Thanks buddy! I'll be posting more often

thank you!

what exactly is the method?

That's great!

I started to learn french from scratch via the mimicmethod and progressed RAPIDLY. Native speakers complimented me for my very good accent

I'm on the fence on this. If you try to correspond the words to the sounds in order to hear the sounds, then you will likely insert sounds that don't exist in native speech. If you are really careful at first and slow down the audio and you genuinely don't hear something, then it's likely that sound doesn't exist (especially in Germanic or Latin root languages where the sounds are *that* different). I could see some languages where this could be a problem where clicks or whistles or tonal shifts are relevant where you need to spend time up front understanding that.

@@vconsumer I don't doubt the method I'm just trying to fill in some gaps in my understanding of the method

@@vconsumer one of the problems with mimic method is that I don't see many testimonials and progress videos on youtube. Could you record your thoughts on the method or write some blog post?

​@@ganqqwerty fr that comment looks fake or like a bot

in the new curriculum we will have a ton of practice phrases which hide the answers, then you check after to see what you got wrong. Do this enuogh times and you'll get good.at it. Most of the symbols are consistent with IPA, but we've added a few of our own symbols and other notation conventions to suit our purposes.

Your new curriculum has updated ? Shall I join your course now or shall I join later for learning German. Please reply 🙏🙏

Yes i should have been more clear that learning IPA is NOT required in my system. I actually teach people to feel and understand the phonemes from an anatomical perspective first, withholding any use of symbols until AFTER they've rooted their understanding in the sound and feeling.

the methodology applies to all languages, but we don't have practice materials for Thai

​@@MimicMethodDo you have practice material for German ? Please reply... I really want to join your course for German.

The website is not optimized for mobile, but it does function on mobile. If you have issues and it doesn't work out, you can just email for a refund.

@@MimicMethod Thanks for your response is the program accessed through a website or in a way where you can also use it offline

No. The /h/ in "heat" is made at the glottis. The /ç/ is made with the middle part of the tongue pressed against the hard palate. It does not exist in english. The two sound similar, because both are voiceless fricatives, but they are distinct in which part of the mouth they're made.

I think the idea is that you can get faster at getting used to listening to your next language. Like he said with Turkish, if he can reproduce the sounds he hears without even knowing any Turkish, then if he were to start learning Turkish it would be a lot easier to understand what they’re saying once he learns the vocab. This isn’t about understanding the words, but rather the sounds that are coming from a human mouth anatomically similar to yours, and so you should be able to reproduce similar sounds without needing to understand them For example, I’ve been studying Japanese for years, and it has the same sounds that are in my native Spanish, but even still I frequently mishear words that I know. Yes, as you say, I still need a lot more immersion, and that will help by making me better at being able to expect the words that are gonna follow what I’ve heard; but, if I am already used to these sounds, and I already know the words that are being said, then logically speaking there is no reason I shouldn’t be able to reproduce the words, except that I haven’t trained myself yet…at reproducing words I feel like it’s something we do in our native tongues without realizing tbh. That’s why so many times I’m zoned out, not listening at all to what’s being said, but when asked to respond I can recall the last words that were said (reproduce the sounds in my head) and respond as if I was listening. I can’t do that at all in Japanese yet, because I’m too focused on processing the meaning rather than retaining the sounds. Obviously, getting the meaning is more important, but I see this practice of phonetic parsing as a way to help with not getting lost in what’s being said, in a way that’s agnostic to whatever language you’re studying

@@diegotejada55 There is a way around it. It's called The Mimic Method ;)

@@MimicMethod yep, I talked myself into it while writing my comment, for sure will check it out

If i strike a stone with a steel spoon for eight hours a day, will I eventually chisel the stone?

​@@attav8eventually. Might have to replace the spoon a few times.

@peterreid9769 true, but some methods are superior to others towards that goal. There's a fine line between optimizing and over-optimizing. The number of repetitions you need to learn a language well make optimizing more worth it.

You could not be telling on yourself harder