyd111291 Seria muy dificil explicar como aprendo un idioma aqui, pero tu metodo me suena interesante. Creo que la cosa mas importante para cada uno es utilizar la mejor manera para si mismo. :)

  • Your efforts to advance ALL human culture through language and communication are truly commendable. You've inspired me to put more of my own effort in to learn to better communicate with and understand my fellow man.

  • Can you give me some tips on the grammar on the language I'm leaning. I'm learning Spanish.

  • Muchas gracias!

  • Thank you!

  • Thank you!

  • Which language was the most difficult to learn? Can you read and write in each language

  • @MsGazette1 My first Slavic language was Czech and that was a tough one to get into, I have to say. It did help to start speaking other Slavic languages more quickly than I would have otherwise done without it. Georgian is also a killer to learn! :D I am read and write in the languages I have studied well. :)

  • Richard, just letting you know that I admire your work and your achievements in the field of language study. Knowing 16 languages is absolutely fascinating. Out of curiosity, have you ever considered learning a language that is no longer alive (i.e. Latin, Prussian or other)? Also, do you ever get a feeling that your losing your ability to speak one language or another? If you do, how do you deal with it? Thank you very much for your answers.

  • @madsaras There is definitely a need to keep up languages in order to maintain one's level. It is not something you can learn and then just shelve and not use and expect it to be there forever. Of course we can usually retain a lot of things, but the fluency in talking to a native will go "rusty". I try to use as many of my languages as possible to keep them up. I have studied some Old Icelandic at university and I love the sound of Latin, though I am more for modern languages really! :)

  • Gracias! Merci! Obrigado! :D

  • 3 people can't even speak their born language fluently.

  • this video was very informative. Thanks! It really helped because I want to keep learning more about languages. It's a wonderful privilage to get to know these languages.

  • Thank you very much, sir.

  • You're really good man...!

    Good luck...! ^^

  • Gracias por este video. I would like to learn several languages myself. Parlo italiano e anche francais... car j'ai habite en Belgique deux ans. Maintenant, estoy tratando de imparare l'arabo, es una lengua bastante dificil. Pero disfruto mucho aprendiendo de otras culturas. Gracias otra vez! Ciao

  • Hej, Richard, Jag heter israel. Can you give me some tips in learning swedish. It has been now two months since I started learning the language.

  • @Israel9068 How confident are you with Swedish? What level are you at now with your studies? Listening to the pronunciation of the language is very important with Swedish. We took one whole academic year just to work on that at university! :)

  • @Torbyrne šaunuolis,europos kontinento kalbos turi daug bendru žodžiu,idomu butu ikabinti jeroglifu kalba,sėkmės

  • Hej, Richard, Jag heter israel. Can you give me some tips in learning swedish. It has been now two months since I started learning the language.

  • Waahh, thanks man! I've been wanting to learn Korean but wasn't so sure since I have no one to help me out where I live.... But I think I'm going to check out those websites! =]

  • Hello, I am really amazed by seeing your videos and would like to have any advice from your side for my little baby boy who's 3 months old and everyone thinks he will be confused with the languages, his father speaks urdu and english, I do speak spanish plus also handle portuguese, italian and some french, Beside all this we are moving to an arab country. How would be the best way to handle all of them? Thanks in advance for your reply.

  • @gloriale2001 Thanks for your kind words. I am trying to understand which languages you are using actively with your child. Could you just run through that again with me please? Multiple languages are not a problem for kids from day one. I am bringing up a multilingual child myself. Also it is the norm in the world as a whole to have more than one language. The key to ensure you have a good balance and a positive environment. Feel free to PM me. :)

  • can u give me some tips on learning romanian? im dutch myself and i want to surprise my romanian gf:P

  • @MvG040 There are some courses out there for Romanian, which can help you get into the language. Assimil Romanian is a nice course for example. It is very much horses for courses, but I would recommend regular study as the top priority with whichever course you decide to use.

  • Very good., Richard. Thanks for sharing!

  • Hi im 14 years old and i live here in The United states so far i can speak fairly well in spanish because of school but i really want to learn french i have always had a weird attraction to the language and i want some tips from where to start for now i dont care about where i get later but first i want to learn the Verbs and Vocabulary for it so i can say things like "how was your day" "dog" "cat" "good morning" "chair" "spoon" "table"

    things like that if you know what i mean?

  • @Torbyrne any tips for learning Finnish? Note: I speak Swedish fluently, which is very useful because of all the Swedish lånord in Finnish. Dutch is my mothertongue.

  • @VliegendeNederlander I have not learnt Finnish to any great degree to be able to offer sincere and honest advice specific to the language. However, one thing that holds true for any language you are learning...regular study is key, even if just 15 minutes a day and going over old material or listening practice. Keeping it in your mind is the most important thing to remember. Your goal should be to breathe life into the language, so you can use it. :)

  • Hello Richard! How did you manage the verbal aspect learning slavic languages? I'm learning Russian at th moment and these verbal pairs are quite puzzling! Do you have any advice?

  • @icebeef The verbal aspect takes time to get used to and it is tough to get right 100% time as natives don't always hear a mistake. Instead they hear a different meaning to the one you wanted to get across. Practice is the best thing for this. The concept of imperfect and perfect tenses, which you may have been used to in the Romance languages can help if you think of it as a basic idea to help bridge the mental gap in the first instance though. :)

  • hey thanks for the help!I just started learning German on my own and it looks a bit intimidating with a few hard words to say though its a lot of fun! is it just me or is learning a language at school boring haha and learning on your own is much more fun?:D

  • Yay, Richard, I like your videos !!! :)

  • Hello Richard,

    Thank you for your reply. I know Lithuanian is Indo-European, I can actually speak it. :-) Hungarian and Russian are my "father" and mother tongues. One of my friends who is half-Macedonian says your Macedonian is impressive. Keep it up! Best regards,

    Andras

  • Good on you - great video. I've had a good go at three languages and a modest go at another three, loved all of them. Your video has got such a wealth of useful resources, and a good attitude. A learner can probably make a huge difference to their success if they follow your advice. Bruce Thomson in New Zealand.

  • @PalmyBruce Thank you for writing such a kind and encouraging comment to me. It is always nice to receive such lovely feedback on my videos. it makes my work worthwhile to hear people find what I am putting on my channel a benefit to other language learners. :)

  • Esse vídeo é muito bom! Parabéns!

  • thank you! obrigado! danke e pasiba :-)

  • Hello Richard! Can you give me some tips on learning Russian?Tips that can help me study it better.

  • @EsteticUrban Russian has quite heavy grammar points. If you want to get the grammar right, then you will need to commit to memory the declinations for the cases. A good way of doing this is looking at the tables and doing exercises. When you feel you have mastered the basics, then move onto realia (magazines, books etc.) and look for the patterns in the language. The perfective and imperfective verbs are another thing to focus on in Slavic languages as getting them wrong changes meaning. :)

  • Great summary video on languages. You cover a lot of important points here. I'm also wondering which software you used to produce this video

  • Felicidades, es evidente que tienes un talento especial y que eres muy disciplinado.

  • Jag studerar svenska! :D

  • You can Link me in the video! ;)

    I am here to help and give advice.

  • Hola Richard. Yo quiro entender espanol y yo creo que la manera mejor es para veer las telenovelas. Tu que crees?

  • Hola Richard. Yo quiro entender espanol y yo creo que la manera mejor es para veer las telenovelas. Tu que crees?

  • Hola Richard. Yo quiro entender espanol y yo creo que la manera mejor es para veer las telenovelas. Tu que crees?

  • richard sei uno dei pochi che è degno di entrare in politica..

    ti vedrei come ministro degli esteri

  • kala, symfono, ellinika sou leipei, pero los demas idiomas los hablas molto bene devo dire, e anche la pronuncia, i am really impressed, that is quite uzasny, dokonce i cesky a mas dobrou vyslovnost, je videt ze jsi se ucil od cechu a ze jsi hodne mluvil, teraz si nepametam , hovoris aj po slovensky? mne nravitsa kak ty gavaris po serbsky; bahot accha hai!

  • You forgot my Channellllllllllllllllllllllll :)

  • @LearnArabicwithMaha Maha: try sending him a personal message. He was quick to respond to mine and included me in the video right away. Cheers!

  • how do i master english especially in writting and my other weakness is grammer ca you offer me advice.

  • Thanks for the tips. Thumbs up. Subscribed as well.

  • Wow. Thank you very much for sharing. I speak Korean and English fluently and thought.. why not more.. and I am so addicted in learning Spanish. I heard there is a man who can speak 60 languages in Brazil. Pfft.. I am going for 61

  • Richard, why do you break the video up into 4 second segments? I mean, you speak German non-stop for 5 minutes, but chop English into annoying bite-size bits?

  • @tromboneJTS I like to play with the formatting of my videos. I saw this technique used on other YouTube videos and it appealed to me. It is not going to be to everyone's taste, I know. My goal was to give the most and best information I can in the shortest time. :)

    Regarding the German video being done in one take, well some people will always want to assess my level of the language so one take is pretty important to them, I take it no one doubts my ability in English. ;)

  • @tromboneJTS German is a language where longer sentences are more permissible than in English. I'm a native speaker and I often write terribly long sentences in English, because I'm used to German Syntax structure

  • So far, after all videos i've watched to, you are one of the best. Congratulations.

    IT'S JUST AMAZING. IT'S A GOOD WAY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LEARN LANGUAGES JUST BY SHOWING THESE TYPES OF VIDS.

  • Thank you so much for posting your videos, you inspire me to become a polyglot before I reach 30, thank you again, and please keep up your amazing skills!!

  • vous aves des tips pour le (learning) de francais?

  • thank you sir for your video

    i am just wondering how to start learning a new language ?

  • @badermuteb The important thing in starting a new language is to make sure you are psyched up for it. Make sure it is a language you want to study. Be sure of your reasons. Personally I need to see a use for it in my life as well as like the sound and feel of it when it's spoken and or written. Then you need to do regular study (every day if possible, even if for just 10/15 minutes). Regular study is the key (even if you miss a day or so). Just remember, it is not a race - it takes time. :)

  • Hello Richard,

    Just curious: is there a European language that you don't understand at all when you hear it being spoken? What about Hungarian, Lithuanian, Finnish? (Because these are unrelated to any of the 16 languages you speak)

    Great video btw!

    Andras from Budapest

  • @akoltay There are a number of languages I can understand because of my previous language study. The common vocabulary shared by many languages (Indo-European in particular) is a big help to me. That said, I cannot understand Hungarian, Lithuanian or Finnish to any great degree. Lithuanian is related to the languages I speak however, as it is an Indo-European language. :)

  • I'll learn croatian..always wanted to learn it and now that i realize how available it is..i will try to learn it :-)

  • Lijkt me heel erg moeilijk om een andere taal zodanig te beheersen als u. Heb er alle respect voor!

    Het liefst leer ik beter frans, spaans of turks. Wat betreft frans en spaan kwam in een redelijk eind, voor Turks vind ik 't lastig om goede boeken en/of leerprogramma's te vinden. Heeft u enige tips?

  • @Swamoez0rs Assimil is de beste taalcursus, die ik ken. Het word meestal in het frans geschreven en het is ook een stuk duurder dan andere cursussen in de winkels. Er is een video over Assimil op de pagina van Professor Arguelles. Hij beschrijft heel goed het Assimil systeem. Veel plezier bij jou taalstudie. :)

  • Awsome!!! I Love Languages too I live in Mexico but i love the scandinavian languages i wanna learn them all, now im learning finnish by myself if there are any finnish person reading this please get in touch with me =D

  • have you got any ideas where there are tapes or recordings that can be listened to with questions to test you on listening ability? (That would be useful for low ability e.g. GCSE) Thanks.

  • @nun3at0nlad There are certainly things on the Internet, the BBC offers various things on their languages pages, linked to from the main BBC website. I remember seeing these types of things for GCSE in the revision books for the exams. Any good bookshop should have some of these available for sale to test all areas of the language for the GCSE exam. :)

  • Salut, Richard! Am o problema! Deci, sa o luam asa: vreau sa te intreb care limba ti se pare mai usoara si mai folositoare: franceza sau germana? Nu pot sa ma hotarasc pe care sa o studiez... tu ce spui?

  • @Larkvaitig Am învăţat limba franceză când am fost copil. Pentru români limba franceză este mai uşor. Şi dacă vorbeşti limba engleză, germană nu este prea greu. :)

  • Great video!!! Thank you for all the suggestions....I'll check the channels you suggest, and of course..subscribe to yours :) if you need help with Italian, here I am :) greetings!!!

  • can you speak Polish? I'm interested because I've read that Polish is one of the hardest languages in the world (for example: 17 grammatical forms for the number 2). What's more, I've never seen a native english speaker who speak Polish fluently.

  • @matigno1988 I do speak some Polish.  It is in the same sub-group of Slavic languages as Czech, which I speak well. It is therefore quite easy for me to understand it. I also have Polish friends, so I am exposed to the language quite often. You are right in saying that the grammar is quite difficult to master for a native English speaker.

  • @Torbyrne Take umim mluvit dobre cesky ale studovat polstinu neni zadna sranda. Vyslovnost polstiny je velmi slozita a trva nejakou dobu.

    Polaci maji velmi dobre ucebnice polstiny pro cizince.

    Mate pravdu, ze znalost cestiny usnadnuje studium polstiny. Ale ovladat polstinu jakmile clovek uz umi cesky neni jako ovladat slovenstinu. To je mnohem slozitejsi.

  • Thank you for your amazing videos. You inspire me to keep learning languages

  • hello torbyrne-i have a few questions, what employment opportunities are there for polyglots? and if u know how much can a polyglot make? i'm a lost college student ( i havnt decided on a major) and im interested in learning foreign languages, what classes should i take? any help would be appreciated, thanx

  • @arivas713 I am not sure about polyglots per se, but many languages can be used in combination with other skills. The salary would vary depending on what those other skills are. As most polyglots, I did not intend on becoming one to advance my career. It is simply a love of languages and becoming a polyglot is a side effect I suppose. :)

  • Hard part is, I dont know which language to learn xD

  • your the best thanks

  • thanks for the tips. i'm learning german right now

  • did you speak greek?? i love that language

  • @Raperboy228 I do speak some Greek, yes. I love the language too. It really is quite beautiful and a wonderful language to study because of its rich heritage.

  • Man you Rock! I am Spanish and I am spending a year abroad in Amsterdam. My English level has really improved but I am afraid of losing it when I come back to Spain because there I have little opportunity to speak it. What's about you? you speak 16 languages but I guess you do not practice all of them daily, have you noticed a decrease in any language level due to not practicing it? Could you give me any tips? Excuse me if I did any mistakes.

  • @Juarmis your writing looks very well compared to others,i think theres no way that your gonna forget lol

  • @Juarmis I can recommend some tips Luca outlines in his latest video /user/poliglotta80 for doing this. In addition, SharedTalk by Rosetta Stone is a great site to practice languages.  You may also find willing Skype partners on the various forums too. In addition to that, I say trying to listen to as much as possible (TV, radio, natives or other learners).

  • I must say that Richard is VERY clever for putting up the links and videos of other polyglots in his video :)

  • What are some god places on the web to learn Farsi ?

  • @BOAPBONES I can recommend the HLAL forum, where there are other learners of Farsi and resource links provided.

  • @Torbyrne sPAHSEEBAH !

  • I think Moses is a fake, you put him to shame.

  • @voodoochills You mean Moses McCormick? I don't think he is... elaborate please.

  • @voodoochills Moses is definitely NOT a fake. Why would someone post over 600 videos about languages, make facebook statuses in different languages, and buy endless amounts of learning materials just for the hell of it? Get your head out of the shitter, sir.

  • Rofl, so by making hundreds of videos on youtube that means you´re fluent and can speak in all these languages? When have you ever once seen him or heard him converse face to face with someone else in their native language. Until I actually see him somewhere else face to face having a conversation with someone in their native language, he´s full of shit and a fake. Theres no way he could hold a convo in half of the languages he claims to know.

  • Yeah, I can buy 25 Swahili or Latvian dictionaries too, 1. doesn´t mean I´ll be able to speak it, or that I can, and 2. Doesn´t matter how many books you have or own if you can hardly speak! I bid you good day, sir

  • congratulations for this video! very well made, very atractive to the viewer

  • Dude. You are my hero. I am 17-year-old language enthusiast. I as well have been learning them since I was very little, maybe 6 years old. It started out with a French computer game my dad bought me and the rest is history. Right now I ca speak Swedish and French, and I'm working on Brazilian Portuguese. Just thought I'd let you know that what you're doing is awesome. Learning a language is more than just grammar and vocab. It's learning a new way of thinking and a new culture. Keep it up.

  • Thank you!

  • you rock man!

  • Oh and my native language is Portuguese. If you ever want to improve your Portuguese, feel free to ask me.

  • It's amazing the number of languages you can speak! I also love learning new languages, but I must admit it's not easy. So far, I've studied 4 foreign languages. English for 10 years, I love it, I'm very fluent now. French for 6 years but never liked it, so eventually I stopped. German for 4 years, also love the language but I'm still not very fluent at it. Recently I started learning Russian, it's hard and I'm not doing very well. I'll try to follow your advices, thanks a lot for sharing them!

  • Richard, sei un vero genio. Sei fonte di ispirazione ed esempio per me. Per ora parlo solo sei lingue, ma sto iniziando finlandese. Adoro le persone come te, altro che i buffoni che ci sono in giro. Keep it up.

  • i am from romania, i was born there but i was adopted and i speak english and spanish now but i want to go back to my home and im trying to help teach myself romanian, do you know any good books or sites for romanian?-Cristiana

  • Veramente ben fatto questo video. Schematico, diretto e senza fronzoli. Sei un idolo.

  • I found some good teaching material on the internet. Google "Ferd'nand".

    These are wordless cartoons. I have the students describe the situation trying to use all the important structures. Then I have the students role play the situation.

    I've had a lot of success with this. It's the fastest way I've seen to give them a good command of important structures.

    This is good material for language exchanges too. It's good for any language.

  • Фантастические видео, спасибо

  • Well done Richard! Such a good video. thumbs up!

  • well done, thanks for the tips

    i really admire you,

    I speak spanish, english, portuguese and italian, now i'm learning japanese.

    I i think that you are absolutly right in what you're saying

  • What do you think of Rosetta Stone? Anyway, I was highly impressed. I'm so jealous.

  • I have Rosetta Stone for German, and it is pretty good. But I definitely wouldn't use it as my only resource. Its pretty long though, Ive been on it for a few days and Im still on level 1 unit 1 out of 3 unites and theres 2 other levels...but definitely check out some of the websites he mentioned

  • @dscottn101 I have never used Rosetta Stone exclusively, so I cannot give a complete appraisal of it. I can say that product gives plenty of listening practice. The voice recognition and correction was a little buggy for me when I tried it in Mandarin. It didn't always pick up on mistake in tones. It builds up language knowledge slowly through repetition. Repetition is key to language learning; listening to, reading and repeating patterns is basically what the process boils down to.

  • Very useful Info. I´ll keep´em in my mind. thanks a lot

  • Great, thanks!

  • Mil gracias por añadirme a este video.

  • Oh, another question: out of the forums you've listed, which would you say is the best for receiving help/feedback and the most active overall?

  • @nephrenmalinari I can't really say as my experience with some of them is very limited indeed. That said, I do like the HLAL forum a lot and it is the one I usually use. I have had positive experiences with the people who use it and found that many of the members are extremely helpful.

  • Salut

    Alors comment vas tu Rachid ..!!!

    C est Jean Claude, celui qui t apprenais le Verlan a Cappelle... : -)

    Et oui ca fait lontemps j espere que tu vas bien, felicitation tu es Papa maintenant.

    Elles sont super tes videos..

    Comme je vois tu as toujours ete bon pour aider les autres..

    A +

    Jean Claude

  • Je voudrais avoir de tes conseils car j'apprends le Finnois car j'y vie, j'ai Assimil pour m'aider a apprendre et 3 étudiantes qui me donne 1 fois par semaine des cours de Finnois, mais je n'arrive vraiment pas a retenir les choses car la langue est vraiment très dure (l'une des plus dure au monde a ce que j'ai entendu) tu as quelques idées a me donner ? merci

    (désolé le message ne rentré pas en un message)

    2/2

  • @mianistra A mon avis il faut écouter la langue tout le temps. Moi, j'adore chanter et j'apprends plusieurs chansons. Comme ça je trouve l'apprentissage des mots plus facile. 

  • @Torbyrne Hey, I understood that! Some of...in the second sentence you mention that you you love to sing and learn many songs. I'm assuming you mean you learn languages through song, at least in part. I know english, spanish, some french and am trying to learn croatian. I've found croatian, grammatically speaking, is incredibly similar to english.

  • Salut Richard

    déjà félicitation pour ces nombreuses langues que tu parles et pour moi je trouve que n'as pas d'accent pour le Français.

    1/2

  • awesome that amir made it on here! he gave me very good advice for my Portuguese study!.

    I need general study tips on how to learn... i never achieve anything

  • oh man thanks thats very true, you have to have a strong desire to learn a langauge, thanks alot this really helped!

  • thank you!

  • Very good video, short quick and to the point... This is a full recap of learning a language... Excellent...

  • Hoi Richard. Excellent video. Short, informative and to the point. Nice work on screenshots and click options (how do you do that?) чао!

  • Very Cool video. Short, to the point and useful. Thanks

  • Спасибо огромное за то что поместил меня в это видео. Очередное отличное видео! Уверен что посмотрев его у многих появится желание начать учить какой-нибудь новый язык.

  • have you looked at busuu (website), Richard?

  • I have now ;) They site looks good to me. I have now linked to it on this video - thanks for this suggestion. :)

  • ¡Excelente video Richard!

  • Awesomeness!

  • Perfect video Richard

  • Great video. Very helpfull and very inspiring :). Thank you.

  • C'est une excellente idée de faire un tel vidéo pour faire de la pub pour l'apprentissage des langues! Cela va donner de l'linspiration beaucoup de monde, je pense. Fasulye

  • Awesome video Richard. I have something for both you and Luca. I think this is gonna be great for the language community.

  • Just an awesome video, Richard.

  • i am 14years old and i speak:german,english,french,es­panol,chinese,dutch,kiswahili and a bit russian.i´d like to learn mcedonian

  • You're channel says you're 21.

  • yeah,my channel.but i am 14.watch my vids you can see me there.