I took 2 years of Spanish in High School and 2 semesters in college. I finally was able to test my proficiency in Spain and i was able to hold basic conversations and translate for my friends at a restaurant, but I realized how inadequate my learning experience was. Learning a language requires a lot of time, practice, devotion, and certainly a certain degree of immersion in the culture. These 30-min exercises are maybe enough for you to get by on a weekend trip, but certainly not for fluency.

Not everyone agrees with my opinion about the KZfaq language learning community and that's ok, no need to unsubscribe, but I hope those who really enjoy this channel support it with a like or by watching the whole discussion, even if they don't agree. Hope we can have more language debates and discussions in the future. -Anming

Thank you! Just because you can order coffee in 20 languages and find your way around airports does not mean that you are fluent in 20 languages.

I'm glad you're both taking a stand against this type of predatory language learning. It can make it really confusing especially when you're just starting out with a language that you can easily be taken advantage of because you just don't know any better. Stick to your morals and keep them people, c'mon!

Hearing an American and Australian speak Mandarin is like music to my ears. What a logical discussion! :D

I really enjoyed the discussion on the topic. Nothing worth learning is easy IMO. I'm glad you're not afraid to speak out on issues like this. It's one of the reasons why I'm subbed to your channel. Not just for the funny reaction videos 😉

I feel that I can typically tell when a youtube "polyglot" is fake. 1) I can sometimes hear that the pronunciation is awkward and horribly off from native or proficient speakers (even while I don't know the language well myself..some of them are just quite bad). 2) People they interact with in this other language sometimes look as though they're thinking "what the hell is this person saying?" 3) There are a lot of edits throughout these conversations (there's usually an edit every time they're about to give a response in the language) 4) The person converses with all people at the most basic level "My name is...what is your name...where are you from...I would like some food.." If they're upfront about just learning the language and we're seeing their process of learning, great, no problem. As far as language learning channels, I typically just follow people that are native speakers of the language I want to learn: Piece of French, innerFrench, etc. Question: Do you ever miss living in the US?

nice video! I like the "shock" videos, mainly for the reaction people get. I don't expect those speakers to be good at the language though, it appears to me they have just enough to impress people that were expecting them to have none. Neither do I believe they have limited skills. What impresses me is the engagement you get talking to strangers on the street. That is the best demonstration.

When I first came into the state I didn't speak a single word of English but after 1 month of living with Americans and going to school I started speaking basic English. After living in America for 3 years I forgot my own language so I went back to Philippines for 2 weeks I was able to speak it again, I guess the best way to learn a language is to be surrounded to a community that's speaking the language you want to learn

Am a fan of yours. Learning a language isn’t easy. Your ability to speak in English, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese fluently speaks for itself. Thanks for keeping it real. Anyone who gives the impression that language learning is easy is simply deceptive. Btw I am a Singaporean. Many of us here speak English, Chinese, and Chinese dialects like Cantonese and hokkien. For you to pick up these languages you are speaking through hard work - kudos to u! We need u to speak up!

Thank you for bringing this topic up. I really had no idea there was such a seedy underworld of language videos out there. However, I do hate clickbait and misleading thumbnails. I’ve learned to stay away from what is obviously deceitful content (not to mention a waste of time). Love your videos Anming!

I am in a fb group for learners of my target language and as much as I want to give that community a chance it does worry me how big the pie chart number of members there are that struggle to even begin because they have this notion that there's a "fastest way to learn a language" so they fear to even start in case they get the "slow outdated way". I also have seen some toxicity of looking down upon people behind themselves in their journey. Today a person asked "why is this the way you write this instead of this way, I don't understand?" And I saw a bunch of gifs and memes and emojis doing facepalms or similar, and one person only responded "I am so glad I know this answer" without offering the beginner any answers. Some helped but they got so drowned out that I felt so bad for the author of the post. So many people in that group will eventually hate either the language or language learning altogether because of these mentalities making it harder to plant your seed and watch it grow into an adult strong tree.

I’m trying to learn a language right now and your channel has been a good motivator for me, I’m glad youre honest with your approach, it gives your videos substance. Channels that use clickbait and exaggerate their skills are fine for entertainment but have no real substance and are more of a time waster.

Such a fantastic video! I need this to blow up in the language community because many people do not see the facade. That name drop was scary I was nervous lol since you never have done that. Your platform that you have is amazing and I hope many people realize you do marketing, so your opinion has a strong knowledge in it.

I would add to this and argue that the word “perfect” is too subjective to be able to be honestly used for something as ever-changing as language. I’m a native English speaker whose always done very very well with English grammar. Ive had the highest possible score in my hs and college English classes. But I make mistakes all the time, especially nowadays. I make the their they’re and your you’re mistake more now than I ever did in school. So clearly my English isn’t perfect, even as a native speaker who has (more like had) an above average proficiency in the grammar. I come from the land (and educational level) of “I seen” and “yous guys” and mispronouncing words like “creek” as “crick” being totally normal fluent English, even though it’s technically incorrect grammar. I just think language is too bendy and moldable and subjective for “perfect” to ever be able to be used.

My language learning philosophy is prepare for the long haul (years and years/decades). Use every resource available. Live the language. Adopt the language. Try to have every kind of experience in the language. Read, write, listen, speak. Continually strive to fill in the gaps. Learn in context and program your mind. It's like building a house. It's a huge project and there are so many elements involved.

Thank you for this! I remember when I first started learning languages and seeing these methods like “learning a language in 5 days.” I never could fully believe these methods either because each language has so many dynamics and linguistics that build it

I fully agree, we should handle achievments that demand a lot of work, passion and concessions seriously, we shouldn't try to sell them like consumer products.

I really enjoyed your honest, informed conversation. There is that predatory gurus problem in many fields, not just in languages teaching.

I do not know how I found your channel and am not currently a foreign language student but I am fascinated by your content and experiences. This was a really informative episode. Keep on doing your thing!

Wow, I really enjoyed your discussion here, and greatly admire both of you for your fluency in Mandarin Chinese! As a native speaker of Hindi and English, and someone who is fluent in Korean (I am a professional translator), I am learning Japanese, and even though there are a lot of similarities in terms of nouns sounding similar between Korean and Japanese, the kanji constitute a battlefield of their own. It's nice to have someone trying to counter the misinformation and predatory tactics that some "language gurus" will employ to try and sell people on their miracle language learning programmes, and for the most part I agree with your view that language learning is hard and requires hours and hours of hard work both regularly and consistently.

After of being learning japanese for two years and half , just recently i came to actually being able to starting to undertand the conversions after SO much study almost every day, i have learning it though many websites and of course much more recently through youtube channels (of some native japanese teachers) and to being honest after putting all this effort and hours(and continuing doing it) , now i have more willing to actually keep learning it because all the hardships that i went though worth, being able to actually starting to understand more intermediate conversations gives me an so rewarding feeling.

Thank you so much. Thanks to this discussion, I realized I was being hard on myself trying to perfect the languages I'm studying right now within a short timespan. Some of these videos on KZfaq make language learning look as easy as drinking water when in reality, it's about hard work, time, and dedication. I'll be patient from now on keep putting in the work. Thanks to you both❤️❤️

It is good that you sound these warnings. Greatly appreciated.

Well oriental pearl just make sure the right languages are taught and respected. I know a lot of countries use different dialects it could be sound or vowels. Great job doing this, it’s very important especially being a foreigner that you don’t disrespect them. And I believe they will respect you back more for doing it right. Love what you do and keep going you got my support.

Really appreciate you making this video. Whilst I enjoy the entertainment value of these polyglot channels, they've always felt very inauthentic to me. I wish more language-based youtubers talked about this deceptive side of the community.

Finally, a realistic take on language learning! Just discovered your vids and love it. PS: I adore your soft drawling english accent:)

We need names of these scammers!!

Absolutely agree with Stuart and you. If you're not a native speaker, you'll never be perfect, but also native speakers aren't always perfect. I speak a few languages (German, English, Hebrew, Norwegian and French) on different levels of fluency. It's not in my intention to shock anyone. but to be able to hold some kind of conversation with people from different countries. I admire people who are able to hold such conversations, because it connects people and that's the fun of it. That's why I also watch your channel because of your ability to connect with people and in that way build bridges to other cultures.

Great discussion, and I'm really enjoying these conversations you're having with other language learners. Keep up the great work!

Very well said! You are so wise and very diplomatic and make your points very intelligently. Keep up the awesome work! I will be watching for more videos!

Thank you for bringing this topic to light. It took me tons and tons of digging on YT to find out there are fakes.

So glad you made a video on this. Now I can say all my favorite language KZfaqrs have made a video about these "recent events".

I've been wanting to learn a language for a while now and I've settled on Korean. There are so many videos about getting fluent in a short amount of time, it can definitely set unrealistic expectations. So I've been trying to follow people who do videos on different studying methods, what they do in a study session, how to structure a language study sessions, how to study/learn vocab to speaking to writing etc without the promises of getting proficient in a short amount of time. Which I don't know if you've done videos like that, I just started watching your vids, but I would be interested in videos like that. I appreciate this discussion because often when watching videos of polyglots conversing in another language and promising to give you a quick an easy method to learn another language. They make it seem like its super easy, but then you actually try and it's not that easy, and people give up because it's not easy like the polyglot promised it would be. I really wish I could just stick a book on learning Korean under my pillow every night and learn by osmosis in 4 minutes or whatever but it just doesn't work like that lol. ... unfortunately.

This is the discussion that I, and I'm sure some of your other subscribers, didn't know we needed to hear. Thanks for looking out. I love to hear your laugh, it's so warm! You're beautiful!

You are amazing pearl! I watch you all the time and can’t get over how you can speak these languages. Believe me this is very unique!

I saw one of your Japanese videos first and didn't realise you also spoke Chinese. That's incredibly impressive and also motivational. I hope others can learn to just display their skills in a positive manner and reach an audience that way.

You hit on some really great points. ❤The first one that stood out to me was when you talked about speaking up against these "gurus". It brings so much hate upon you and your channel and sometimes changes nothing that the audience believes. Humans like to believe what they believe and if anyone questions that, they get upset. 😒It's like a shoot the messenger type of situation..even if it is truth. The other thing you said hit close to home. The part about making people believe you can learn languages overnight or easily, and then when they can't or don't, they feel defeated and get down on themselves.😔 Reminds me of reality TV shows like The Biggest Loser who made you believe people were losing 11 lbs a week when it wasn't true..and instead of the show being encouraging, it was having the opposite effect and people were getting down on themselves for not being as good..or doing as well. It's the same with the languages. Very good video💜 Someone had to say it.

Great video. You are doing some good in a world that needs it today. Thanks for doing this.

I love how real you keep it with people! It’s great! Keep calling these frauds out!

You're the ONLY talking about this shit in the language learning community! And it's so important! And these cult-like fandoms... I don't get it. Thank you Anming for being raw. We need that here.

I really enjoyed this discussion! The one about fluency really hit home. I went to a Francophone school and speak French as a second language (as much as I want to say I'm fluent, I'm far from perfect, so I'll just say I'm good), and when some people find out they say "oh I can too!" When I try to engage in a conversation, I find out that they only know certain phrases, and have a hard time understanding. This disappoints me, especially when they say they're fluent. We learn it in regular school here in Canada, but from what I've heard it's basic and everybody just forgets everything they've learned. It honestly makes me sad when people pretend that they're so good, because speaking to others is the main way I upkeep my French. If someone wants to show what they've learned, by all means, I'd love to hear it! But saying they can speak it makes me feel like I can't help them learn (it's hard to explain...)

So glad yt updated their practices! They have a section on "click bait" in the new Guidelines and suggest people use the report button for "spam and misleading" information! Great video indeed 😊

Thank you for this! I am a linguist and a teacher who has spent my entire life mastering languages and have recently opened my language centre to combat these INSANE trends in language learning where business are lying to their learners with crash courses for the sake of high turnover, and fake online polyglots telling people they can be fluent in 3 months. Also, the biggest learning centres advertise their courses differently in the Western Europe and differently in the Eastern Europe (apparently, same courses last 3 months in the UK and a year in Eastern Europe where we learn languages more realistically and are usually more proficient...). In addition, standards for fluency really need to be discussed, because what is considered fluent these days varies too much! Thank you for exposing this and telling the truth!

I Enjoy watching your videos when I have a chance so keep up the good work

It's time to start naming names. This is a great topic, but it will remain abstract until we know who you are talking about and can actually judge for ourselves what that person is doing.

Great discussion, thanks and keep up the good work!

Once again, you’ve put out another very interesting video. Thanks!

I've been studying Dutch for about a year. I've made a lot of progress and love watching Dutch TV shows. But I still have a long way to go to achieve what I would consider fluency. What got me early on were many of the comments on language learning videos. There's always somebody who posts that you can be fluent in six months or less. Then the comments follow with "yeah, it only took me about three months to get to that level, blah, blah." That used to bother and discourage me, but now I ignore it. I have a tutor who is a native speaker and I trust what she tells me, not comments on youtube.

The most important factors in learning anything is time and dedication. Does natural innate talent help? Sure, some people may have to work harder than others but not having that innate ability is certainly no roadblock. The one thing that truly helps is loving what you are learning. If you love what you are learning then the time and dedication comes naturally.

A lot of great food for thought here, thank you both.

This was all really well said, Anming. Great discussion.

Anming always gonna keep it real. That's why I like her channel. 🙂

Thank you so much for discussing this issue, Anming. It's a problem that I've come across trying to find another language to learn (my Spanish is conversational at best because U.S. high schools are terrible to learn languages in. 😅) It's so overwhelming with all the apps and programs that are out there. I keep hearing that the Pimsleur method is definitely more efficient than some other apps that are available. I'm leaning more towards that, as well as a robust way to learn at least 3 languages. I'd love to be able to speak in all the languages the world has, but that's so many. 😅Maybe if I was a secret agent or a vampire I could learn more than a handful of languages. (I'm still in the planning stage, I'll need to be able to dedicate time to at least one language first).

i really like this channel, youtube is filled with videos about how cold and impossible it is to fit in, over in japan, and thats part of the reason i always hesistated to learn japanese but seeing videos like yours and some others really shows that its only as cold and lonely as you make it, so thanks for showing the good side of japan and what makes it as good as it is

Anming, you are my inspiration in learning foreign language. I have a lot of takeaways from watching your videos. Watching this video made me realize again that I stan the right language guru!

The only person I'm trying to shock by learning or mastering a foreign language is myself...I'd be really shocked if I did that. And I look forward to this shock. Thank you for inspiring us English speakers to learn a foreign language.

Happy Chinese New Year, Miss Alyssa/Anming, 祝你新年快樂，身體健康，心想事成，萬事如意。🏮🐅🧧 No matter which is right or wrong, the method of learning a language can be various and effective. 📚 Apart from it, you look glorious in the cheongsam (旗袍). 🌸

Very interesting and informative video. Plenty of insightful perspectives offered within. I have a good friend living in Bangkok (for decades) who is friends with Stuart for years, and he speaks well of him. I am still amazed and impressed with people being able to speak these languages Thai, Chinese, Japanese etc.

Love your videos, especially these types of discussions. Keep it up!

im a recent viewer to this channel after coming from "xiaomanyc". I have no idea what is going on, as these two channels are primarily my exposure to language learning (there was one more, Dogen, but I havent watched many videos unfortunately). I think its good for this to be spoken sbout without making it a complete calling out/"slandering" video. This was a healthy discussion.

There are so many types of decent polyglots. Luca Lampariello vs Moses McCormick, they had a style completely different and a goal completely different. But when I see a polyglot using the "I learn spanish in 30 seconds", that drives me crazy because I know how much work, time and dedication it takes to reach a semi-fluency in a foreign language

Oh hello fellow Detroiter! I just found your channel and I'm glad you're addressing this stuff! I am NOT a polyglot but I love languages and I think it's cool you are talking about this stuff. I briefly dabbled in a few languages in college at WSU but ultimately I decided that it was better for me to just have a general interest in languages and linguistics. I respect when people get so immersed in non-native languages like you have! Cheers!

Your videos help me stay dedicated in learning Japanese regardless of how limited my actual speaking is ありがとうございます

Some of these polyglots make me laugh. I can speak phrases from at least 10 languages; does that make me a polyglot? Nope... it just means I can find the bathroom in many different places. I speak English, Spanish, and Swedish fluently(ish).

I was finally actually able to speak my second language at near fluently only because I did a combination of applying these factors.... Completing the fundamental lessons course via KZfaq and books(including reading writing proper pronouciation).. Then practice with real-life people in person, apps, and online, and I lived in that particular country for a couple of years picking up on every nuance and mannerism within the culture... Plus while i there i never spoke a word of my own language

I'm a huge fan of your interviews and discussions about language learning.

Favorite thing is you're always genuine. You tell it, how it is and not afraid to call people out. Always rooting for you & will always have love and respect for you & what you do.

This was a really interesting video, with someone I'd never heard. On my journey to learn different languages my motive to learn some of these languages was very different. In school in junior high we were all required to learn French, and for two weeks Iwas eager, and learned a lot of terms which I still remember. Then the school was chosen for a pilot project, and only one class was to learn French, and I wasn't in that class. In high school I was again required to learn French, but I was no longer motivated, and only learned how to mimic phrases with no understanding of the words. After two years I got out of class having learned nothing. Because at one point I worked a Canadian Government job where I was required to answer phone in both of the Official Languages of English and French. I'm a contrarian, and the greeting was the full Departmental name in ones primary language and just hello in other language, So after my indicating I thought it was a stupid policy to give a greeting in a language I could not function. I complied but in my own fashion. I learned to mimic the pacing and pronunciation to answer in French, a language I could not speak, and say hello in English I was theoretical fluent in, as it was my first language. Apparently my French language greeting was so good that my friends whose first language was French said, I sounded like my first language was French. Since most people wanted wanted to engage in English it confused some people initially, until they realized I could fully converse in English. Where it was really fun was when I dealt with other Government employees usually in same department whom wished to converse in French and found I could only greet them and then say I didn't speak French in French. These individuals who could usually also speak English would become upset that I couldn't converse in French. I would point out policy was to greet in both official languages which I always did. Policy did not say anything about being able to communicate in both official languages or that most of the greeting had to be in the language of greatest fluency. However, in travelling to non English fluent language countries I always learned basic greetings and phrases, because I thought it was the polite thing to do. I never really had a problem learning these snippets of languages. When a friend wanted to go into a government paid French immersion training course, he convinced me go and take the language learning aptitude test. My friend had aptitude to learn a second language and I apparently didn't. I never tried to really learn a second language for years, until I went to visit a friend whom lived in a country where Mandarin was primary language so I though I would try to learn Mandarin. I crashed and burned, learning only a few greetings, because I didn't have a real drive to learn Mandarin. However, I found that being a fan of Japanese history, I wanted to learn Japanese. However, being basically lazy. I tried a few of those KZfaq learn Japanese in 15 minutes a day, or 7 days, or thirty days and reached a plateau and didn't improve. I got a Japanese teacher who I could only see one day week for an hour. I improved a little but like Stuart said, because I only did a couple hours a week of homework I was progressing very slowly. I found I improved when I was in Japan, but didn't get to retain most of the improvement upon returning to Canada. Then the last two an a half years happened, and after no classes for six months, my instructor told me that she didn't think she was helping me, and dropped me as a student. I know what she said but really I still wasn't putting in the effort. I purchased a few courses, books, and because for the first time I really enjoyed the language and culture of Japan, I was finally ready to put in the required effort. About this time I discovered the Oriental Pearl Channel hosted by Anming and she spoke directly to my growing realisation of the effort required to become functional in Japanese. After viewing a couple of her video's I immediately subscribed. She said that when she was learning Chinese and Japanese, she spent six to 8 hours a day, every day. I've occasionally spent more time, but I always spend a minimum of four hours every day on Japanese language studies. My Japanese has improved from horrible to bad. I draw inspiration from Anming, and I enjoy all of the content on her channel. Another long winded post, but it's what I've learned and why I enjoy Anming and the Oriental Pearl channel.

I’ve bought into the idea that I’m bad foreign languages but am trying to overcome this. Studying French again snd am considering Japanese

A superb and fascinating conversation in this episode 👏🏽

I absolutely agree with the comments you have made. This overselling actually discouraged learning. Thank you for raising it. Learning a language is actually a lot of hard work!

Cool video. I think you both nailed it on the dot. As a language learner, I'm looking for inspiration and a realistic outlook. The obstacles and challenges that await. Not fluff or false promises, simply because the " host " or influencer, wants to come out smelling like a rose. Appreciate the both of you coming to this point and keeping language learners interest at heart.

I don't understand why people have to make a big deal out of everything, pick sides, and attack others over stuff like this, there is just more important things in the world to get worked up over. I enjoy watching your channel, Chris Broad's channel, Sharla's channel, and so on. I have not had any impression really of clickbait or lying to anything. Chris for example has been pretty honest about his Japanese speaking and set fairly realistic expectations, he's expressed how difficult it was for him and even till this day admits his Japanese is far from perfect. Same with most of other channels i follow too. So not sure where all this is coming from Tbh. Again, i suggest not focusing on the negativity and trolls out there, focus on the positive, do what you enjoy, and surely, you'll have an audience who enjoys watching your videos for that, those who have an issue with your videos can just not watch your channel. I tried learning some Japanese myself but realistically reason i' m not really going to probably ever successfully learn Japanese is due to at my age it's completely unrealistic if not impossible for me to ever move to Japan let alone stay for any length of time, i do hope to visit one day on like vacation but based on my age I'm not even eligible for any of the programs to get a job there if i really wanted to, but i still enjoy watching channels about Japan and my fascination is still there with the culture. At the very least i think I'm taking a lot of the good about the Japanese culture and grow my appreciation for life in general.

Definitely Stuart deserves more recognition. He's like a hidden gem on KZfaq which is sad.

It's so cool to see this kind of video. Hope to see more of you in the future 👍👍

Honestly language learning isn’t glamorous and I think that’s why these types of predatory things appeal to people Language learning takes A LOT of time and dedication. It also means that you’re never quite “fluent” if you understand what I mean. People always have the goal of wanting to be fluent but it’s the journey that’s really the beauty of learning a language imo. And fluency is so subjective and usually takes many MANY years. When I started learning Japanese I didn’t realize just how much time and effort it would take. It took so much time and effort that it added to me being exhausted and I had to stop temporarily so I can continue when I don’t have as much “regular” schoolwork. It’s unfortunate but it’s a reality we have to face - that language learning takes a lot and if you truly want to learn a language you can’t just go to one class a week and expect to know the language, like you said.

Another valuable video, loved both you and Jay in this. I appreciate when language learning KZfaqrs have no method to push or product to sell but rather just try to pursue their personal goals that aren't centered upon impressing fellow polyglots or push a product. Which isn't shameful by itself, but it's been done to death and it's not my own passion to pursue. People here in the comments have been criticizing you for criticizing others and accusing you for hypocrisy. We all have a right to criticize; to pretend otherwise is to preach subservience. It would be odd if making popular videos made one immune to criticism, disrespectful even, as we would no longer be treating them as our peers. There are many people and powers working to divide ourselves into us and them. Criticism from the viewpoint of equals is one thing we have to keep doing to work against that. Though, lastly I think you could have talked more about what we should replace the charlatanism with. 30 days to conversational fluency is of course unrealistic, but what would more realistic expectations be like instead? I just notice how my skills improve with daily practice over time and I get to do things in my target languages while I'm not yet fluent enough to be easily able to follow a talk show without exhaustion, but I don't know how to spin that into a story that others could see as motivating. Yet these scams are so prevalent we can parody them with ease. Also, cool 😎 dress Anming! And thanks for your videos in general.

Great video and thank you for hitting on this subject.

I really love your videos (Its why I'm a long time subscriber) .. This was interesting to watch.. The one thing I have noticed with you though, Oriental Pearl .. Is that you tend to let the haters get to you.. Don't.. They are just jealous that you are awesome.. Keep up the fantastic content.. and have a wonderful year! :)

To be honest i don't watch a lot of these youtubers and to be more honest i only watch your channel and one german channel. 😂 But i can share my experience with learning japanese. I tried it a couple times in the past, but i never really gotten into it and i would say it was most likely because of the wrong materials and way too high expectations. After i discovered your channel on january 25th the fire reignited and i was more passionated then ever before, but also more patient. So i'm now past day 16 and i can only do a basic selfintroduction with name, age, origin and job. I just finished the lesson about ます and hammered hiragana ,katakana and a few kanji in my head. I'm still super excited and motivated, but i want to point out that i've learned 8 hours straight on some days. If i a had to guess i did like 4 hours on average every day. I don't know if i did big progress or not and i don't really care, cause i enjoy learning it rather then seeking for the miracle solution. So that was a lot of words for a simple thing: Just have fun learning languages!

Just stumbled upon your channel a couple of days ago, and I’m loving the content. Hoping to get my HSK-4 soon. Studying Chinese outside of China is a bit tricky. Is there any channels or shows you’d recommend in improving ones Chinese ?

Omg just from the thumbnail clip I'm already invested 😆 I'm from northeast Ohio and with every new video I feel more comfortable with you I can really tell you're from Michigan!

Great video. Thanks for sharing about this topic.

When i first saw your vlog/video I'm really impressed on how you can speak Japanese language and you did it very well, keep it up beautiful lady!💓

Hi Pearl, but are you indirectly talking about Matt vs Japan in this video.

Thank you both for such an awesome discussion.

Your very well developped debate about the topic of language gurus on KZfaq has reassured me a lot and even more motivated me in my language learning in general ! ☺🙏🏻 When I started learning Japanese 2 years ago, I used some KZfaq resources in parallel to my book resources. 🙂📚🎞 Unfortunately, as it was the first time of my life where I wanted to use KZfaq as a language learning tool, I didn't have the experience to make the difference between honest KZfaqrs who encourage us to learn a language in a realistic way and toxic KZfaqrs who look for the celebrity, money and who demotivate us by seemingly showing how that became fluent in such language in one month for example. Due to this lack of caution, I would have nearly stopped learning Japanese at the beginning. 😔 However, I had someday a click in my head and decided to read about these kind of KZfaqrs on discussion blogs. 💡 As soon as I realized that several people felt exactly as frustrated and demotivated as me with such toxic KZfaqrs, I understood that I need to be careful on the reliability of any KZfaqr from now on. 😌🎞🔍 So, I looked for reliable KZfaqrs for a long time, and on this way I have discovered wonderful, honest KZfaqrs like you, Anming san. 😀 Indeed, it's wonderful to see how you manage to speak fluently some East Asian languages that are completely different from the European languages, and this as a woman coming from a Western country. 😃🗣👏🏻 Moreover, you don't hesitate to show us that your very good languages proficiency is the result of a long, hard and constant study like you recently did with the Korean language. 😉📚🙌🏻 All these points imply that I completely identify myself with you through my everyday life, which reassures me a lot and definitively encourages me to continue learning Japanese and maybe even learn a new language someday. 😀☀️ I'm very grateful to you, and I advise you to stay yourself as you're authentic, humble and also funny. 🙂🙏🏻 Anyway, I want to thank Stuart Jay Raj for its rich contribution in this video. 👏🏻 I have discovered a honest and open minded man with an extraordinary family background and life as well as amazing language skills. 😃🌏☀️ It was very interesting to watch your debate and I would follow further debates with you two with great pleasure. 😄

Xiaoma is a humble guy

So nobody mentioned Matt VS Japan? Cuz if we talk about gurus milking its community, I think he may be the youtube character who fits the most.

I love how Stuart’s accent changes with every language. I have lived in a few different countries and always tried to learn at least a couple of words.

I love this so much! I'm 9 months into learning Korean (with a private teacher) and I feel like I know nothing. Sometimes I get discouraged because I can't have a full fluid conversation, but I do know a lot of grammatical info and I have come a long way. I just feel like I'll never be fluent, but then I remember sometime it takes years, or even a decade to be 'fluent', especially if your older or it's not your native language, you may still be learning vocab forever and that's ok. ITS OK TO NOT BE PERFECT, AS LONG AS YOU TRY ♥️♥️♥️ 사랑해요!

i am more of a dilettante in learning thai. i listen to xiaomanyc and oriental pearl because i enjoy their experiences and draw some motivation/inspiration from them in learning a new language despite my geezer status. i have raj’s book , cracking thai fundamentals,and am working my way through it. not many real shortcuts in this life. work at it steadily, immerse yourself if you can, listen to experts such as raj. take inspiration from some youtubers such as oriental pearl, raj, thai talk with paddy, xiaomnyc, , and tune out marketing/clickbait. above all, be polite and respectful and disregard the vitriol. xiaomanyc did the clueless white guy video that has a clickbait title. still his videos are fun and don’t ovepromise imho. love oriental pearl and stuart jay raj

Learning a language is kind of like learning to play a musical instrument. You can learn how to play Smoke on the Water on one string and then tell everyone you play guitar. If that’s as far as you want to go with it then great, but it’s kind of limiting. If you want to learn 10 more songs on five more strings it’s going to take a little more time and effort.

Good debate, thank you both 👍👍

This was really interesting and very informative. I love how you help us to see how language is a lot wider than we think❤️ I really agree with your views and respect your opinions. I will continue to subscribe because you offer us consistent, informative videos✨ You have taught me a lot and I am sure all of your viewers could agree. I love your channel❤️ I hope some day to come to Japan, it’s my dream✨ much love from Ireland❤️✨

It takes hours and hours of complete immersion into a language to get it. Speaking with native speakers is the way and most of said native speakers are happy to help. What I've learned is this: you don't have time to translate, so learn to think in that language.

Matt vs Japan?

Wow, I’m very impressed with Stuart’s Bahasa Indonesia. I can converse in Bahasa without the accent but Stuart speaks it like a native. Good on you mate! And thanks AnMing for the interesting interview. Hope to watch more of such sharing of ideas with other KZfaqrs

Thanks for bringing this up. Important topic.