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There are lots of Chinese and Japanese who speak Esperanto, and they speak it far better than they speak English....if they speak any English. Esperanto has huge propedeutic value, i.e. it prepares to learn languages such as Mandarin Chinese. Esperanto was a conlang back in 1887. It has had five generations of use on all continents since then, and has becoming a living language, just like a test-tube baby becomes a child like any other child.

This doesn't work anymore :(

In 2024 it's *yt-dlp* instead of youtube-dl. Also, nowadays one needs a premium account to use the Download feature on YT.

I find just now that you have a youtube channel? I've read your articles for years

No, I totally disagree with what he has said in the video for several reasons. FIrst when it comes to learning, it 's far better to learn MSA (Modern Standard Arabic), to a level where you become decently proficient in it, then you may switch to any Arabian dialect. It would be super easy. For most dialects it coudl take as less as 3-4 months in acquring the target dialect. The reason is that your ears are trained to hearing and mind being cognizant for Arabic speech. Doing it the other way around, is like putting a cart before the horse! You'll have a very difficult approach. Plus when you face another variety of dialect you'll have more difficulty. MSA provides this middle ground for you to not only converse, understand grammar, speech and large part of the vocabulary almost all of these advantages are lost if you start with the dialect and refrain from learing MSA. Another issue is what he's referring to as 'white language' in his Aussie English speech that is a misnomer! What exactly is 'white language' and why is it called so? The Arabs refer to the pure language as the 'white language', the unadulterated language. Dialects keep on changing, picking up loan words until they become a cultural norm but until they do become, they may be regarded as slangs or worse as incorrect Arabic. So when you've to Arabs that are finding it a little difficult to communicate in their local dialects, they refer back to the pure language, the basis for most of the dialects or at least to say the least heavily influenced by the classical arabic now MSA (the difference is largely of vocabulary between Classical Arabic and MSA). As for what he's stating that be changes his Aussie English to say more American or British etc, that's different! When he changes his Aussie lingo to what he is incorrectly referring to as the 'white language' is totally not the case. Rather when he is doing is he's switching over to say more Americanised English or speaking more in a British way. That's like saying the Arabs when they have difficulty in communicating, they switch over to a different 'Aamiyah (dialect) but that's not the case. I hope it's clear now. As for the questions from the professor aren't just constructed based on his thoughts. Rather the point of the questions are to educate the masses about the different thoughts and wrong ideas many people have regarding MSA. Lastly remember, there is only one real way to acquire a language, that is through CI - Comprehensive Input as explained by the legendary linguist Stephen Krashen. If someone wants to learn say a dialect straight away. You've no option but to learn it through hearing others speak. Finding the right tutor, who can given you the right level of CI is going to be really difficult. It's like hindering your own learning process and making in unncessarily difficult. The person speaking in the video has most probably learned the Egyptian dialect. And there are a few books written in that dialect. But that's not the case say for Levantine (Palestinian, Syrian, Jordan) dialect or the Gulf (Emarati) dialect or various other dialects. So it would be increasingly more difficult to learn those dialects. Also if you want to study Arabic to understand Quran, to understand the speech of the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), well then the dialects would be close to useless. You won't have the vocabulary to understand the pure texts nor would you have sufficient grammar knowledge (the grammar of the dialects is more like the watered down versions of the MSA). For many, many people. Infact majority of Arabic learners the objective is to understand Quran - the direct speech of God and the words of his last prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

This is extremely prejudiced, jaundiced and misinformed.

Incredible! A few days ago I was successfully configured the integration of Newsboat and Qutebrowser to open videos in MPV. It is working very well. Now I am trying to open videos ands audios in MPV from the Ranger releasing the window (currently it is busy after the video opens).

네, I use 안녕/하세요/히계세요/가세요, 고마워/요, 미안해, 감사합니다, 네, 아니/요, 왜 more than the English now, at home. 어떻게, 어떡하지, 진짜, 그래, 그래서, 하지만 (w emphasis) mix in w english a lot. Or i mix with Spanish & the occasional French (both of which i studied longer than korean, spanish more recently, but still only speak bits of.) One I used to use a lot was "pero 왜" and then "어디 está?" I do know a lot more spanish vocab, so if im trying to speak korean at home and don't know a word, I try to think of it in Spanish before English.

Honestly, feels like a rant more than a review. Half the video is talking about how it's advertised instead of the materials, which I understand bringing up but it's a bit long winded. I've also started to notice that a lot of these reviews for language learning products seem to review them through the lens of "this is the only product you will ever touch while learning a language" rather than "is this a useful product, especially in conjunction with other products." Which is odd, because based on what you actually said about the product, it sounds like, if you can stomach the price, Michel Thomas might be a good first introduction for people who don't actually know any of the language they are learning but obviously shouldn't be the only thing they use.

I wont even watch this video. I'll Just read the comments and go with it.

Dayiuuum. Way to go✌🏻 for 6 months this is tooooo impressive

Need an audiobook!

I know this video is more than three years old, but I thought it could be useful for someone - there is a similar open source project now (written in Python) called Lute v3 (Learning Using Texts).

fluenz is great

the guy shocked me when he started talking arabic lol. the accent was on point... you have an amazing egyptian accent, thats egyptian dialect. I am looking for a good levantine arabic course, its my dads language and some of my mums family speak arabic also.. but ive always spoken english born and raised in the UK. that is genius... I need to get arabic audiobooks

Go maith

Great video. Valuable suggestions. Love it!

I learn whole sentences saying them aloud. 5 days - 300 repetitions per day at least. Later I don't need to translate. I know the meaning of words straight away like in my native language. And also I remember the meaning longer than by learning separate words. It was a real game changer in my learning process and communication skills in English and other languages.😊

I learn whole sentences saying them aloud. 5 days - 300 repetitions per day at least. Later I don't need to translate. I know the meaning of words straight away like in my native language. And also I remember the meaning longer than by learning separate words. It was a real game changer in my learning process and communication skills in English and other languages.😊

How many of these sentences such as ' did you read this book' would it be 300

There is no grammar in english so this is not a great example need to study a russian child

It’s difficult to recall a RUclips video where more people have totally disagreed with the person posting the video!

Great teacher !! Love him !! My daughter said :!?

I found his Spanish course interesting; not sure whether it's the only one he does himself? Found him annoying & one of the students was a lot better than the other - is that a common theme so that those finding it difficult know they're not alone? Was using the MT course for Japanese, but have, at least temporarily, switched to Duolingo as practising the characters is easy there (also trying Greek & learning from a book was taking an age to learn the alphabet!) . I don't think learning from a native speaker is better than learning from an English speaker who has an excellent command of the foreign language...at best I can hope to sound like the teacher, not the native speaker...there are sounds in Japanese which don't exist in English, so the hope is the teacher has the best compromise. I assumed that the MT course aims to teach the structure of the language...adding vocabulary should be relatively easy: definitely wouldn't pay for the course! Got a Pimsleur course for Czech while living in Prague...found it awful...ending up cramming for exams at evening class, which I passed, without feeling I could communicate well (left after six months) Tried learning German from books initially, but really had to go to evening class to make progress...followed by moving to a German-speaking country. Learnt French at school (up to 16)...think in the UK they try to give a good grounding in the grammar, with much less emphasis on communicating, but when I came back to it as an adult, found it so much easier than learning German. Tried to learn as much German as I could at the beginning, thinking I would probably abandon it after six months & hoping I'd learn enough to get by...ended up speaking it fluently, but had I known that was going to happen, would have taken more time to learn it 'properly' from the start - including the gender of nouns! So, the main lesson is: know why you're learning the language & use a method that's appropriate for your objective....which might include MT or might be simply a few phrases for your first two week holiday there!

I strongly disagree! The MT method is excellent for beginners. It breaks down complex concepts into easy-to-understand chunks. While it may not be the only resource you need, it can be a great starting point that can be supplemented with other courses later on. Give it a try, and you'll see the positive impact it can have on your language learning journey! I used it for Italian, Spanish, French and Japaneese and loved it!

You are right that it is not that much of a useful when it comes to speaking, but for reading comprehension it is an amazing resource. I spent so many time with modern methods and non of them was as effective as assimil. Translation method make you memorize vocabulary faster than passing flashcards all the day.

Biased as hell review

The comment section does not lie. The Michel Thomas courses are excellent for beginners. Your critiquing sucks and is quite shocking actually

To me this seems like a false dichotomy. Yes, learning grammar rules in the abstract is not effective. But if you immediately put the rule to work by learning lexical chunks that employ the rule, you get the best of both worlds. Deducing rules from mass content alone is pretty inefficient - you need huge amounts of input to master something that could be tackled more quickly with intentional learning. This is why none of the top military and diplomatic language programmes use a grammar-free approach, and the great majority of polyglots use at least some grammar too. Input should always be king, but learning a little lightweight grammar can help you understand it and put it to use.

Так приятно слышать свой русский из уст иностранцев

Gday. Sharing some feedback on how your methods have helped me. Your chunking method, is probably the most important technique I use. Why? When I first started learning Mandarin, like 4.5 years ago, I just intuitively did exactly chunking method. I was forced to because I kept stumbling on the tones and odd pronunciation, so the only way to deal with it was to get the Assimil books and slowly go through the dialogues and repeat, repeat, repeat, small sentences. I found I was making decent progress. Then, I was influenced by the now popular "MIA, immersion" techniques of doing tons of listening and reading through sentences, but I found that my progress DECREASED. Why? I think because the input wasn't sticking well. There is more of a distance with the material. Last week, I went back to the chunking. Just bit by bit, repeat, repeat, with audio and things are sinking in much more. So my experiment definitely taught me that your chunking approach is better for me. Especially for under solid C1 level. Conclusion, for Chinese, I will make chunking the central method and then keep immersion going with listening to Comprehensive stuff for as many hours as I can for the input side of things.

The erasmius way to say greek is stupidity and an insult to greek orthodox that in, Church almost 2000 years use only koine greek.The erasmius believers cant tell us when supposed we change the way we speak our language!

No disrespect but you have no idea what you're talking about, I personally learnt several languages using Michel Thomas method and then supplemented more vocabs using Memrise, it is the best method I have found for myself and I'm around B2~C1 in 4 languages.

Drop the Inquisition, Guido! Who gives a Brad Pitt Shit about Beverly Kills. Michel Thomas was just Creative Clever and Lucid on the intrinsic naughty Nature of Mother Tongues: Organic !.... The constant schooling of Languages through the dusty lens of approved Educative program end up focusing on the Cognitive Aspect of languages which for Children and teenagers becomes a drop dead of eternal boredom and drag it around. how many grown high schoolers will tell the story of their sitting 5,6,7 years in a french class, but don't have a clue how to incarnate this "Subject". M.T method is a Beat , it's a Calm Down, Calm Down way of bringing this Child like Explorer MindSet and Get this Ball over the Net in order to Come anew Kate. if one wants it , for research purposes, academic achievements work his way out to crack the code of Mother Tongues through Grammar Gymnastics, Syntax Rules of law, well Murphy happens and nec mergitur.

You've really not done much research. Probably 80% of this is just inaccurate or exaggerated

very nice rice

i just downloaded it off of sourceforge. It's back on. I just only read about the program on Reddit when learning more methods to help me learn spanish once and for all. I haven't gotten it set up yet as the installation notes are quite long. Not super long, just won't being getting to it right now.

This poor guy does not understand michel thomas ,michel is not teaching you all of the language he is teaching you the bones of the language

if you want to learn a language that will benefit you down the road ---- learn latin

Excellent video! Many thanks to the author of the channel for the recommendations! The problem with many people is that they want to take a "magic pill" or get "secret knowledge" and immediately have skills and abilities. However, the truth of life is that knowledge, skills, and abilities do not come by themselves. You can't learn a foreign language without doing anything, without wasting your time and effort, just like you can't learn to ride a bike lying on a comfy couch, listening to lectures and watching videos about "modern methods of learning" on a bike. To really learn something, you have to really practice every day. You're going to fall down while you're learning, and you're going to get bumps - that's normal! The ups and downs of learning are an integral part of our lives. Motivation from success and depression from failure will always be your study companions. However, every student has problems in his or her studies that he or she lacks the knowledge to solve. It can be: poor memorization of words; no progress in language learning; the student can speak, but does not understand speech by ear; misunderstanding of grammar; incorrect pronunciation, etc. Agree that a problem you don't know how to solve is very demotivating. In order to find the answer to our question we have to spend a lot of time to read videos, articles and books by polyglots. In today's world, we have to solve problems as quickly as possible. I don't have time to study and analyze a huge amount of information. My goal is to master the basic knowledge of a foreign language as quickly as possible and already start earning money effectively in the international arena. I settled on the practical guide by Yuriy Ivantsiv " Polyglot's Notes: practical tips for learning foreign language". This book is always in my bag. If I have a problem while learning a language, I quickly find the answer in this book. There are many different techniques and tips for learning a foreign language in Polyglot Notes. I have made my own individual schedule and plan for language learning. Now I know what I am going to study, how I am going to study, when I am going to study and what results I am going to achieve. No problem could stop me! With an effective language learning plan my professional skills are more and more in demand internationally every day. Friends, don't stop there! Everyone has talents that millions of people around the world need! Learn the language and make your ideas and dreams come true! Thanks to the author of the channel for the informative and useful video! Your videos motivate me.

This is an excellent video! I have some questions: How do you get to an even minimal level in the language to be able to start a conversation if you're just at home? In country I can understand, as much of communication is body language, but without that, where would you start? How many hours of conversation practice did it take you to feel comfortable in the language? What do you think of the Dreaming Spanish approach? Tons of comprehensible input only (i.e. no grammar or vocabulary learning) and you start speaking when it is natural to do so? Thanks in advance!

i remember back in school i could never for the life of me understand how phrasal verbs in English work. There was just no rhyme or reason for how their meanings changed into completely unrelated meanings, for example, how on earth was i supposed to know that "turn" + "up" = "to be found" but if you replace "up" with "down" somehow the meaning changes to "reject someone or something"? and those of course arent even all the meanings for those two words, there's a lot more depending on context. Lo and behold a few years later, because of how much i read English online and heard it spoken in movies, RUclips etc, i became super fluent even though i still cant explain how phrasal verbs "are supposed to work". I just know how to use them correctly without ever thinking about it.

Thank you for the video, it gave us glimpse of what it’s like to be part of a different culture

I love your videos man, keep it up 🙌🏽

I only recognized "uisce" at the end ahah

I learned German from Michel Thomas . The best that I found.

Reading is king for vocab acquisition. For speaking, repetitive listening is king.

BIG disagree

Communist language

I discovered this channel a couple of days ago and I kind of liked it. But this video lost me. First, learning for a small period of time every day is recommended by successful polyglots like prof. Alexander Arguelles, Steve Kaufmann, Luca Lampariello, Alex Rawllings and many others not only because it is effective, but also doable for the majority of adults (not everybody has 8 free hours a day to use for a self-created immersion program). Second, using translation as a tool for learning is indeed effective (I learned English doing exactly that during the first year I studied the language) and has been used since ancient times. I also thought that the discussion on prices was a loss of time and had nothing to do with the method itself. Actually, I think this video was simply a rant about a popular subject just to attract attention to the channel. I’ll not watch your videos anymore. Are Assimil courses perfect? Of course not. They will get you to a B2 level? They contain high-level grammar structures, but no. They alone will not guarantee that you will be able to speak the language at that level. But they have been around for so many decades because they are indeed effective in helping you produce the language your learning. I worked many years on a bookshop and I had the chance to hear from a lot of language lovers how much they think Assimil is a good option if you are starting to learn a foreign language.