Polyglots. Conversation of Steve Kaufmann and Moses McCormick.
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Moses and I originally did this last year. However, I could not get the sound to transfer from Call Recorder to TH-cam and gave up. Recently I again recorded with Call Recorder and this time Alex, of LingQ, was able to get it to TH-cam so I went back and retrieved this interview. I am sure it is still of interest. My apologies to Moses, and thanks to him for agreeing to put it up now.
Timelines:
0:18 Homage to Moses McCormick
1:00 The new world of language learning.
1:59 Language forums.
5:00 How Moses went about learning Chinese.
6:43 Mosese’s criteria for choosing a language.
8:06 Why Moses learns rare languages.
8:46 Learning languages is not only about Wow-effect.
10:13 Language learning is addicting and motivating.
12:21 A tip to become a successful language learner from Moses.
14:26 Just start off and eventually you will speak a language.
15:55 How Moses learns a new language.
17:50 Anticipation in language learning.
21:44 Competing in language learning.
24:00 Making and correcting mistakes.
26:03 Will language learning at school change?
28:24 More fun and no grammar at schools.
29:41 Dealing with grammar.
30:43 Speaking right away is motivating.
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No need for apologies, sir. Things like this happen all the time. Thanks for inviting me to take part in this interview.
MOSEES!
Your next video should be called *"I make a chinese school girl get excited with my tongue abilities"*
Pleaaaseee
@Multorum Unum His channel hasn't blown up at the time x))
Sadly no more leveling up
Rest easy brother. ❤️
@@Shammer1 HE LEVELED UP TO MAX. HES GONE TO HEAVEMN
The polyglot community will never forget Moses McCormick. His videos will remain an inspiration for every language learner
Big respect to Steve for giving Moses his flowers while he was here.
Rest in peace, Lao Shu, you will definitely be missed. 🙏🙏🙏
I just found out this is so sad so young, what a great guy.
You should definitely talk to Moses again.
Moses is such a cool guy man. His videos where he just goes out and talks to people and impresses people is just so entertaining to watch. Gotta appreciate the effort Moses goes through too, he adds captions every video. He's got my respect that's for sure.
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I salute Moses. He is in my view one of the most talented polyglot out there. You are amazing.
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I love this video. Two kings engaging each other!!
RIP Laoshu!!!!!! legend
Lovely to see Moses in this light. His demeanor never changes. Both very lovely men.
Rest In Peace Moses :(
RIP A LEGEND
He is a a very big inspiration
Rip laoshu
It's like he's still alive watching these videos
I'm speachless... I'm so excited to see these two in one video, and it's 30 miuntes! You both spoil me, and I thank you for it. I'll enjoy the video now.
My two favorite youtube polyglots having a conversation together! This is marvelous.
You're both are great and I love your enthusiasm. It's so contagious.
I'm glad that Steve have managed to post this video.
The internet is such a great thing when it comes to learning languages, it would be outrageous if no one took advantage of it.
I have really enjoyed this conversation and I have learned a lot as a beginner language learner.
Steve, it's great that you're doing these, shall I call them, interviews? conversations? with other polyglots.
Great job, they're very enjoyable!
wow, old interview with still fresh ideas ! It was great interview, many encouraging ideas from you both!
you no idea how long i have been waiting for this!!!
WON'T LISTEN THAT LONG?! I WOULD LISTEN 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK! I am so thankful for you guys posting videos here on youtube and I love listening to your words of wisdom.
I love you guys! Thanks for all the input!
Many thanks for this video, it's so motivating and deeply interesting !
I´m so glad to see you together!
Bravo. You guys are the best. Please keep up your good work on language learning. You are my language heros
It is all good. Whatever turns you on to learn something, anything, I say FANTASTIC! So happy to hear Moses' enthusiasm about learning languages. All the power to you Moses.
You guys are the shit - a real inspiration and great help for the whole community!
I hope there will be other videos in different languages with the two of you. Looking forward to it!
Look at the enjoyment these fellas are having. Bravo you guys are the future
I agree. I enjoy watching both steve's and moses' videos, both are very motivational and helpful.
May he rest in peace.
make more videos like this please. I love it I could watch you two for 10 hours
Well, as far as looking for a teacher to teach us, I have discovered the two of you. That's one. resource. I like to learn by being told the words and phrases, and memorization. That is easiest for me. I have always been able to remember what I hear. This is SO great you guys!! Wow! I'm Hooked let's do this!
I may only repeat what other have already said, but having Steve and Moses in one video is just marvellous!
nice to see two persons who motivated me to study languages on my own chating together
very informative thanks to Moses & Steve
Rip Moses… 😥Been watching for a long time and only recently did I find out Moses passed away. 😭😭
I love Moses level-up videos. He got me to level up.
Awesome interview, PLEASE do another one with Moses, I think you both have changed since this was recorded, and it would be very interesting to see a follow up discussion, and maybe cover some other topics to do with language learning also.
Thank you for this video! :)
This was great to hear. I hope Moses can get into working with schoolkids in an official way some day.
True. I hope he overcome his problems and continue to do it.
We lost a pioneer, a humanitarian, an inspiration to so many. 💐💐💐 R.I.P. Moses
thank your for interview!
Thanks to both of you guys for the inspiration. Mr. Kaufman, I think it would be awesome if lingq had a program for gealic.
Awwww. This is beautiful.
i love Moses spirit of helping the small languages alive. world, nations must thanks him for being walking-languages-dictionaries :) keep it up
My Jesus! I've been learning English for more then 10 years and I don't know how to speak very well how do you guys are improving these languages in few period of times?
Congratulations!
Thank you. Very helpful.
Great video, please talk to more polyglots and I would like to see you guys go back and forth in different languages too. Thanks. Keep up the good work too.
he was an inspiration
Rip bro
Thanks guys, I could easily have listened for another 5 hours :)
I always wanted to learn SPANISH and ITALIAN. BOTH are my love languages. But, I lacked motivation, discipline and perseverance. It would have been wonderful to have met someone who have those languages as their mother tongue to converse with. Most of all, it is just the love of learning a language that make you STICK TO IT. GOD bless you, Moses, you are my favorite polyglot. You are talented, blessed (and a blessing) & inspirational. Aloha from Hawaii.5/28/2019 HAWAIIAN is a beautiful language.
Really helpful!! Thanks!!
This was very entertaining. I have considered learning German for years. My wife is originally from Germany, I attended night classes in the mid-90s, got a high school qualification as a result, but it was utterly useless attempting conversation.And now all my German inlaws converse in English, if they know any, or my wife translates. I will make more effort to expand my vocabulary, I have neglected my German for too long, my kids (5 and 3) know as much as I do now.Many thanks for this movie.
I just watched this the other day, then realized just now that the interview is almost 10 years old. Moses has come a long way.
I laughed when Steve was talking about Russia, and the ticket lady answering him, "blblblblblb". My Russian is not great after years of formal and informal study, and I totally relate. I can understand expected answers, but have great difficulty with unexpected answers or wording.
Thanks for sharing this Steve. I was going to ask Moses has he ever spoken to you before about languages. Guess this answers my question.
Great video, watched the whole thing. I only have one thing to add to what Moses is saying about learning languages at school or university. I think the reason why learning a language at school may not be so great is because, yes, many teachers aren't too great, and many teaching styles aren't too great, but I'd also take into consideration that it's possibly because students aren't willing to put in work outside of the classroom. Learning in school can be a wonderful and rewarding experience, as I have had with Japanese, but I put in a lot of extra time to study on my own on top of taking language classes. When I stopped taking the language classes, it wasn't as motivating to study actually. I've gotten over that bump in the road now though, and am studying 4 languages on my own. I do plan to study more at a university, and would not discourage anyone else to do the same. A class is a great starting or continuing point, and self study is an excellent (and in my opinion) essential supplement to it. ^^ Thanks for sharing, and good luck to you all!
+Soccerplayinggirl if you don't mind me asking what languages are you studying at the moment?
Japanese, Korean, Swedish, and Bulgarian ^^ I study them all on and off currently. I'm about to start studying Korean in college, we'll see how much time I have for the others~
+Soccerplayinggirl That is so cool my name is Nathan by the way and currently I'm studying Chinese, Korean, German and Dutch... would you like to speak via skype or google hangout sometimes?
Xelian Xelian hi there trying to understanding English.I like it as a Language.We have many language in the world.Do you speak Mandarin?I'm from Sweden .English is like new thinking.Hans
Xelian Xelian Jag är fån Sverige jag är svensk.
thanks for sharing.
I was interested in languages since I was a little kid, but at the time didn't know I could learn them on my own (and it was we didn't have the internet yet).. I like speaking with native speakers, but even if I never met a native speaker, just understanding another language is an enormous pleasure for me.
Gotta love that trademark Moses hat. Seriously half his videos he does he wears that hat. What type of hat is it? I need it!
+Poutanas Malakopoulos I think he said it was a fishing hat.
Poutanas Malakopoulos It's a fisherman/legionnaire hat. He often wears it to conceal a GoPro on his head, in order to film him practicing languages in public.
It's the legendary hyperpolyglot hat. These aren't for sale, you earn them. A god comes from the heavens above and gives it to you it he considers your efforts worth it
@@marcoe.f.mendiolaulloa4440 Do the hats cone with the hidden camera already inserted? LOL
a fresh batch of motivation! thanx guys! I will now spend some more time on my japanese :D
till then, また ねえ!
Rest in peace Moses, you are an amazing person.
"Thank you for everyone who has listened this far in our interview"
You know... I look at the question that you asked him about where to find a resource. I think Steve planted the seed for him to BECOME that resource.. Good work sir... Very clever.
I didn't know about forums until I listened to Moses and Benny I haven't used any yet but there appears to be a few out there I've even seen some for learning Scottish Gaelic which is only spoken by about 3% of the Scottish population so they do look like a great resource
Believe me Steve, if this was 5 hours, I would still watch it all in one go (and as soon as possible!!)
Alright guys it's 0h45 in the mo' here in Europe but I'm not going to sleep just yet, I'm off to watch 45mn of Moses new level up video!!
I think the key for motivation is, to face every day one thing you are working for. A book, a movie, a community or what ever. You have to imagine every day how great it would be if you could speak this language. If you do this everyday you know what you are working for, if not you will forget why you learn, in my opinion. I mean I'm from Germany and my "first" language was/is English. Without English I couldn't consume a variety of the content on the Internet. That's what I faced every day!
You watch Steve's videos as well! Fantastic! :D
ah, the two guys i follow online regarding language learning. Thanks.
I think for sure, every language has its interest because you can speak it with other people. Even Latin or Ancient Greek still provide very interesting texts from the Antiquity, so even a ancient language has an interest.
Assimil has courses with recordings for learning Latin and Ancient Greek, but you'd have to have a good foothold in French (I do) to be able to follow the course. If you want to learn an ancient language for whatever reason, go for it!
@@lorax121323 Did you notice the fact that I wrote "go for it!" if he wanted to learn an ancient language? If you want to communicate with native speakers, do your thing, but nobody has a right to tell anybody else which language they should or shouldn't learn, even if native speakers are no longer around. There have been a few languages which have been revived and now are spoken as native languages, Hebrew being the prime example. In fact, it did a good job of creating neologisms for technologies that exist today. Latin does that to an extent, but of course it's not a language that someone would go to a country to speak, and Esperanto would be in the same category as Latin; however, at least Esperanto has people who speak the language since they learn how to talk from their Esperantist parents, and there are yearly conferences that speakers can attend as well as having speakers around the world. Would I learn Esperanto to travel to another country and try to communicate with the locals? Not a chance! I wouldn't even be able to make it out of the airport with Esperanto alone, nor am I a fan of the political aspects of that language.... If someone wants to be able to read original texts in Latin and Ancient Greek or even be a Classics professor, that's their right, even if I wouldn't personally choose it for myself. Of course, when devoting time to learning something, there is an opportunity cost (e.g. "Should I learn Latin or create the site which will replace Facebook?", "Should I learn Russian to be able to talk to Russian women or make mad money so I could marry one?"). People have different reasons for learning languages, and their reasons may or may not be ours.
How about a part 2, 3 , 4 , 5 , 6, 7... to this conversation or have more conversations with Moses.
:45 kind of a backhanded compliment
lol
Yeah, I noticed that too. 😒
Not really, just reality.
WILD THINGS got him back at 1:44 😂😂
WILD THINGS - wasn't a backhanded compliment at all. The C2 language level is the highest level in the Common European Framework. It amounts to mastery of a language. Laoshu has never claimed that he has 'complete' mastery of the many languages he speaks.
In fact we are very happy when someone is learning and speaking French. We find cute the accents.
That is good to know, because we always worry about pronouncing french correctly, and not offending native speakers. :)
fi vantvcs You won't know I am not a native speaker
Very interesting video. 50 languages? That's incredible. Whilst English is the lingua franca of most of the world, I think that it's important for people to learn languages as the learning of languages allows us humans to learn more about each other.
a short life well lived. RIP my friend.
just the best.
I am very impressed you are inclusive regarding people of the African persuasion!
You are impressed that he talks to black people?
+David Woodward LOL
Brian K DeSilva Fucking rubbish
how do you know how to find the forums? GOOGLE
12:50
I stopped learning Spanish in high school because the class I was in was trying to cram the basics of the language into 1 semester (or quarter? Whatever 1/4 if there school year is lol).
I was getting bombarded with homework... doing a bunch of conjugations Monday through Friday. Writing them down over and over again started to take more time than my other subject's homework combined.
Yeah that killed learning another language for me pretty fast. Now I'm 26 and stumbled upon a black guy speaking Mandarin and other languages in public 😂😂
I got an itch to go after it again, but probably Korean since I've already spent a year there and wanna go back in the future.
Moses' hat. Classic.
This is just great - my two heros ;)
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Sometimes taking a course at a university can be helpful. Even though I wasn't fluent in Russian after the end of 2 years, I had the basics down as well as plenty of practice writing the language in cursive Cyrillic. That was something to build on. Pimsleur's decent, but nowadays I'm using Assimil with a spaced-repetition system, so for me I'm always in the active "wave" in Assimil, never the passive "wave" as their system would have you do it ("If you on Lesson 50, go back to Lesson 1 and start the active wave"). I already had 3 languages under my belt when I read Barry Farber's "How To Learn Any Language: Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and on Your Own" about 25 years ago; I think Moses would enjoy that book because the author had learned enough of several languages (even obscure ones) to be able to use them in different situations.
That’s it. A very small group will go to these forums and do the work FINDING resources. If you want to learn it basly enough, you will find the resources.
ive been studying japanese for about 9 months, and id consider myself conversational (to some degree) to talk to my friends. Of course ill never stop learning it. I also started learning tagalog (only about 8 days ago T_T) but i wont drop that. I also want to try german soon, or some other european language. What ive gotten out of learning japanese, i get the feeling ive always wanted of being able to converse in something other than english, and its amazing and well worth all the hard work. :)
I like both of them!I try to read and written in English.Yes I am old 58.But thinking in terms of that I can learn more.I have a dream to understanding English near perfect. Could being so that I can take an English class in Canada.Thinking that also French are something that they speak in Montreal!You're Canadian has a favor you have two language.Hans
RIP Laoshu
We are forced to study languages in school. (at least California).
I took french for 2 years only because there was a girl in the class that I liked. 8 years later and I probably know 5 French words max
if the average person wanted to learn a language then they'd just run a google search and all the resources would come up I dont know why you even discussed this for so long
TehCacti You're the average learner? probably not even fit for it?
I'm not fit to be an average learner? Please clarify what you mean by this.
I think it's worth mentioning that the situation you mention buying a ticket can and does happen in your native language. Think about how often throughout the day you have to say; What?.... Say that again. Small miss communications in another language shouldn't discourage you when they happen in your native tongue all the time.
Sign up for Benny the Irish Polyglot's newsletter. He has a list of forums. One I find useful is "italki." I am American. I speak English (mother tongue), German, French -- and I am learning Icelandic. And I think Russian will be next.
rest in peace Moses
a reliable and good chat room where i can practice English, get instant answers or establish a live chat? I was looking through LingQ. but couldn't find the chat room....help please.
My problem is that I don't know what to do with my resources.
The thing is when it comes down to it, people like the idea of learning a language but can't be bothered to actually do it. It's like learning an instrument and it requires a lot of work so you need to really want or need to do it.
R.I.P. Moses.
I think it's true that people give more credit for European language speaker, I mean except for Turkish or Hungarian, to speak Japanese or something. and Japanese who speaks European languages gets more credit than who speaks Turkish or Korean.
I guess because it takes longer. you guys are so amazing not only because you speak many languages, also speak some "exotic" languages:)
Finally!
Hahaha. Steve said "How to learn any language all the time". I don't know why, but that cracks me up.
RIP Moses
especially when you are on an exchange to another country, and everyone is always competing on "who can speak more fluently? How much can you read and understand the language?" I really hate that. I'm learning Japanese and I am on exchange and when I am with the exchange students I feel worse than everyone.