I’m currently memorising historical incidents that happened between 1900 and 2000. Your method is working fine. I earlier tried to learn foreign languages, but I failed. I think this time I’ll be successful ✅
Nice! David, who has been wonderfully involved in the MMM world for years has done some videos on Arabic. Check this one out and maybe connect with him. He’s very good with mnemonics for Arabic: th-cam.com/video/N6saA2265BQ/w-d-xo.html
Anthony, Your mission is becoming incredibly important to me. Thank you for the reminder to dedicate to blocks of effort, focusing on the biggest errors while having fun and keeping interest, too. Your channel and especially your character is helping me re-develop the "yes I can" attitude. Spanish will be my 2nd language.
Great video as always. :) Been a while since I've commented (took a cross-country job transfer and then all the joys of moving) but have been watching your videos and listening to your Dr. Metivier. I've been "trying" to learn French now for years and while I'm better now than when I first started, I find most teachers simply say "memorize these verbs" and then give you a few examples. While I get understanding the concept of using one verb or another given a particular situation, rote memory (which you've mentioned on prior videos/podcasts) doesn't work for me. Also doesn't help that with French having so many exceptions, you can't really put everything into a nice neat box (or 3) once you learn the patterns. I think you nailed it in that language learning is about a journey and not the destination since it's impossible to learn every word (let alone slang, dialect), so there are always improvements to be made. For me personally, never being perfect is fine so long as the journey is enjoyable, interesting and there's still more to learn! Keeps life interesting!
Great to hear from you again! I didn't think about adding the issue of slang and the like. But in a forthcoming interview I'll release with Mandarin Blueprint, I asked for their perspective on that. In the meantime, may the journey continue and thanks for chiming in. Hope to chat again soon!
Further to your point of feeling like you are building an airport before you learn to build a plane...I have felt this resistance too. It took me a little while to pinpoint exactly what was at the root of the problem but, I think, here it is: when I went to make empty memory palaces I became aware that I hadn't actually decided on what it was that I wanted to learn in the first place. That felt like a major leak in the boat.
I learnt from correcting my children 's use of language especially verb conjugations, is rather than say: that's wrong. Repeat using the correct conjunction. It's a much more useful way to learn when it's used in context, and a softer correct.
Thanks for this video, Anthony. I think I will try this for learning german now. When I learned japanese, I memorized first hiragana and katakana, and when I became able to read really basic stuff without struggling too much, I just started translating resources that I found fun (didn't really review the translations after, just translating stuff nonstop so I think that kinda helped). It was a bit hardcore for a beginner to try to memorize and interpret advanced characters, but just wanting to learn and understand things kept me going (I'm N2 now, pretty confident and happy with my current skills), so this time I will try to be more organized when it comes to reviewing stuff in my german learning journey :) will try to put in practice your advices here. Do you have any special tip that helped you speedrunning german? Hahaha great stuff, keep it up
Great to hear about your progress. My “secret weapon” for German, Chinese and Sanskrit is the Magnetic Memory Method plus the tips in this video. It’s very simple once you have your memory systems developed. 🙏
I learned the memory palace technique from Tony Buzan years ago and don’t use it as much as I should, but would love to use it to learn a new language.
@@AnthonyMetivierMMM thanks for replying and offering to answer questions. I do have a couple. How do you deal when you are running out of palaces? I was just thinking you could create mini-palaces within palaces. For example, palaces inside kitchen cabinets. Curious to know your thoughts, because if you’re memorizing thousands of words, you start to run out of places and then start using the same palace for different things and it might make the method ineffective. The other question I have is, how do you recall words fast? If your speaking a a new language going through a palace to recall a word might take some time. Thanks! Love your videos by the way! I think language and the ability to memorize things are so important!
Thanks for these questions. It's not possible to run out of locations, and here's proof: th-cam.com/video/Wn05eskjIFg/w-d-xo.html Recalling words quickly is a function of Recall Rehearsal that involves using the Memory Palace to get information into long term memory. Plus, reading, writing, speaking and listening to the language frequently is key. There certainly are some cases where speaking/listening might be less emphasized, but it's still useful to speak anyway, even if only to oneself. Anyhow, if you want to get faster, become a serious student of the alphabet, as an ancient Rabbi once told a student who needed help memorizing the scriptures. That is still the best advice I've seen. Serious studentship is the quickest and fastest path to multiple quick victorious and long term wins. Does this way of looking at things make sense and help you out?
I'm looking forward to this- HONESTLY i think this is why many folks are interested- and I've been hoping you would discuss these skills in terms of language learning. The phrase of Krashen is "comprehensible input."
What language are you learning? I really don’t like “comprehensible” so I changed it to “sensible” for my work. I have yet to comprehend why anything exists… but I can sense that it does. 🙏
Excellent video. In terms of list of words, you suggest not taking a list of top X words. If I'm just interested in conversational Spanish (for instance, or French or German!), with no specific subject in mind, what would you recommend? I started using a dictionary, but found there were just too many words to choose from! Would you recommend that I start reading some newspaper articles in the chosen language and extract randomly from there, or is there a better approach? The reason I ask is that MMM pushes towards alphabetising the language, but learning books/audio seem to push towards phrases. I feel like I'd have to go through an entire learning book or audiobook, extracting the words as I go along to then insert into a memory palace. Whilst I don't think that would do me any harm, I wondered if there was a more intelligent approach I'm missing!
Thanks for this. A few things: 1) There is no push towards alphabetization. It is rather the suggestion to notice how alphabetization is already there as a Magnetic force that can be harnessed in a variety of ways. 2) Dictionary memorization is profound and powerful when used selectively. I would humbly suggest revisiting these recommendations in the program. There are tools on hand that it sounds like you are not using. Let’s get you rolling with them! 🙏
@@AnthonyMetivierMMM yes, push wasn't the best term, alphabetic is a logical approach, I wasn't questioning that. More the getting from dictionary to smaller dictionary. I'll re-watch and get back to you!
Do your strategy work also for learning the various brain tumors and their enhancement pattern? There is a concept called contrast enhancement where you inject some fluid through the veins of a patient and then you get a better visualisation of the pathology. But each tumor shows a different pattern of enhancement with the contrast. Some show ring enhancement some show wash-out ( purified from the contrast and becoming even more hypodense than the surrounding tissue etc...). What would use as analogy to represent enhancement and wash-out ? I mean a lightning bulb instead of "enhancement" and a "shampoo" representing wash-out"
Almost certainly. If the information can be represented in words, numbers, images and symbols, it can be memorized. I wouldn't use the analogy you mentioned myself, but guided by the principles of the Magnetic Memory Method, very strong associations spring to mind. The trick is to train yourself to have that experience as well, and have the associated Memory Palaces on hand to place those perfect and/or near perfect associations in space so you can use Recall Rehearsal to get the information into long term memory as quickly as possible. Please let me know if you have further questions and I'll get back to you a.s.a.p.
Hi Anthony! I want to ask you how can we practice listening and speaking without a native speaker. I am learning French and I can read and write basic French. For speaking, I keep having to translate and so I get stuck. My listening really sucks in French. I also don't know enough French to really consume French content. Also, I've tried using mnemonics before but it takes me time to recall the words (especially in speaking).
You can and should, and I mentioned the role of movies. But be prepared for a certain kind of outcome that will be different if you’re not engaging with native speakers at all.
Watch kids shows if you're just starting out. I find French speakers are fast even there, but the dialogue on kids shows is designed for well, kids so it's nothing too crazy. I personally watch French shows with subtitles. That way I get both the listening and reading out of it.
Hello Anthony, thanks for this brilliant video! Just a quick question about learning a language which is tonal and uses a different alphabet. I know you are a Sanskrit literate so hopefully that might come in handy here. So I want to learn thai, and my idea is that I would start by learning the consonants >vowels> tone marks via memory techniques. Not sure how to go about the tone rules as it's quite a sophisticated system. My guess is that Sanskrit is kind of similar. Do you think there is way to memorize those tone rules and if so is it practical to do or should I just aim for pattern recognition by listening to how words and sentences are pronounced whilst reading them in thai? Thanks
Great question. Yes, tone rules are easy to memorize in any language. Just set up a Memory Palace for them and work out the most “magnetic” associations you can at your current level of skill. 🙏
Thanks! My understanding is that Thai scripture due to its elaborate structure is always read (in the central Thai variety) as it is written. In practice this means one has to use a couple of algorithmic steps to determine a single tone, for instance one has to know the class of the first consonant at hand (low, middle, high) consider the tone marks attached to it and whether ending syllable is live or dead, short or long. Then determine which tone to use out of five. This could be done by building a memory system I suppose. Consonants could be placed in 3 different memory palaces based on class, maybe have a small bird, boat or fish (high, middle and low respectively) attached to each mmnomic image. Intuitively it feels like it's gonna be a slow process to learn the language with all the algorithmic logic. I've used memory techniques to memorize rare words in my mother language (swedish), basically use one meaning image big as a beach ball and another image small as a baseball that hints about the pronunciation and attach it to the meaning image then place that in a memory palace. Put them in Anki and review them often for a couple of days. So when I hear or read the rare word it triggers the meaning image. I'm thinking about doing something similar when learning Thai.
I'm confident you can speed up the process, but either way, my experience has been to simply enjoy the journey. As long as there are unlearned words in our mother tongues, that too remains a journey. :-)
Hello! sir I recently started watching your videos after going through may memorization video on youtube without any outcomes. And I read your work sheets 1&2 I feel a little changed in my ways of remembering things . As you suggested in your work sheets 1 that one should go through basics first to create big picture . ●(I want your recommendation on from which video of yours ,I must go through first to create strong base for my personal memory palace.)●
Thanks for joining us on this journey. There's no "best" video, I'm afraid. But I recommend to one and all that they follow the recommendation in this one: Pick one book and one course max to go through, ideally based on one teacher. Stick with it long enough for your brain to form enough neural connections so you not only understand the techniques, but have turned using them into a habit.
Creating obscure pictures is not how I teach it. I'm not sure who taught you how to do it that way, but they clearly don't know the techniques very well. I'm very sorry you've had that experience.
“Embracing limits.” Wonderful! Over-reaching, for little me, is both inspiring and exhausting. Learning to find a balance of challenge and actual progress is always a wonderful way to grow. 😁🙏🫠
More POWERFUL language learning strategies here: th-cam.com/video/ujV3lsY2PH4/w-d-xo.html
I’m currently memorising historical incidents that happened between 1900 and 2000. Your method is working fine. I earlier tried to learn foreign languages, but I failed. I think this time I’ll be successful ✅
You can do it!
I’m learning Arabic now actually. I’ll implement some of these! Thanks Anthony!
Nice!
David, who has been wonderfully involved in the MMM world for years has done some videos on Arabic. Check this one out and maybe connect with him. He’s very good with mnemonics for Arabic:
th-cam.com/video/N6saA2265BQ/w-d-xo.html
Anthony,
Your mission is becoming incredibly important to me. Thank you for the reminder to dedicate to blocks of effort, focusing on the biggest errors while having fun and keeping interest, too. Your channel and especially your character is helping me re-develop the "yes I can" attitude.
Spanish will be my 2nd language.
Thanks so much for your kind words and enjoy the journey forward. Yes, we can do it!
Such a comprehensive video. So useful as a teacher and someone who is learning languages.
🙏
Great video as always. :)
Been a while since I've commented (took a cross-country job transfer and then all the joys of moving) but have been watching your videos and listening to your Dr. Metivier.
I've been "trying" to learn French now for years and while I'm better now than when I first started, I find most teachers simply say "memorize these verbs" and then give you a few examples.
While I get understanding the concept of using one verb or another given a particular situation, rote memory (which you've mentioned on prior videos/podcasts) doesn't work for me.
Also doesn't help that with French having so many exceptions, you can't really put everything into a nice neat box (or 3) once you learn the patterns.
I think you nailed it in that language learning is about a journey and not the destination since it's impossible to learn every word (let alone slang, dialect), so there are always improvements to be made. For me personally, never being perfect is fine so long as the journey is enjoyable, interesting and there's still more to learn! Keeps life interesting!
Great to hear from you again!
I didn't think about adding the issue of slang and the like. But in a forthcoming interview I'll release with Mandarin Blueprint, I asked for their perspective on that.
In the meantime, may the journey continue and thanks for chiming in. Hope to chat again soon!
Further to your point of feeling like you are building an airport before you learn to build a plane...I have felt this resistance too. It took me a little while to pinpoint exactly what was at the root of the problem but, I think, here it is: when I went to make empty memory palaces I became aware that I hadn't actually decided on what it was that I wanted to learn in the first place. That felt like a major leak in the boat.
Glad you got that leak fixed up. It makes for much smoother sailing, to be sure! :-)
I learnt from correcting my children 's use of language especially verb conjugations, is rather than say: that's wrong. Repeat using the correct conjunction. It's a much more useful way to learn when it's used in context, and a softer correct.
Yes, that's almost certainly a much more fruitful way of helping others learn. Great point!
Thanks for this video, Anthony. I think I will try this for learning german now. When I learned japanese, I memorized first hiragana and katakana, and when I became able to read really basic stuff without struggling too much, I just started translating resources that I found fun (didn't really review the translations after, just translating stuff nonstop so I think that kinda helped). It was a bit hardcore for a beginner to try to memorize and interpret advanced characters, but just wanting to learn and understand things kept me going (I'm N2 now, pretty confident and happy with my current skills), so this time I will try to be more organized when it comes to reviewing stuff in my german learning journey :) will try to put in practice your advices here.
Do you have any special tip that helped you speedrunning german? Hahaha great stuff, keep it up
Great to hear about your progress.
My “secret weapon” for German, Chinese and Sanskrit is the Magnetic Memory Method plus the tips in this video.
It’s very simple once you have your memory systems developed. 🙏
Only a mnemonist would describe fluency as knowing all the words in a language. Fresh take I suppose
That or a mnemonist who gets thousands of emails a month from people asking about how to memorize “zillions” of words…
I learned the memory palace technique from Tony Buzan years ago and don’t use it as much as I should, but would love to use it to learn a new language.
Memory Palaces are a fantastic tool for language learning. Enjoy the journey and just shout out if you have any questions along the way.
@@AnthonyMetivierMMM thanks for replying and offering to answer questions. I do have a couple. How do you deal when you are running out of palaces? I was just thinking you could create mini-palaces within palaces. For example, palaces inside kitchen cabinets. Curious to know your thoughts, because if you’re memorizing thousands of words, you start to run out of places and then start using the same palace for different things and it might make the method ineffective. The other question I have is, how do you recall words fast? If your speaking a a new language going through a palace to recall a word might take some time. Thanks! Love your videos by the way! I think language and the ability to memorize things are so important!
Thanks for these questions.
It's not possible to run out of locations, and here's proof:
th-cam.com/video/Wn05eskjIFg/w-d-xo.html
Recalling words quickly is a function of Recall Rehearsal that involves using the Memory Palace to get information into long term memory. Plus, reading, writing, speaking and listening to the language frequently is key.
There certainly are some cases where speaking/listening might be less emphasized, but it's still useful to speak anyway, even if only to oneself.
Anyhow, if you want to get faster, become a serious student of the alphabet, as an ancient Rabbi once told a student who needed help memorizing the scriptures. That is still the best advice I've seen. Serious studentship is the quickest and fastest path to multiple quick victorious and long term wins.
Does this way of looking at things make sense and help you out?
@@AnthonyMetivierMMM thanks Anthony. I’ll become a student soon! Cheers!
I'm looking forward to this- HONESTLY i think this is why many folks are interested- and I've been hoping you would discuss these skills in terms of language learning. The phrase of Krashen is "comprehensible input."
What language are you learning?
I really don’t like “comprehensible” so I changed it to “sensible” for my work. I have yet to comprehend why anything exists… but I can sense that it does. 🙏
I'm learning Italian. @@AnthonyMetivierMMM
Great video Anthony!! I like the frequency list idea
Glad you liked it! Thanks for stopping by to check this one out and hope to chat about your recent language learning idea sometime soon!
Great advice, thanks Anthony!
Great to hear from you! 🙏
Great information, loving it, BIG THANKS!
🙏
Excellent video. In terms of list of words, you suggest not taking a list of top X words. If I'm just interested in conversational Spanish (for instance, or French or German!), with no specific subject in mind, what would you recommend? I started using a dictionary, but found there were just too many words to choose from! Would you recommend that I start reading some newspaper articles in the chosen language and extract randomly from there, or is there a better approach? The reason I ask is that MMM pushes towards alphabetising the language, but learning books/audio seem to push towards phrases. I feel like I'd have to go through an entire learning book or audiobook, extracting the words as I go along to then insert into a memory palace. Whilst I don't think that would do me any harm, I wondered if there was a more intelligent approach I'm missing!
Thanks for this.
A few things:
1) There is no push towards alphabetization. It is rather the suggestion to notice how alphabetization is already there as a Magnetic force that can be harnessed in a variety of ways.
2) Dictionary memorization is profound and powerful when used selectively.
I would humbly suggest revisiting these recommendations in the program. There are tools on hand that it sounds like you are not using.
Let’s get you rolling with them! 🙏
@@AnthonyMetivierMMM yes, push wasn't the best term, alphabetic is a logical approach, I wasn't questioning that. More the getting from dictionary to smaller dictionary. I'll re-watch and get back to you!
Do your strategy work also for learning the various brain tumors and their enhancement pattern? There is a concept called contrast enhancement where you inject some fluid through the veins of a patient and then you get a better visualisation of the pathology. But each tumor shows a different pattern of enhancement with the contrast. Some show ring enhancement some show wash-out ( purified from the contrast and becoming even more hypodense than the surrounding tissue etc...). What would use as analogy to represent enhancement and wash-out ? I mean a lightning bulb instead of "enhancement" and a "shampoo" representing wash-out"
Almost certainly. If the information can be represented in words, numbers, images and symbols, it can be memorized.
I wouldn't use the analogy you mentioned myself, but guided by the principles of the Magnetic Memory Method, very strong associations spring to mind.
The trick is to train yourself to have that experience as well, and have the associated Memory Palaces on hand to place those perfect and/or near perfect associations in space so you can use Recall Rehearsal to get the information into long term memory as quickly as possible.
Please let me know if you have further questions and I'll get back to you a.s.a.p.
@@AnthonyMetivierMMM thank you for your answer. Could u give an exemple analogy so that I understand what u mean by strong association?
Hi Anthony! I want to ask you how can we practice listening and speaking without a native speaker. I am learning French and I can read and write basic French. For speaking, I keep having to translate and so I get stuck. My listening really sucks in French. I also don't know enough French to really consume French content.
Also, I've tried using mnemonics before but it takes me time to recall the words (especially in speaking).
You can and should, and I mentioned the role of movies.
But be prepared for a certain kind of outcome that will be different if you’re not engaging with native speakers at all.
Watch kids shows if you're just starting out.
I find French speakers are fast even there, but the dialogue on kids shows is designed for well, kids so it's nothing too crazy.
I personally watch French shows with subtitles. That way I get both the listening and reading out of it.
Hello Anthony, thanks for this brilliant video! Just a quick question about learning a language which is tonal and uses a different alphabet. I know you are a Sanskrit literate so hopefully that might come in handy here. So I want to learn thai, and my idea is that I would start by learning the consonants >vowels> tone marks via memory techniques. Not sure how to go about the tone rules as it's quite a sophisticated system. My guess is that Sanskrit is kind of similar. Do you think there is way to memorize those tone rules and if so is it practical to do or should I just aim for pattern recognition by listening to how words and sentences are pronounced whilst reading them in thai? Thanks
Great question.
Yes, tone rules are easy to memorize in any language. Just set up a Memory Palace for them and work out the most “magnetic” associations you can at your current level of skill. 🙏
Thanks!
My understanding is that Thai scripture due to its elaborate structure is always read (in the central Thai variety) as it is written. In practice this means one has to use a couple of algorithmic steps to determine a single tone, for instance one has to know the class of the first consonant at hand (low, middle, high) consider the tone marks attached to it and whether ending syllable is live or dead, short or long. Then determine which tone to use out of five. This could be done by building a memory system I suppose. Consonants could be placed in 3 different memory palaces based on class, maybe have a small bird, boat or fish (high, middle and low respectively) attached to each mmnomic image. Intuitively it feels like it's gonna be a slow process to learn the language with all the algorithmic logic.
I've used memory techniques to memorize rare words in my mother language (swedish), basically use one meaning image big as a beach ball and another image small as a baseball that hints about the pronunciation and attach it to the meaning image then place that in a memory palace. Put them in Anki and review them often for a couple of days. So when I hear or read the rare word it triggers the meaning image. I'm thinking about doing something similar when learning Thai.
I'm confident you can speed up the process, but either way, my experience has been to simply enjoy the journey. As long as there are unlearned words in our mother tongues, that too remains a journey. :-)
Hello! sir I recently started watching your videos after going through may memorization video on youtube without any outcomes. And I read your work sheets 1&2 I feel a little changed in my ways of remembering things . As you suggested in your work sheets 1 that one should go through basics first to create big picture . ●(I want your recommendation on from which video of yours ,I must go through first to create strong base for my personal memory palace.)●
Thanks for joining us on this journey.
There's no "best" video, I'm afraid.
But I recommend to one and all that they follow the recommendation in this one:
Pick one book and one course max to go through, ideally based on one teacher. Stick with it long enough for your brain to form enough neural connections so you not only understand the techniques, but have turned using them into a habit.
@@AnthonyMetivierMMM I appreciate your guidance.
My pleasure!
I find the memory palace just too complex. Creating an obscure picture for every single word then storing them in places in mind seems arduous...😴👎
Creating obscure pictures is not how I teach it. I'm not sure who taught you how to do it that way, but they clearly don't know the techniques very well. I'm very sorry you've had that experience.
How many languages have you learnt?
Never enough! 🙏
yeee somethink for me :)
🙏
💖🙏💖
“Embracing limits.”
Wonderful!
Over-reaching, for little me, is both inspiring and exhausting. Learning to find a balance of challenge and actual progress is always a wonderful way to grow.
😁🙏🫠
Balance is indeed the key. 🙏