The biggest joke in language learning

[Jeremiah2305]

This may sound kinda rude but really only europeans make a big stink about grammar. Sorry but you do.

[CyrusFun]

Can anyone please tell me how I can contact him? I need to ask him which CD he was listening to for thousands of time to acquire this accent...Please let me know if you have any information

[uu9u0]

@Imyirtseshem I'd like to see you tell Jerry that

[usenetposts]

Tai hao le!

[TheNychthemeronThing]

I think about grammar the majority of the time. I kind of disagree with the speaker...

[solojam]

hrm i think about grammar all the time when i'm writing, im canadian english

[KanjiKeith]

@solojam You should think about capitalization and punctuation.

[LaurenzoFang]

wowww you are right ^^ I never think about grammar when I am speaking my mother language ^^ you just gave me a wonderful enlightenment, sir ^^ thanks for making this vid

[jerry3752]

This talk is ridiculously bad..............

[LEISL1990]

Disagree! you don't think about grammar when you write or talk but you do need to learn it in the first place. Once you have learned it, its sort of built in your head over time.

I'm sure a canadian person knows how to construct a sentence even though he may not know the terminologies to explain what the grammar in the sentence involves. Surely he follows a set of grammatical rules despite not being able to explain it.

This guy's just way over the top.

[B0nafideJones]

need grammar don't okay use no more it after, brilliant

[kingdomabcdefg1]

@ KanjiKeith: I agree with you. Reading is another effective way to learn how to write better.

But the fact of the matter is many writers or even professors who have published tons of books still make grammatical errors. Copying those errors is the same as reinforcing incorrect grammatical structures. A better way, in my humble opinion, is to read books and learn proper grammar at the same time.

[kingdomabcdefg1]

You need to learn grammar especially for writing. They have grammar books such as "The Elements of Style" and "Rhetorical Questions" that teach not only American college students but also writers how to write correctly and effectively.

[KanjiKeith]

@kingdomabcdefg1

If one were to do a lot of reading in the style that one would like to write in, one would naturally get used to that style without making an effort to learn grammar.

[alexkx3]

@KanjiKeith Before I write any academic essays, I always read pieces by Gore Vidal, Christopher Hitchens, Mark Twain ect. It primes my brain, so when I start to write, the appropriate grammar naturally flows out.

[aozora136]

@kingdomabcdefg1

"that teach not only American college students" well there you go, they teach american students about english grammar in the english language. Its alright to learn how to improve your grammar using the actual language of it. but learning grammar billingually is ridiculous.

[seriousbees]

You still need grammar as a way of mentally categorizing things.

[Gammafan94]

He emigrated to Canada at age 20, yet he speaks without an accent?

[LifeFirst]

@Gammafan94

It's called complete immersion.

[nawkrm]

@Gammafan94

I don't believe it. It's not just accent, fluency, vocab without a hesitation? come on, give me a break? Only people who have never learned a second language would believe that.

[Gammafan94]

@nawkrm I know. It's kind of funny though, the description says "due to his poor language skills he had difficulty finding employment." Sure....;)

[loki2504]

btw, where is the next part of the joke???

[loki2504]

I looooooooooooove this video ! it's so true what he says !!! Grammar is just a reference you need to glance at when you're already fluent xD

[lingosteve]

Hi Jerry. This video was sent to me by a friend. Great video. Nice to see you.

Steve

[zocurtis]

More Jerry Dai please?

[tacofacetaco]

You're coming out with guns blazing, Keith, loving it mate.