7 Polyglot Questions Answered - Olly Richards of I Will Teach You A Language

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7 Polyglot Questions Answered - Olly Richards of I Will Teach You A Language

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This British polyglot tackles some of the biggest questions on people's minds when they consider learning mulitple languages, and getting started into language learning in general.
The 7 questions are as follows - click the timestamp to go straight to that point in the video!
00:17 How do you not forget words when you're learning a language?
01:07 Is reading aloud helpful when learning a language?
02:03 How do you learn two languages at the same time?
03:35 How do you maintain multiple languages?
05:47 How do you avoid getting stuck at the intermediate level?
07:35 How do you find time to learn a language?
09:30 How do you reduce your accent in a foreign language?
Definitely check out Olly's stuff to get more tips from him:
Olly's KZfaq channel: / iwtyal
Olly's website: www.iwillteachyoualanguage.com
The "I will teach you a language" podcast: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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@irishpolyglot 7 жыл бұрын

A huge thanks to Olly for joining me in this video! You can find his channel over at kzfaq.info In case you want to go straight to the meat of a question or two you are specifically interested in, the 7 questions I asked Olly in this video are as follows - click the timestamp to go straight to that point in the video! 00:17 How do you not forget words when you're learning a language? 01:07 Is reading aloud helpful when learning a language? 02:03 How do you learn two languages at the same time? 03:35 How do you maintain multiple languages? 05:47 How do you avoid getting stuck at the intermediate level? 07:35 How do you find time to learn a language? 09:30 How do you reduce your accent in a foreign language? Enjoy! :)

@storylearning 7 жыл бұрын

Benny Lewis thanks for the invitation onto your channel Benny! It was cool to make this video, and I was especially impressed with the helipad next to the Thames you found for us to record! ;)

@cindybellota 7 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you, you two are just awesome!

@elizabethb805 6 жыл бұрын

I heart you two. Your videos and tips have changed my language learning!!! Merci beaucoup.

@josearagon3499 7 жыл бұрын

This Is Great; I have been following both of you. It is kind of perfect mix for learning language. Thank for all these great answers and all your awesome job :D

@irishpolyglot 7 жыл бұрын

Very happy to bring Olly's excellent answers to the world!

@MakaiLegister 7 жыл бұрын

Great tips! This channel (actually just you in general) has helped me so much!

@irishpolyglot 7 жыл бұрын

So glad to be of help - thanks for the comment!

@abigailcummings7448 7 жыл бұрын

Really useful tips. I'm sure my students will love this. Thanks guys!

@irishpolyglot 7 жыл бұрын

I hope they'll enjoy it. Glad you found it useful!

@PeterSchneemann 4 жыл бұрын

I am writing to you because I found series of books you have published and I have a great idea: Why don't you create audio books for your stories? It is very easy and simple - just ask a native speaker of each langauge to read the stories and record them. Then you can sell these audiobooks separately (and make profit) while learners will be able to hear how words are spoken. This is especially important for beginner learners. And if you like the idea, I can tell you that I will be the first one to buy the Norwegian audiobook. :)

@user-it8kw3wy2y 4 жыл бұрын

Reading is great for vocabulary as well!

@rebeccabonnicirebygotitall 7 жыл бұрын

Very helpful! As someone who is bilingual already and currently learning and developing two languages , this is very useful:) I am Maltese who grew up in a bilingual/trilingual household speaking the languages of Maltese, English , Italian and a bit of Arabic as well. Currently developing my Italian as I'd love to have great conversations with my Italian friends. I'd consider my Italian as b2 and I have maintained it quite well as I'm picking up on my French which I left at a1. I aspire to speak six languages : Maltese , English , Italian , French , Spanish and Arabic and hopefully gear up towards a career in languages as I'm currently in the GCSE exams season and moving to post-secondary. Looking forward to more videos like this and collaborations:)

@irishpolyglot 7 жыл бұрын

So glad you found it useful! This was a collaboration idea I had at the last minute, since I was launching my #languagehacking books in London and managed to book the KZfaq Space there. I was so pleased that both Olly and Lindsay were able to come along, and they were very patient as I set things up. Fortunately, we had time to do another themed video, which is loads of fun and will feature all three of us. :D Working on getting that ready for the world! And next time I know I'm going to London, I'll make sure to reach out to Olly again and see what video we can do together as a follow-up!

@globomediamarketing5230 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent work!

@simoprdev3517 5 жыл бұрын

Olly Richards is wise! one of the best pieces of advice I've heard

@dopaminewarrior 6 жыл бұрын

Great tip on getting to B2 before moving on. When I've stopped before this level it's regressed a lot quicker.

@FierceGaming 7 жыл бұрын

Great! Keep uploading awesome videos like this one!

@irishpolyglot 7 жыл бұрын

You got it! Expect more and more varied videos and definitely more collaborations with other KZfaqrs and other polyglots!

@FierceGaming 7 жыл бұрын

Great news, can't wait! :)

@pallagi68 7 жыл бұрын

My two favorite polyglots are in one video! Thanks, guys :)

@storylearning 7 жыл бұрын

Tamás Pallagi cheers! :)

@irishpolyglot 7 жыл бұрын

Olly's great - another video is on the way with him (and Lindsay) pretty soon :) Next time I'm in London, I'll definitely see what else we can do together. Collabs are fun!

@marthasmith394 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@irishpolyglot 7 жыл бұрын

You're more than welcome!

@stewartmeiklejohn5773 7 жыл бұрын

Great video! With regard to learning two languages at once... At which level do you think you are more likely to be successful with studying two languages at once? For example, you guys were saying that B2 is a good level to reach to maintain a language with more ease, if I reached B2 level in, say, Spanish, do you think this would then be an acceptable level for adding another language into the mix?

@storylearning 7 жыл бұрын

Stewart Meiklejohn I don't think there are any hard and fast rules, but I find that once you reach B2 in one language, you can maintain/improve it through fairly natural means. That creates space in your head for a more devoted study to a new language. If you're actively studying two at once, I always find it hard to manage attention and energy.

@EscaladaPoliglota 5 жыл бұрын

I'm learning English and Croatian at the same time. A language helps me not to tire the other.

@Shwee113 7 жыл бұрын

How do you stop forgetting words in your native language when you start learning another language

@matjcarter 7 жыл бұрын

Backdrop is hilarious fellas!!

@irishpolyglot 7 жыл бұрын

+Mat Carter As Olly said, I clearly rented out a helipad just for this shoot. I also used a device to make the clouds not move either, for the perfect lighting, and for all traffic to stop. It required quite the budget!

@matjcarter 7 жыл бұрын

For the sequel Benny, I recommend going one step further with a MOVING green screen. Perhaps a family of hamsters burrowing, an 80's Korean or Japanese aerobic workout, or simply novices yachting on an overcast afternoon. As mundane and bizarre as poss!

@billyriedel6449 7 жыл бұрын

How do you guys feel about code switching when speaking a language. I am currently learning German and two of the youtubers I watch who speak German will throw in words and phrases from time to time in English. Especially curse words in English lol. Just curious your opinion on that

@irishpolyglot 7 жыл бұрын

It's hard to know when something is actual code switching or simply flexibility with using more foreign words. What you describe isn't code switching to me, since you don't really need to speak the language you are switching to, if it's a case of only referring to words rather than full sentences. Standard German is actually incredibly flexible with using English words for certain concepts. And I know Germans who use English curse words often (and pretty much always far too frequently compared to how they'd have been used in English). It's like how in English we might say that something has a certain "je ne sais quoi" - you don't need to speak any French to use that, it's just a French phrase that is widely understood by English speakers.

@billyriedel6449 7 жыл бұрын

Ah, ok. Thanks so much

@jumarkpelismino5632 4 жыл бұрын

I see a lot of polyglots in the internet but I don't know why they don't want learn Tagalog? Is it a hard language?

@irishpolyglot 4 жыл бұрын

I see a lot of comments on my KZfaq channel from people who don't want to check to see if I've learned a language, before presuming I didn't. Is it hard to use search? 😉

@mateusfernandes2875 7 жыл бұрын

boa benny

@henryleonardi5368 7 жыл бұрын

You guys disappeared like three times

@irishpolyglot 7 жыл бұрын

+Henry Leonardi Which time stamps? I can make sure the same editing mishap doesn't happen next time - although I didn't see any disappearances when I watched it. Let me know!

@boabysands123 7 жыл бұрын

Benny Lewis See 4:38 & 5:15

@irishpolyglot 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing it out Bob! That was actually a glitch in the matrix, and agents will be showing up at your door momentarily to begin the re-integration process... Seriously though, I've been on the road for the last 2 weeks, and working with an editor and trying to render the final version on my computer in New York, by remote controlling it from a tablet in Amsterdam and Dublin... so I knew I'd miss something (I also noticed that Q1 didn't have a nice out-animation and just disappears, whereas the other questions move out nicely). We're almost at the stage where I can have these videos ready safely ahead of time, and then have them ready to be watched by team FI3M to make sure no final errors were missed. So it'll be less likely that errors like that will creep in! :) Thanks again, and I hope the glitch didn't make it look too weird for viewers!