Ep1Pt2 Polyglot Stu Jay Raj Multilingual Presentation

"Language Secrets From a Linguistic Junkie" - Episode 1 Part 2

This is the second part of the first of my personal video posts. This episode is divided into 2 Parts / 2 separate clips.
for a full review see blog entry:
http://stujay.blogspot.com/2008/09/polyglot-stuart-jay-raj-language.html
I've tried to answer some of the many questions that have been sent to me in emails and messages since I posted my first clip on Youtube in 2007. I thought to make it interesting, I've tried to choose several different languages to respond to (subtitled in English).

Questions include:
What separates languages - politic or linguistic differences?
What's the history behind some of your languages?
What's the most difficult language?
What are some secrets to learning new languages?
How do I get motivated to learn languages?

I've chosen languages that I'm at different competency levels in - and as you can see, it shows! Some of them I hadn't used for a long time - just putting this clip together was great to get the linguistic juices flowing again in some of my dormant languages.




I also used as a personal challenge for the first time in public Vietnamese. I put this post public to set a bar for myself - so hopefully in a few months time, my Vietnamese will be much more fluent than what you see in this clip. I'll keep you updated on my progress!

Languages that I speak in or about in this episode include:

English
Bahasa Indonesia
Javanese
Bahasa Melayu
Japanese
Chinese - Mandarin
Danish

language linguistics motivation polyglot thai mandarin chinese bahasa indonesia jawa danish stuart stu jay raj
Norwegian
Swedish
Italian
Spanish
Hindi
Japanese
Vietnamese
Sign Language
Morse Code

Category:

Education

Tags:

• language
• linguistics
• learning
• memory
• thai
• chinese
• mandarin
• bahasa
• indonesia
• javanese
• motivation
• morse
• code
• sign

[MrGrinningManiac]

Your video was amazing and normally when I see these types of things I get a bit down because I think "I'll never be THAT good at THAT many languages". However, I'm learning Hindi and I understood a LOT of what you said in Hindi and that's given me the kind of positive feedback you described with your "playing 1 native speaker against another" trick. Thanks for that!

[stujaystujay]

@MrGrinningManiac I find that technique is really effective ... it generates its own energy!

[jasminetea6161]

You say your Japanese is "crap", but I was really impressed that your intonation seemed so natural! Usually language learners think of this as an "advanced" aspect of a language to work on, but I can see that you probably give this (as well as body language) a high priority from the beginning. I'll have to keep this attitude in mind when I take on Spanish soon: get the Spanish-speaking mentality down regardless of how many words I know. Thanks for another awesome video :)

[stujaystujay]

@jasminetea6161 Thanks ... my Japanese is really crap - and I actually have no excuse for it. I should have invested more time in it. I would love to spend a lot more time in Japan.

[ederno5150]

thanks alot for all this advice you are a really good motivator you really encourage people to keep learning thanks

ederno5150 from mexico

[DJVM95]

Why is there a British flag? Should be Australian.

[kruzkuba1985]

thats the same way that use for learning languages by the way ur chinese and your thai are pretty good, how can learn so many languages , i only can speak 5????????:.(

[DalyCityLife]

Your vietnamese needs a lot more polishing ahaha. you are right it is very similar to cantonese and thai. when you said nha trang 2 weeks. you said the 2 like hai phong (wrong tonal) lol and the "week" is bit off. its like "tuan....g", a slight g to it and saying the "Tuan" name

[Momislov]

¡¡ Estoy impresionado !!

Saludos desde España (Islas Canarias)

[tiestiestiesties]

Hoi Stu Jay,

Heel inspirerend om te zien dat je zoveel talen kunt spreken! Ik kom zelf uit Nederland en, omdat dat zo'n klein land is, leren we op school al Engels, Duits en Frans, sommigen ook Latijn en oud-Grieks. Ik heb zelf in Italie gewoond, ik merkte dat je het pas echt goed leert als je met de mensen praat. Een probleem is alleen dat de Italianen zo graag Engels willen leren spreken en daardoor heel vaak in het Engels reageren.. Moet herkenbaar zijn voor je!

Groet,

Ties