Part 5 - Stu Jay Raj - Hearing in Colours

In this final part of Joh Jai's interview with Stu Jay Raj, we hear how he hears in colours and shapes. From sounds in language to perfect pitch, Stujay believes that everyone has an 'X-Factor' when it comes to learning. It's up to each individual to find their own 'X-Factor' and build the right environment around them to nurture it.

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• jawi
• memory
• language
• thai
• chinese
• dialect
• sign
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• stujay
• raj
• synethesia

[funkiwi44]

Absolutely brilliant, Stu. You are a great man! Thank you so much for sharing.

[stujaystujay]

@funkiwi44 Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. 

[cobyau]

Hi Stu! Great videos mate ... I'm learning Thai now and can converse/read/write to an advanced level after a year .. I plan on taking on Chinese Mandarin next (I already know a bit of Japanese (Nihongo))

Just curious ... what is that Mandarin book you recommended in this video? There is a Chinese bookshop here in Melbourne and hopefully I can track it down there!

Thanks mate

[stujaystujay]

@cobyau The book is "Cracking the Chinese Puzzles" by T.K.Ann. Some people have told me that they've hunted copies down, though not without a bit of a search. It comes in 5 volumes, or the one I have there is the Abridged Edition.

[stujaystujay]

Sorry 256Peace - in responding to your comment, I inadvertantly deleted it! ... here it is again. Response to follow :)

256peace has made a comment on Part 5 - Stu Jay Raj - Hearing in Colours:

Do you have perfect (absolute) musical pitch Jay. Name or recall any note on a piano, guitar, or instrument, and name the frequency?

If so then I bet you have a gene that many of us don't.

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[Katrina709]

Amazing.  As a Linguistics & Psychology major, I feel that his insights into language learning are inspiring and endlessly helpful!

[douglaspotterpress]

This Person is amazing, he inspired me to learn foriegn languages.

Diese Person ist erstaunlich, er inspiriert mich, Fremdsprachen zu erlernen.

Это лицо имеет удивительное, он вдохновило меня изучать иностранные языки.

هذا الشخص هو مدهشه ، لأنه اوحى لي تعلم اللغات الاجنبية.

この人物は、驚くほど、彼は私にインスピレーションを得た外国語­を学ぶ。

[drummerdude136]

Stu, you are an absolute inspiration to me. It's a shame you're all the way in Thailand and i'm here in California, i'd love to meet for coffee or lunch and discuss linguistics and languages. I've watched just about all your videos on here, trying to understand the way you think and learn, and it seems like we're on the same page!! Makes sense why i learn languages so easily. Just wanted to say thanks for uploading, and i'm glad i stumbled on your page. Maybe you can teach me Thai one day!!

[amjan]

This interview was so awesome! I like the hosts and the questions they asked, very thoughtfull and entertaining as well.

[Diabolous3x]

That's a fair criticism about aussies, they get pissed off because they don't speak more than one language... and there is a great sense of 'invasion' of asians into the country, so its more about losing their neo-british culture they've had dominance in for the last 200 years. Its not about the languages, its about fear of loss of identity ;)

[crankdataquaman3055]

this is the most amazing thing i ever seen, and inspired me that i can learn a lot of languages

[duke1duke1]

@dknyism Stu worked for it all, at least the languages and many of his thinking techniques.

[dknyism]

You were born pitch-perfect and with synesthesia. You speak 20+ languages. And you are good looking. You also seem like a good man.

What did you do last life?