Getting others Motivated about Languages!!

I think it is important that people should spread the word about language learning and how beneficial and easy it can be.

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[ukentrepreneur]

salaam bro. love your channel. keep it up!

[Codylangaugesblog]

@ukentrepreneur Wa-'Alaykum As-Salaam. thanks for the support!!

[alkantre]

In the past I have tried to get other people interested in this language thing. Usually they have told me that I'm just one of those people with a facility for language, or that I have "the Mario Pei syndrome". So they excuse themselves from getting interested by assigning me to a another category of the human species, a rara avis beyond their capacity for emulation. This of course is not true; I have no special abilities. THe other approach is to say "oh, its so hard.."

[Codylangaugesblog]

@alkantre I do not believe you have to be anybody special to learn another language. we all learned or mother-language without conscious effort.

[alkantre]

What you say towards the end is interesting. I am not at war with English. There is after all great poetry in the language. That said, let me say that I am totally opposed to the predominance of English in the world. Sooner or later, this reduces other cultures to second or even third-class citizenship. And in the long term, it will lead to language extinction--look at what happened to the Celtic languages in Britain itself! We need to start reading the writing on the wall!

[Codylangaugesblog]

@alkantre I have nothing against English, I think it is a wonderful language, but rather I am against the dominance of one language. Domination only causes destruction.

[coolsteven2]

@coolsteven2 I speak English, Spanish, Mandarin. I speak some Portuguese and basic french because of my relatives. I def. find it fun. I rather learn Chinese or any language besides do my schoolwork :/ it's so much more interesting. Global language is stupid. Every language has it's own historical and cultural background. Why would you destroy something like that. I wonder how many languages dont't have a word for goodbye like Chinese.

[alkantre]

@Codylangaugesblog I agree with you. But here at least, one is up against a massive collective mentality that says it's extremely difficult to learn a language.

[AnanyaVilas]

Agree..keep up the good work.. :)

[AndreR241]

Great video, Cody. It's hard but not impossible to interest other people in languages.

[alkantre]

@Codylangaugesblog Yeah, this is basically what I want to say. When I speak of "the writing on the wall", I am referring to such destruction.

[loki2504]

Great video !!! Hope to see more people who want to avoid english ! =) Just joking !