Why Are Adults Bad At New Languages?

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Learning a new language as an adult is harder than doing so as a child because adults usually aren’t as invested and often use the wrong strategies.
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To learn more, start your googling with these keywords:
Second-Language Acquisition: The process of a language that’s not the speaker’s native language.
Bilingualism: The ability to speak and understand two languages.
Monitor Model: A group of hypotheses that propose that linguistic competence is only advanced when language is subconsciously acquired.
Sociolinguistics: The study of language in relation to all sorts of social factors.
Linguistic Investment: A motivation to learn a language based on the understanding that the speaker will acquire a wider range of symbolic and material resources, which will in turn increase the value of their cultural capital and social power.
Hyperpolyglot: A person who can speak and understand more than six languages.
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References:
Hartshorne, J., Tenenbaum, J., and Pinker, S. (2018). A critical period for second language acquisition: Evidence from 2/3 million English speakers. Cognition. 177: 263-277. Retrieved from: www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Bigelow, M., and Tarone, E. (2004). The Role of Literacy Level in Second Language Acquisition: Doesn't Who We Study Determine What We Know? TESOL Quarterly. 38(4): 689-700. Retrieved from: www.jstor.org/stable/3588285?...
Darvin, R. and Norton, B. (2015). Identity and a Model of Investment in Applied Linguistics. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. 35: 36-56. Retrieved from: www.cambridge.org/core/journa....
Pierce, B. (2015). Social Identity, Investment, and Language Learning. TESOL Quarterly. 29(1): 9-31. Retrieved from: www.jstor.org/stable/3587803?....
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@MinuteEarth 4 жыл бұрын

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@me-mv2iz 4 жыл бұрын

MinuteEarth Hola how did you do the downwards ! ? And how do you do a downwards ?

@archenema6792 4 жыл бұрын

The term in common usage is "elasticity". This is not an obscure field of study. Yet no mention of this. Hmmmm.........

@ochjslav 4 жыл бұрын

@archenema6792 4 жыл бұрын

@@me-mv2iz You have to switch your keyboard setting to Spanish.

@me-mv2iz 4 жыл бұрын

ArchEnema 67 I have but idk wich buttons it is

@Killerkraft975 4 жыл бұрын

I like how you specifically used arcanine cause they can’t learn any level up moves

@Wiimeiser 4 жыл бұрын

@LagiNaLangAko23 They have no level up moves in their programming. If you hack in a level 0 Arcanine with no moves it probably won't learn any new ones. EDIT: My bad. It has one level up move, Extreme Speed. It also has others at level 1.

@AntSwift1 4 жыл бұрын

nice

@danielsanimation2103 4 жыл бұрын

Growlith Can't learn growl GROWLith GROWL Wth game freak

@emalight9707 4 жыл бұрын

@@danielsanimation2103 and Pidgey can't learn peck. Cmon Gamefreak it's a literal bird, How can it not learn peck?!

@danielsanimation2103 4 жыл бұрын

@@emalight9707 try watching dobs 51 things in pokemon that don't make sense its pretty funny

@falls1974 4 жыл бұрын

I learned english by myself from watching movies and playing games when I was young because I saw my older brother watching Pokémon with english subtitles... and because of that I was always the best at English class. (I'm from Portugal)

@kj_heichou 4 жыл бұрын

I did the same thing! (I'm Dutch)

@Gothead420 4 жыл бұрын

Same here in good ol' Germany! ^^

@rhinospino99 4 жыл бұрын

I watched a lot of English KZfaq videos when I was like 4

@mordakai6969 4 жыл бұрын

OMG same, i legit thought i was the only one who studied English like that, btw I am the topper of my class in English now in year 11

@InsaneDeck 4 жыл бұрын

Almost the same in my case. When I was 8-9 years old, my brother was taking an intensive English class (a 2 month course with classes almost every day). He had many cassete tapes to listen during the day, but the single most influential thing for me was a videotape which showed a woman in several places of a house doing several actions according to a narrator's speech. The second half of the video tape was the same as the first, but with subtitles. This way I could learn the core of English language directly, without having to pass through my native language first (Portuguese) and translating in my head. It was all a matter of relating the speech with the action I saw, and then with the written words. This helped greatly, because the english classes at regular school (which where I live are not good in general, especially in public schools) made sense to me. In the end, this video tape, plus the gramar I learned in school, plus the interest in music, movies and especially games (which are almost the same as the video tape method, but with me being the one who takes the action as instructed in the game), all contributed to my current knowledge of English. I can even recognize some accents. But due to lack of opportunities I don't speak as much, I mostly read, hear and write, so I have some trouble with articulation. And I'm not so comfortable in writing English in a more formal context. But in general I consider it as my second language (sometimes I even catch myself thinking in English, instead of Portuguese). On the other hand, Spanish for me is very difficult, even though it is much more similar to Portuguese (many people prefer to learn Spanish than English, precisely because of this similarity). I wanted to learn other languages, but without proper cultural insertion it becomes more difficult. Besides Spanish, I would like to know French or German, Russian and Japanese. But there's not enough storage space in my head for all of that, hahaha.

@dedede5586 4 жыл бұрын

0:21 the girl is playing megalovania

@ZoruaHunter 4 жыл бұрын

Lol really?

@Stipopedia 4 жыл бұрын

That is some advanced shit

@reg45454 4 жыл бұрын

oh damn, nice catch

@randombox8142 4 жыл бұрын

Wthhh? Ur god

@alanlu5643 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my god she is.

@duongle1606 4 жыл бұрын

1:55 They use an Iron Pickaxe and then a Diamond one

@underfire8411 4 жыл бұрын

Because the first one is your average adult, and then there is a woman who learns a lot more languages

@zhipeizhou5582 4 жыл бұрын

Asher Crane i know, iron pickaxe = average and diamond pickaxe = better than average

@devonbeaumont7205 4 жыл бұрын

@@zhipeizhou5582 Netherite Pickaxe

@zhipeizhou5582 4 жыл бұрын

Devon Beaumont netherite pickaxe = google translate

@devonbeaumont7205 4 жыл бұрын

@@zhipeizhou5582 I meant what about the new pickaxe that's coming to Minecraft.

@nickc3657 4 жыл бұрын

The only thing stopping adults from becoming hyperpolyglots is learning the word in the first place! 🥇

@lavleengill4430 3 жыл бұрын

Yay right

@benjaminmorris4962 2 ай бұрын

Also the fact most adults only have the need for one language...

@MichelePandini 4 жыл бұрын

This video is so inspiring! I am trying to improve my English and I learned from an earlier age. However, since I always told I was bad at the language and did not improve, I can see the barriers that the channel is talking right in front of me. I hope someday I will break those barriers and be confident that my English, or any other language I will learn, will be good enough to talk, write and listen!

@ElectroYan 4 жыл бұрын

Judging by this comment alone your English seems pretty good. However, since I'm not native either I might not be the best judge.

@MichelePandini 4 жыл бұрын

@@ElectroYan Thx u! Yours is good as well! Let's do the best we can! :D

@tnghunter 4 жыл бұрын

Out of curiosity, what is your native language?

@carlystrang5101 4 жыл бұрын

Your comment is using better English than most comments on the internet ;) I can point out flaws, but as it's all understandable so they don't matter :) As someone that can only speak one language (English) and is trying to learn another (Deutsch) you're inspiring :D

@raphaelwaggoner3200 4 жыл бұрын

Your English already is good enough to communicate- not perfect, but you're doing really well!

@cybrace 4 жыл бұрын

1:41 that's a very nice way to represent fluency. I love the design language.

@DakotaAbroad 4 жыл бұрын

It mostly breaks down to this: adults aren't worse at learning languages. We're just not forced to like children often are and can opt out of practicing as much.

@uku1994 4 жыл бұрын

Plus we have adult things to do. Like like work or college where no one will use that language or u don't get a goid enough partner. I've been in in a state for 6 years which has a regional language and i still knw barely 15 words. As an adult, people don't have enough patience to sit with u and teach u why or what. Sadly

@DakotaAbroad 4 жыл бұрын

@@uku1994 This is also very true. Unless you're paying someone to help you many people just get tired of helping you and will find someone else to hang out with that isn't as mentally draining for them.

@I-Rex232 4 жыл бұрын

"adults are good at following directions which can often help us beat kids" 1:19 XD sometimes quote mining can be fun lol great video tho

@XiXora 4 жыл бұрын

I always found that my non-native friends were great at their 2nd (or more) language after a visit to the pub and their inhibitions to simply speak broken down. Fun times!

@VT-mw2zb 4 жыл бұрын

My friend, who is an Egyptian and lived in S.Korea pointed out that drunk Koreans are way more likely to talk to him in English than sober ones.

@ChesireWaltz 4 жыл бұрын

You know now that you mention I spoke on nothing but Spanish to a Hispanic friend for like 2 hours straight going and talking smack when I got tipsy once and I know she understood just down because she responded and I'm not sure I could have done that sober. Nerves really do make things harder!

@MasterGeekMX 4 жыл бұрын

-"Learning the place's culture" -image of Sálvame.

@carlosarias7543 4 жыл бұрын

And Paquita Salas 😂😂😂

@Selur91 4 жыл бұрын

I know right, putting the word culture where a picture of Belen Esteban is displayed just feels wrong on so many levels...

@PedroMarco94 4 жыл бұрын

Me meo but no.

@claytonpactol8851 4 жыл бұрын

Stallin: Attack Finland Finland: SHALL IT BE, PERKELE (Perkele means Demon)

@irishpolyglot 4 жыл бұрын

Great video guys!!! Love how you emphasized in less than 3 minutes what I’ve tried to spend years telling people :D

@AnthonyMillerJr 4 жыл бұрын

This video just debunked a nonsensical fear I’ve held quietly and gave me so much hope! F$#% Yeah!

@MalekitGJ 4 жыл бұрын

It seems it did not. Since you had identified it long ago but never got the guts to push anyways

@tengkualiff 4 жыл бұрын

go be multi-lingual my friend!

@xSuperSS 4 жыл бұрын

I've started learning English when I was 12 and what you say about kids in this video is definitely true. I had to learn English as I entered high school in UK, and now I look back on how much this helped me to learn this language.

@rocksinshoe9930 4 жыл бұрын

so yeah everyone, nothing can stop you but always consider the life of your loved ones and family

@dontmindmefriend 4 жыл бұрын

1:49 awww his reason is that hes in loovee , look at that baby gay go! aw

@Alex-mw8qz 4 жыл бұрын

why does the adult look like the "the snow is snowyer than before" guy?

@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 4 жыл бұрын

Alexandru Pulhac you mean jeb_

@slowershrimp7772 4 жыл бұрын

😂

@kevintrang3007 4 жыл бұрын

Also, the pickaxes

@bestuan 4 жыл бұрын

its jeb

@minorustfu 4 жыл бұрын

I love how you explain everything it’s so easy to understand and I just love your videos!!! :3

@ricefieldworker7745 4 жыл бұрын

Me, a teen that has problems learning languages: *sweats profusely*

@IndustrialParrot2816 3 жыл бұрын

ha i am think i want to speak a slew of germanic langauges like dutch swedish and german but not danish danish is almost as hard as russian or japanease

@akeem2983 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a teen that want to learn English, Japanese and German. Wish me good luck :)

@ismaelgc9183 4 жыл бұрын

0:55 - Yes, keeping up with pop culture in Spain means using the sevillana emoji, watching Paquita Salas and Belén Esteban. Qué cracks que sois xD

@JoachimVampire 4 жыл бұрын

they are not that wrong tho mis amigas lo hacen xD (excepto Paquita Salas, por suerte XD)

@The_Guy_G 4 жыл бұрын

Loved seeing the Basque speech bubble =D

@Photiel-re8yv Ай бұрын

Thank you for a new insight! This gave me hope of a new language I'm currently studying!

@jwhalstrom75 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Really goes to show how much of these barriers is really just mentality!

@xabiertelleriaallika5736 4 жыл бұрын

I love you mentioned Basque!

@zero1188 4 жыл бұрын

both parents speak Spanish but didnt teach me it. wish they did though. very hard to learn now

@hdhg4ever 4 жыл бұрын

Feel the same, My mother is from the USSR but never taught me any Russian.

@hryank33 4 жыл бұрын

No it is not. You just have to be motivated. Plenty of people learn a second language later in life with great fluency.

@katiecramerson7778 4 жыл бұрын

I started learning Spanish when I was 26. I was a certified Spanish teacher at 32. People take me for a native speaker (or used too, I haven't been using the language much outside the classroom). I had motivation, determination and I don't mind looking stupid in front of others as long as it means I'm learning. In your case, I'm sure your brain is prepared to start Spanish, because it learned A LOT of it, only you don't know because you've never tried. You can probably hear a lot of the things others can't because even while you were in the womb, your brain heard Spanish (yes language development starts in the womb). What you need to know is that you will make a ton of mistakes on the way and you will need to just stick with it anyway.

@melaninkind8783 3 жыл бұрын

@@katiecramerson7778 thank you for your story. This motivates me :)

@roryschussler 4 жыл бұрын

The explanations given here are good, but there might also be some neurological barriers as well. Even when adults are completely immersed in a language for several years, they'll often continue to make major grammatical mistakes unless they spend time directly studying/being taught the grammar of their second language. If you spend years just talking with people in a new language, you'll get great at communicating and you'll learn tons of vocabulary. But you'll still make mistakes with things like tenses and inflections if you don't spend time focused on learning the correct way of speaking. Children universally learn perfect grammar by about 3 or 4 even if no one ever directly attempts to teach them anything.

@y37chung 4 жыл бұрын

To sum up, it is just that adults face more distractions (many other works to do, past habits, rules)

@senderk4712 4 жыл бұрын

1:22 footage of duolingo teaching his hostages spanish brutally colorized 2019

@Miodrag0204 4 жыл бұрын

lol

@dviator86 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't start learning a new language until the ripe old age of 12

@harmonicaveronica 3 жыл бұрын

There actually is something different about kid brains though! The biggest difference is the ability to acquire a native accent, something very few adults can learn to do even if they speak the language fluently. But also, you can basically just talk enough around a small child and they'll pick up a language, whereas that strategy is a lot tougher for adults. Adults will benefit more form explicitly learning grammar and vocabulary

@mariaysart5599 4 жыл бұрын

Love the detail of the Basque Flag

@franzsno7019 4 жыл бұрын

0:23 is that... megalovania? That music score is definitely undertale megalovania

@tungstendioxide3055 4 жыл бұрын

I learned English when I was 8 only by watching Minecraft videos (and school helped a bit but not much)

@raphaelwaggoner3200 4 жыл бұрын

Minecraft: Education Edition.

@jangel8446 4 жыл бұрын

Saaaame, it's also helpful that Minecraft helps you learn the name of materials and other items that people don't usually teach about or mention commonly

@-gemberkoekje-5547 4 жыл бұрын

Same!!! Skydoesminecraft, bajan Canadian, tobuscus, the yogscast, and dantdm tought me English.

@nalanala5037 4 жыл бұрын

I learned English by watching Team Fortress 2 videos

@-gemberkoekje-5547 4 жыл бұрын

@@nalanala5037 nice

@FelipeKana1 4 жыл бұрын

Very true. I'm trying to help my gf get more fluent in a English, but she is always postponing any training I propose (like speaking between us in English or using English subtitles to watch a show or me gaming). She always says "uh but I'm not understanding everything". I keep telling her "yeah, this is how the process goes", but she keeps dodging the effort.

@meritond2339 4 жыл бұрын

I think it is pretty easy to learn a new language when you had already been accustomed to the variety of sounds,intonation and grammar used in human languages around the world. Learning Italian was very easy for me since I spoke Albanian, but also German, as a kid. And I started at age 19. As adults we cant notice real differences anymore it seems.

@rikwisselink-bijker 4 жыл бұрын

I object to Harry Potter being called old. But maybe that is a sign of me getting old. (deathly hallows symbol at 1:03)

@hoihoimonoi2715 4 жыл бұрын

I saw it too, it's in the phone

@jmvr 4 жыл бұрын

Well, it did release mid 1997, so...

@prashanthraghavendran2628 4 жыл бұрын

I live in Bangalore, India where speaking atleast 4 languages is considered the norm. We learn the native language first, then English, then the national language and the languages of the neighbouring states (usually acquired through movies).

@topilinkala1594 2 жыл бұрын

That's why I try to remeber to talk finnish to people who live in Finland even when it's not their native language. They can ask if they don't understand but at least I try to get them to talk finnish to me also. Tourists are tourists and treated differently unless they want to learn the language, when I comply.

@merouln700 4 жыл бұрын

It's always more complete to learn language out of actual necessity. I learned most of my English for tutorials that weren't available in French back in the day. And I still use it every day.

@RossSavill 4 жыл бұрын

No word of a lie I'm 32 and in Japan right now for 2 weeks and just started started writing page one of my notes when this video pinged in my notifications 😂. Super hyped all these barriers are manageable externally and not biological/genetic hinderences, new lease of life to keep going 👍

@ssholum 4 жыл бұрын

In case you haven't learned yet, the ら行 (R sounds) are a mix between an English L and D sound. If you know Spanish, they're _very_ similar to a Spanish R

@campkira 4 жыл бұрын

32 and japanese.... this will take forever....

@Cat_Man8237 4 жыл бұрын

Any luck?

@RossSavill 4 жыл бұрын

Duolingo is making it easy, yeah surprisingly so with enough repetition!

@marmorealcandors 4 жыл бұрын

I think the Owl has "convinced" me enough to learn mi español. Señor Dúo, ¿puedo tener a mi familia ahora?

@migueltomi3087 3 жыл бұрын

Es: ¿Puedo recuperar a mi familia ahora? In english using "have" in everything always work but in spanish it doesn't.

@BHNative 4 жыл бұрын

I learned English from 9 to 15 and then went to the USA, so I feel like it's solidified. Plus, it's really easy to maintain, considering we watch everything with subtitles here and English is everywhere. Spanish isn't as easy to keep, but it's still not that bad. I wish I had more vocabulary, though. Now I'm trying to learn French and German, and learning other languages previously has certainly helped. I hope to learn even more afterward, I hope it's not too late :)

@noahkurstein8764 4 жыл бұрын

throughout my life english has just been way more efficient in my case. my native language is danish but i never really use it online, only for talking with friends, other than that english has just been my main while online. it has given me a bunch of new friends and acquaintances and after becoming practically fluent in the language it has become way easier to enter the international community. i’m still learning, but like yuuUuUh-

@Obrazoval 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that video! Finally, somebody tells about it in that way! If I have the same situation what kids have (2 parents who take care of everything, years of free time and nothing else to do) I would become a fluent speaker easily, probably even faster than any kid.

@andrewcooper7949 4 жыл бұрын

I've actually found that, as I've grown older, especially starting in my 30s, I have gotten significantly better at about anything that I want to do. I think it has to do my hatred for complacency.

@magister343 4 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine is married to a man whose aunt moved to Liechtenstein at age 87 without knowing any German and was fluent in their local dialect by age 91.

@Taratsamura 4 жыл бұрын

I was always bad at English in School, there was no reason for me to learn it. So i always did the berelly minimum, so i wasn't held back just because of english. Later on, in the last year before graduating, my Sister showed me this cool online game where we all could play together. So i picked it up, and played alongside her and my other friends, but since it was an english server with no german server availible, i needed to use some english to communicate with other, whenever i needed something, or wanted to help someone else out. So that started it that i actual needed english. I started playing other games in English, started watching anime with english subtitles, and read visual night novels. So i was able to read english but had a hard time to understand it xD or spell it correctly myself. but now i watch english videos freely with barelly any problems. My english is still improving.^^

@zandariko1942 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the casual and not contextualised gay representation, never seen it in my life, persuaded it's the reason why I stayed closeted for so long. It brought a tear to my eye ❤️ Love your videos, awesome channel btw :)

@wolfmistresswilderr6579 3 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one who noticed! 1:49

@ongjingxian1998 4 жыл бұрын

Is no one gonna talk about Growlithe and Arcanine?

@Skogsmard 4 жыл бұрын

Spot on with the IKEA instruction name @0:24

@Dark_Zacian 4 жыл бұрын

LOL THE WORD ACTUALLY SAYS: “MINUTE EARTH” IN SWEDISH XD

@juzliaxs 4 жыл бұрын

Hello,MinuteEarth I'm Brazilian I'm learn English with your videos Thanks and Congratulations

@SpikeRosered 4 жыл бұрын

As an adult working very hard to learn a new language I really needed to hear these bits of hope.

@bjarnes.4423 4 жыл бұрын

Its probably easier to learn a third language, then a second

@dkwhattouseasusername1012 3 жыл бұрын

I only know 4 languages and if I try to improve one of them I usually get worse in the other, which is annoying

@litinupcito2044 3 жыл бұрын

Anton Dereke what I suggest you to do is surround yourself with a language you want to speak at that time try doing everything in one language then do it in the next then you won’t feel you are making the other language harder

@TaliesinMyrddin 4 жыл бұрын

Makes sense. My dad and uncle can speak English perfectly as they were born here, but their mother lived in Australia for like 55 years but could only speak a few phrases of English. I never really got to have a proper conversation with her between just us, and that's my biggest regret in regards to that.

@uss_04 4 жыл бұрын

And watching all the subtitled anime in the world won’t help you learn Japanese, cause you’re still translating it into your native language in your head ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@MrSamulai 4 жыл бұрын

N-Nani? Bakana!

@Halosty45 4 жыл бұрын

Well, depends on whether or not you're trying to learn as you do so. If you're just casually watching, definitely not gonna do more than pick up a couple words and maybe get used to the overall sound

@mr.boomguy 4 жыл бұрын

You can still follow the simple words and centenses and single them out, and learn it that way... for a time.

@uss_04 4 жыл бұрын

@@Halosty45sometimes if you listen long enough, and like a native speaker, you eventually get used to what sounds "right" even if you cant explain the grammar or other nuances. Especially when you start noticing that it grabs your ear when it happens

@tahsinnazrularonno2744 4 жыл бұрын

1:27 Did nobody catch that he intentionally commits mistake.

@mormatus 4 жыл бұрын

what mistake?

@krisizcelja 4 жыл бұрын

I dont knew what your talking's about.

@aiden2734 4 жыл бұрын

@@mormatus do mistakes and talks wrongly

@antoineduchamp4931 Жыл бұрын

I am seriously old, but I soak up words in other languages, and am learning a new one right now. I speak 2 others apart from my mother tongue. I love it. Keeps the brain sharp.

@weirdintrovert4922 4 жыл бұрын

This is actually oddly true. When I moved, ON THE *FIRST* DAY I UNDERSTOOD ENGLISH AFTER LUNCH....I’m kinda scared

@Xilotl 4 жыл бұрын

So you're telling me, I'm stuck with English and Spanish until my death?

@ochi1133 4 жыл бұрын

thats 2 so you're already winning

@matthew8149 4 жыл бұрын

Good for you... I’m stuck with only English

@asawerabbood 4 жыл бұрын

no..you can stuck with *Korean* , *German* , *any Slavic language you like* or *Turkish* , *Arabic* & *Persian* are also nice to stuck with 🙂🌻

@MalekitGJ 4 жыл бұрын

@@asawerabbood I think he would be better never touching those 3 last

@kevintrang3007 4 жыл бұрын

@@asawerabbood ...Parisian? I think you meant Persian

@lxverdant1837 4 жыл бұрын

Your brain can effortlessly learn a new language, but only when you're too young to care

@maxchangarrido7841 4 жыл бұрын

0:49 that happened to me. When I moved to catalonia, i rushed catalan as i could already speak english and spanish. I learned it in about a year.

@ztac_dex 4 жыл бұрын

Why is there a Fourier Transform and convolution theorem on the blackboard @ 2:43 ? I'm reviewing for an exam 2 hrs from now, that's why I know for anyone whose asking Edit: after scanning 642 comments, nobody noticed this

@marcopaolini3478 4 жыл бұрын

I'm 50 and I started (again...) to learn German and, well, improve my not-so-good English (I'm Italian). BTW the German grammar IS complicated... ;-)

@samizin911 4 жыл бұрын

it's like russian but worse

@ceebergoose2970 4 жыл бұрын

Yes i started learning German earlier this year. It is complicated

@LeAnwar1 4 жыл бұрын

Stimmt aber übung macht den meister

@nopenope1 4 жыл бұрын

I'm learning German for almost 30 years now and I'm still not good ^^ started with English at age 10 or 11 but very very simple English and was never good at it in school. Never really talked/had to use it. Later at my job I was forced to use it. It was very hard at first. It's fine now, probably B2/B1 with comprehension maybe up to C level thanks to 10+ years watching every movie and series in English and maybe 1 hour per day at work answering emails and conference calls. To Russian: I'm not able to remember the special characters ^^ I can't imagine learning it. Chinese even more. I can't hear the many different tones of a syllable... :D The first days at my job, after some beer I spoke more fluid english with the guys, I probably didn't care about mistakes... but I also believe I may have trouble remembering it correctly ;) So this vid, I agree on my personal XP. On the other hand it's hard for me to imagine there is no age/biological issue involved. 'Back in the days' I often was told if you learn more than one language in your childhood you will have it a lot easier to learn these to native level and new ones easier as well. With my troubles learning one second language I 'feel' this has some truth (or I just want to hear it) :D

@Tunkert 4 жыл бұрын

Most people who learn a new language treat it like a school subject which is extremely ineffective. Kids would never do that and use the language instead

@hryank33 4 жыл бұрын

Sappige Vis Actually no, taking a class is actually very effective if you have a goal in mind. Many people with absolutely no second language skills can become good enough in 1 or 2 years if they plan to study or immigrate to a new country. These people only take classes, watch videos and practice at home.

@Tunkert 4 жыл бұрын

@@hryank33 They become good through daily exposure and practice though, the classes are just there

@hryank33 4 жыл бұрын

Sappige Vis which mean classes are actually an effective ways to learn a language. Classes can help you gain exposure to a language.

@Tunkert 4 жыл бұрын

@@hryank33 You also get wet when you pee yourself but that doesn't mean that peeing yourself is the best way to get wet lol

@Tunkert 4 жыл бұрын

@@hryank33 I'm just going by my experiences and what I notice from other learners and former discussion. for example, I've had french and English at school for 6 years but I know no french at all and the English I know I learnt through using the internet.

@zulthyr1852 4 жыл бұрын

I'm 12. Damn, learning a new language is a pain in the a** if you're above 10

@AlaskaSkidood 4 жыл бұрын

I want to break down my walls better too! What is the enchantment on that pick? Hard Work III? Embrace Risk IV?

@c2lredstone946 4 жыл бұрын

None of the Chinese Americans I know speak Chinese. Which is sad actually.

@kimmyseon46 4 жыл бұрын

Same thing with me but Japanese Americans

@dundee6402 4 жыл бұрын

I started taking Spanish classes this year even tho I’m 22 lol Wish me luck 🇪🇸🇪🇸!

@samizin911 4 жыл бұрын

well, I started leaning russian now and I'm 25, so...good luck to us

@salvadorsolis8261 4 жыл бұрын

I learned it at 5

@lylal9092 4 жыл бұрын

Dundee same we’re going to need the luck haha

@hryank33 4 жыл бұрын

Work hard, adults can actually learn faster than children because they generally have better concentration, and sometimes memory.

@nalanala5037 4 жыл бұрын

¡Suerte!

@hollyhockgod 4 жыл бұрын

In the specific case of your example (a British person coming to live here at coastal Spain), the most common problem for them to not learn Spanish is that they come here to retire drawn by our public health, affordable prices and sunny weather, so they don't give an eff about the language nor the culture of the local plebs.

@jyotisrivastava1122 3 жыл бұрын

Did anyone notice the diamond pickaxe at 2:08? I think it's with Effiency 1000000

@risingbob5230 4 жыл бұрын

"They aren't." I see.

@natyistherobloxdude4800 4 жыл бұрын

1:56 Hes gay hes loving a boy

@TheCorazonPawprint 4 жыл бұрын

Thank god I'm not the only one who noticed!

@epicrainbow 4 жыл бұрын

Could be gayer

@AbiSaad 4 жыл бұрын

IDK about the single digits part tho. I started to get interested in English at 11 to keep up with American culture after I became obsessed with High School Musical and its actors. I had English at school since I was 5 but never payed much attention to it till then. I tried going to English classes but I hated homework so I stopped. I kept learning on my own, and at 15 I could perfectly understand all the tweets from my faves, long posts on Tumblr, any KZfaq video and some shows. Now I'm studying to be a translator at uni (thanks KZfaq, Twitter, Tumblr and Disney Channel! xD)

@fendoroid3788 4 жыл бұрын

This video be like: Young brain: haha, old brain stupid! Old brain: *NO U*

@kj_heichou 4 жыл бұрын

I'm bilingual I started learing Engilsh by myself at age 8 and then started learning english and as of now I speak english fluently and Ich verbessere jetzt auch mein Deutsch en Nederlands is mijn moeder taal

@mattiasselin4955 4 жыл бұрын

Ik kom uit Zweden. Ik zou graag Nederlands leren maar het is niet makkelijk!

@TheMightyZwom 4 жыл бұрын

That is pretty cool. Viel Erfolg beim Deutsch lernen! Slaap lekker! ... That last statement is literally the only thing I can say in Dutch and I probably spelled it completely wrong :D

@kj_heichou 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMightyZwom no it's correct

@kj_heichou 4 жыл бұрын

@@mattiasselin4955 more people have that problem

@roy4173 4 жыл бұрын

For anyone looking to learn a new language as an adult, here is some encouragement: even native adult speakers make elementary mistakes in grammar. Some intentionally so and regularly for the sake of convenience. Also the human brain is really good at connecting the dots. Even if you can only say a part of a given sentence correctly, most people can put together what you mean. Also, people generally want to help you when they see you struggling to communicate. They're on your side. So get out there and start conversations! I hope you master the language you're working on!

@raphaelwaggoner3200 4 жыл бұрын

On the flip side, native speakers will speak very informally- For example: A very fluent second language learner might say "I'm going to the store." A native speaker might say "I'm gunuthuhh ster." (Roughly what is sounds like translated into text.)

@KiwiImpactSaint 4 жыл бұрын

Such an inspirational video that destroys laziness and excuses.

@doge1456 4 жыл бұрын

I was starting to give up learning another language but thanks to this video, I guess I got inspired (P.S. English is my 2nd language)

@JeremyWS 4 жыл бұрын

Yay, language. I speak English very goodly all my life. J'essaye d'apprendre le français. Estoy tratando de aprender español.

@ledgeri 4 жыл бұрын

hehe, Kató from my country :)

@somitomi 4 жыл бұрын

Ez esetben szevasz!

@ledgeri 4 жыл бұрын

@@somitomi Hali :)

@achanwahn 4 жыл бұрын

Dude, I’m better at languages now than I was as a small child. I invested nothing as a kid in school. But I do think that was situational. 10 years on & I still remember a few things from being stationed in Germany for 4 yrs. & before K-pop exploded in 2009, I’d been watching Korean dramas & listening to Korean music since 2006. I accidentally learned parts of the language from binge watching those. Which I believe is why my professor in 2016 said that if we wanted to learn and improve our Spanish, find locals to talk to & get into Telenovelas!

@RealLiveKakashi 4 жыл бұрын

The problem is also, that, and this goes to learning things in general not just language, to be perceived and to act as an adult, one must already act in a certain way that tells others that they know what they are doing, to build trust and make people look up to you. This is why a lot of people forego learning something new when they are an adult, because at the first failure, they see that others might not trust them enough because of their apparent lack of having "mastered everything they need to know to survive up until adulthood".

@idowiseman3207 4 жыл бұрын

הב! Btw, great video! It was really interesting!

@deBugReporter 4 жыл бұрын

So it's Sociological, not biological? Got it.

@nnaauujjddaa 4 жыл бұрын

mmmm yes and no? I mean what he said is true, but for example adults that did not hear of that language before trying to learn it WILL have more trouble to understand it, why? because there are sounds they cannot hear, or not well at least, for example when Japenese are trying to speaking english they cannot hear R or L because they do not have it in their language, as such they will have more trouble getting the perfect pronunciation, this however does not mean they will not be able to speak it well and understand perfectly, but if you have trouble pronouncing words you are less likely to take the risk necessary to get better. Well that went long, but I wanted to show off what I learned in university sorry if it bother you 😜

@morgankasper5227 4 жыл бұрын

@@nnaauujjddaa shut up, nobody likes a know it all especialy one that discourages people

@paulopezbotella7216 4 жыл бұрын

@@nnaauujjddaa what you are describing is sociological too, and you can learn to listen and make new sounds later on in life. I was bilingual since birth but I didn't make a few sounds of one of my languages and I've actually learned them in my late teenager years.

@nnaauujjddaa 4 жыл бұрын

@@paulopezbotella7216 nope that is biology, they literally cannot hear certain phonemes if your language do not have it. That said nothing in humans is universal and you can certainly train yourself to hear it, though it take a long ass time to do.

@nnaauujjddaa 4 жыл бұрын

@@morgankasper5227 if that is all it takes to demotivate you, you did not have enough perseverance to do it anyway. That said if that is how it came across then I apologize it was not my intention to discourage people, I just wanted to point out that things are just cultural or just biological, things are always a mix of both.

@jacksonyan7346 2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with the video. But there might be physiological reasons, too. In psychology there is the theory of critical period, which basically means you learn certain things really easily during certain periods of your life, and then it becomes really hard, which includes language. If you are interested you can look up the case study of Genie, who was so severely abused that she was never taught the first language, and it was physically impossible for her to pick up a language at all even after being rescued. Also the neurons in the brain regenerate much slower than those in children, so it takes longer to re-wire your brain to pick up another language. What I am trying to say is being optimistic is a good thing, but don’t push yourself too hard.

@HMAOO86 4 жыл бұрын

Does that include sign laguage and braile?

@deezychesse 4 жыл бұрын

Why are Adults bad a tleaening new launguage: Random mom: BACK IN MY DAYS

@coisa2758 4 жыл бұрын

1:56 He’s gay! Cool! ¡Es «gay»! ¡Guay! Ele é “gay”! Legal!

@nickc3657 4 жыл бұрын

He’s gay and ginger! Uh oh... ¡Es gay y pelirrojo! Las rodillas me fracasan... ¡É gay e ruivo! Gente, lhe dá meu número, eu desmaio...

@bobydean1839 4 жыл бұрын

@Ty YT Don't need to be straight to have a kid lol Just imaginative

@bobydean1839 4 жыл бұрын

Ty YT My reply was more as a joke than anything serious. Me even including the “just imaginative” line was also confirming the kid could be his genetically, but with no romantic/sexual desire for the mother

@miacrystal2066 4 жыл бұрын

I’m Vietnamese . I learned English before 10 so I’m fluent. I’m also trying to learn Japanese. But now I’m eleven. I self taught myself

@phoebe_the_weeb1930 4 жыл бұрын

0:05 Oooooo is it Growlithe? The Pokémon

@Patratos 4 жыл бұрын

הב

@yairshimoni1661 4 жыл бұрын

הב הב

@bigmikebeebee 4 жыл бұрын

I learned in my linguistics studies that there is indeed a change in the brain at puberty, after which it becomes nearly impossible to speak a new language indistinguishably from a native speaker. This is borne out by failed attempts to teach "wild children" (who were sadly never taught a single language as children) to speak after they've reached puberty.

@ellisartwist 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like those kids had an additional issue though were language was wholly new to them, where as for people who already speak one you're just trying to learn new rules as compared to ones you already know.

@kikker981 4 жыл бұрын

There is a big difference from going from no language to one language and from one language to two.

@randomguy263 4 жыл бұрын

Source. This seems weird, if you spend a lot of time around people speaking that language and pick up their pronunciation and sentence structure, why wouldn't you be able to speak that language like a native. And yes, you said nearly impossible, but that seems way too impossible.

@umittaskin 4 жыл бұрын

That's what we call critical period and the acquisition of mother tongue and learning a second language are different from one another.

@MrFlameRad 4 жыл бұрын

I've heard this around too but I simply can't bring myself to believe it. Hate to be anecdotal but in my language learning experience (that I started age 15) I've met several (admittedly a minority), people who have attained native like fluency in foreign languages in their adulthood, including myself. I break this down to two possible reasons 1) that linguistics idea is a myth or 2) some people are just special I'd hate to say I'm special because me attaining native accents was no accident. For every language I learn, I put the work in to study how it's spoken down to intonation. I think the real reason is that most adults simply do not put enough effort into speaking with a good accent, and become content with their foreign accent quite early. Not saying that that is bad per se, but it skews the perception for everyone else so no one ends up trying and thus everyone thinks adults can't reach native speaking levels.

@apnosaurus 5 ай бұрын

why doesn't your website have links to your channels in other languages?

@asawerabbood 4 жыл бұрын

merhaba arkadaşım 👋🏻🇹🇷 I immigrate to Turkey 1 year ago I was 16 years old , already speak 2 languages , get into the school & I've learned talking & understanding the Turkish in like 6 months , it was really fast 😅. *everyone there trying to learn a new language you must hear it alot , if it is possible go to a country speaks it & you'll learn it so fast* *GOOD LUCK* ♥

@bcase5328 4 жыл бұрын

Adults are more likely to have additional hearing lost than children.

@JK_JK_JK_JK 4 жыл бұрын

Next: Why is Donald Trump Bad at Being an American President?!?! 😏

@nickc3657 4 жыл бұрын

Can we just have one, ONE comment section.......

@xenoblad 4 жыл бұрын

He's not bad at doing what he wants to do. Take for example him stationing troops at one of his hotels in overpriced rooms at the tax payers' expense. Also take into account the Saudi Princes selling him cheap real estate for him to build new hotels in Saudi Arabia and then those Saudi officials stay at his overpriced hotel, leave hige tips, and can't be accused of bribery. He is good at using the presidency to enrich himself, which is his main priority.

@XEinstein 4 жыл бұрын

I learned Italian only because my wife constantly speaks it to me. But from the very start I started using the language in Italy, because 1) Italians simply don't speak English and 2) I might as well just try and if we don't understand each other then it's not a problem. My grammar still sucks in Italian though and regularly I lack some vocabulary to properly express myself, but after a decade I can have full conversation with the family. And I can speak their language way better than they can speak English.