I am a language teacher and just purchased a course. This course was very cheap compared to others on the market. Some of my colleagues are charging $100 per hour of tutoring where as this offers an entire language level for a similar price. The program is well put together including recordings of native speakers. I would recommend this product.
Try writing a daily journal in your target language for a week. You’ll naturally use the most relevant vocabulary to your life and learn a ton of grammar.
thats a friggin great idea! i try to learn parsi at the moment (on my own atm) and struggle to get from the typical "hi my name is, i work as, how are you?" stuff to more vocabulary! thx!
@@xeeeeNoN I re read the comment in his voice after seeing your comment as I did not recognise his profile picture after reading it Cheers all the best.
Adults aren't kids. Kids are spoken to 16 hours a day in a dumbed down way with no expectation to reply. They get thousands of hours of free input Iver the first few years. Not making use of the cognitive faculties you've got as an adult just because you didn't have them as a kid is like saying "kids can't drive so walking is better". They just didn't have a choice, and they had all the time in the world to get there. Learning to read and listen opens up the language to be consumed. Once you can consume content in your target language your learning will increase. I know I sound like a dick but learning 50 phrases just to make a TH-cam video isn't impressive at all. What Ari used to do with Chinese was incredibly impressive.
My French teacher in HS was amazing, she started off class day one by only speaking French and no English at all unless it was absolutely necessary. We were all assigned French names and she made us feel comfortable with the language very quickly because she put us in a position where we had to adapt and learn by watching her and listening to her and just repeating everything she said with small conversations or little games.
It’s where the myth of “kids are the fastest language learners” comes from. Children learn languages naturally while schools try to jumpstart you into the semantics of the language. If you learn a language as if you were a baby, you don’t start with the alphabet, you start with speaking and listening. Literacy should be the LAST thing you learn, not the first
But children suck at learning languages. My 6 month old nephew can't even introduce himself yet. If it takes you as long to get to B2 as a child does, even just doing 2/3 hours a day vs their 16, then I'd be worried for you.
I get what you're saying, however, for myself I need to read and write in order to understand a language. I can learn things here and there like 'on the street', and know people who can reach fluency that way, but it doesn't work like that for myself. I'll always speak toddler level of the language, unless I learn to read and write. Because for me the visualising of how the sounds first 1) perceived by ear, then mimicked by mouth is one thing, but the moment I learn to visualise what kind of syllables are given to those sound 'forms' it helps me distuinguish them. Because initially there's a blur of sounds, or there's some slight nuances, like some suppressed 'letters' or less stressed tones, but that are important to the native's ear. Once I see it written, in combination with the spoken, then I can start to grasp it. I think it really depends per person. I'm a writer myself and learnt most of my English through reading. I heard it on tv and the likes, but once I started reading seriously, is when I started to question the things I didn't know yet. Or contemplate more deeply about the meaning of words that I may have been familiar with, but hadn't fully grasped. The written word gave me more variety and more distinctions to think about.
@@_DKE well part of my point was learning at the toddler level is the first step. I didn’t say literacy was unnecessary (like Xiaoma implied) but I don’t believe it’s the first step as the education system tries to shove in peoples faces. I think most people find it very difficult to learn the reading and writing grammar rules for a language before even knowing what those words or sentences actually sound like when used practically
Will also add the caveat, that I think if the language uses a script that's easy to learn, or even uses the same exact script as what you already know, you can definitely start reading very quickly, and I think too is very effective. Ie for Latin, using Lingua Latina Per Se Ilustrata
i feel like getting to the level of saying hi how are you im hungry its not that hard, but gettin actualy able to understand others when speaking is just hard asf
Yeah the hardest part of language learning is for me is the listening. I have learned 1000 words in two different languages but can't have conversations because I don't understand anything
When you've gotten fluent in basic phrases that's when you start learning and later reading the script. If you're not familiar with script then you'll still stay at those basic phrases.
Id say make an ai character who speaks both ur native language and the language you want to learn and have conversations with it. That way you can learn pretty fast
You're right about repetition. My trick to learn German was to learn all the words related to my job and throughout the work day try to only count/think in German. Over time i added more vocab through duolingo to expand on the sentence structures i already know & have continued to repeat this for years so i dont forget.
My epiphany was when I realized the key to master a new language is to remove my native language from the role of the middleman and be able to think in the target language.
People say this so often, but I don't think it really means much. When language learning, you have to start from your native language, because your brain is just wired to express ideas in that way. "Thinking in your target language" can only really happen after thousands and thousands of mental "translations" from your native language to your target language; it's something that comes with proficiency in the language, it's not something you can just *do*
This is important for me in Japanese because I can't think on English and translate to Japanese. It doesn't work I have to think in Japanese. In Spanish I can express my ideas the same as English but it sure doesn't work that way in Asian languages.
I am definitely going to try this approach. My Japanese used to be pretty decent, both verbal and written. But in 2010 I had a brain tumor removed from my parietal lobe. Two years later I was working in Wuxi, China. I began to have bad headaches. The school I teaching English at felt it was best I return to the US for treatment. When I got back home, an MRI revealed that the tumor a growing again and radiation was needed. Long story short, treatment has damaged long/short term memory. Now I am returning to university or an MA in international relations. So I am going to have a language requirement. Either Mandarin or Japanese are the two options for me. Sorry for being a chatty Kathy. I’ve enjoyed your channel since before the lockdowns. 🤙
Wow your story is sad and hard. I'm sorry this happened to you😢 I hope you don't give up and still practice and maybe even carry cards to help you remember. Anything to keep moving forward in something you showed progress in before ❤
Thank you for your kind note. Since coming out of the coma back in 2010, things have been difficult, to put it mildly. However, my favorite little mantra comes from Shawshank Redemption. “Either get busy living, or get busy dying.” I try to foo the former every day.
@@ReasontoLiveAdventures incredibly positive attitude considering the challenges you've faced. Best wishes in your fight to overcome cancer and to live your best life. You're inspirational.
This was actually very informative. I'm now using Anki which is perfect for my Mandarin practice. Turns out that I've been instinctually structuring my learning in the ways you're describing so I feel like what im doing is valid now.
I am from italy, I've always been interested about learning english and I felt that my level post high school was very poor. I started watching movies in English language and subs in italian. At the same time I moved to the UK, which helped to push myself speaking and interacting with people in English. Then with time, when I felt comfortable, I started to remove subs from movies and I've started to be way more fluent since then. Btw welcome to Jersey, I probably live in a building next to yours lol. See you on the waterfront.
I've had to learn a few languages for work (German, English & Japanese), and learning languages is ultimately about learning about yourself. You know, how you retain information, what resonates with your interests and makes you look forward to it instead of it being a chore... "The thing that anchors you discipline without it being a burdening thing you're forced to drag", is a phrase a friend told me and I thought it was fairly accurate.
Learning is it's own skill, and it's the hardest one by far. It's also the most rewarding skill and can be different based on what it is that a person is trying to learn.
I really resonate with this. I feel like you need to experiment with different learning styles and methods and do what works best for you. Probably why I prefer learning independently to structured lessons in formal education
I use a similar method for Japanese but with a bit more focus on reading since I needed reading for JLPT. I watch a lot of Japanese TH-cam and TV, making Anki cards for words I want to learn. Every show I would practice reading the Japanese subtitles before and after hearing the dialogue. It really didn't take that long before I could read 80% of common Japanese vocabulary. I then started reading things like short news articles, easy manga, and kids stories. Then I moved to things like young adult novels and watching shows with no subtitles. Every day I still made sure to make at least 10 sentence cards for Anki until I had learned a lot of words both through Anki and just naturally from reading and watching a lot of shows. I would say the entire process going from absolute beginner learning hiragana for the first time to proficient speaker and reader took about 4 years of daily study. I'm still not perfect but it's to a level that I can communicate most topics I know in English in Japanese as well. I still work my day job in English here in the US so there's only so much time per day to study Japanese.
3:45 from finding your channel about a week ago, and seeing around a dozen or more videos of yours, I had a strong suspicion this was a big part of your learning experience when learning a language for a video. You usually have your default phrases you go to, especially when ordering food or buying things, and a cheat sheet is certainly a very handy way to get started, like following a script. But what always makes me respect your approach is that you don't just do the bare minimum, you do your research as well, trying to learn the unique cultural cuisine they have and such. And yeah I fully agree that practical phrases and words are far more important to start out than all the nitty gritty details. I imagine the main thing that makes you far more proficient in learning faster is that not only do you probably pick up on patterns far more quickly, but you also just GO for it. You apply your knowledge immediately with little hesitation, and aren't afraid to make mistakes and learn on the spot. I imagine that'd be the part that scares a lot of people when intending to apply a new language, like studying for an exam for weeks/months. Just for some context, I'm bilingual (native Spanish, English second as a pre-teen) and just started learning Japanese a few months ago, and I definitely found the process more enjoyable and easier to swallow if starting with basic, practical phrases and words. Hiragana and Katakana can be learned alongside it but there's no *need* to learn it all upfront. I took French class for 4 years; barely retained any of it. But I also partly feel like learning a language AND attending school can be a lot to handle. I'm just learning Japanese in my free time and it's stress free and I don't need to follow any curriculum and learn at my own pace
The approach of being spoken language first makes sense for someone like Xiaoma who has great auditory memory but it is much less good for someone who is more visual and needs the written language as a support. There is also a personality component - he is obviously quite extravert and feels very comfortable speaking to strangers even when not fully understanding what they are saying. This is admirable, but not everyone is like this.
It is the same for me indeed! But I've also come to learn and appreciate the combination of both worlds. I lean towards reading and writing for a rounder and deeper comprehension, however, in the 'engagement' with people you learn at times to grasp the meaning of things better due to context and a lot of the non-verbal communication that we use as people. But I'm certainly not very extraverted or chatty which makes it not that easy to shift into that space. But listening is definitely good as such.
@Willwantstobeawesome genuinely so true. While some people have a tough time learning how without learning the why, ultimately, the best way to learn anything is to do the thing. Use whatever part of a languge you already know and you'll learn so much faster than just getting stuck in the theoretical knowledge of the language.
Probably one of the most insightful ways I've ever heard to learn a language. I have been trying to learn Greek on and off for the past 8 years, I've always been terrible with it. I started with Duolingo but it doesn't teach you squat except phonetics and some basic vocab that you end up not being able to use to actually say anything, then after 6 years of basically not knowing anything still I found a podcast on Spotify that has now unfortunately been removed but taught me in a more contextual way and sped up my understanding of grammar. Now I've started to just try to listen to and read stories with dialogue and my learning has become way more efficient. Doing it academically just doesn't work.
The time one spends banging one’s head against textbooks is not wasted. On the contrary, I have found studying charts to be very helpful in laying out a foundation for language learning, even as a skill beyond that particular language itself. Memorizing charts helps you organize your mind. You don’t forget that, and although you may forget details, just encountering them once can leave an impression in memory that contributes subtly to learning.
@@silverstudios6916 I was in a good mood today, normally I don't care for comments like this... but I genuinely appreciated this one.... especially with all the wars currently going :/ PEACE TO ALL!
Oftentimes we get frustated for not being able to find someone who can guide us every single day when we kick off learning but I understood that learning a language is a lone process, and from time to time you are going to have somebody else to help you or to practice with you. however, it's a process that depends on us only.
Yeah this video kinda gave me the ick tbh. XiaoMa got to where he is because his chinese got good by spending a LOT of time with the language; he lived there; lived in china town, has a chinese wife. That was his "oh wow thats cool!" thing, like Chinese people admire him, language learners admire his progress. This video is going the way of those really cheesy lanugage scam artists like that Benny guy from "fluentIn3Months" and that Wouter guy where they "speak to strangers in their language" the conversation is always the same 3 sentences before it comes to an abrupt awkward end. XiaoMa is just working his hustle like everyone else; fair play to him, but the product he's pushing is NOT how he became good at 1 language; its how he maybe became fairly bad at lots of languages. You can't learn a language in 24 hours; you can learn like 100 pleasantries and some core concepts in 24 hours (of active study)
Yeah as much as it saddens me to say it but I agree there’s no way he knows 56 languages I can say a handful of things in Russian doesn’t mean I speak Russian
I personally see it as the gateway to connecting with people in order to gain easy access to improve your language skills. Yes it's annoying hearing him say "I know 56 languages" because no he doesn't, but what he does is that he's opened the door to learning more vocabulary in a natural way. So overall, I approve of his approach to starting a language learning journey.
Bro that's what i'm saying. It's literally impossible to learn a language to an Advanced or even a conversational level in 24 hours. Dumbest clickbait shit i've ever seen
You just summed up my point I’ve been making for a long time. There’s some strange conspiracy with language learning….but the fact is…it’s only as hard as you make it. The idea is to be able to “use” the language. Matching characters to pictures and all that isn’t going to help you talk to the Chinese lady at your favorite Chinese restaurant, learn to speak. I wish there were more people like us….谢谢您我的朋友。我爱的YT Channel所以、我们开始吧👏
Travel to the north of Sweden and learn Sami language. That is a language of Sami people who lives in the nature and follow the raindeers the income from the people. That is not many who can speak Sami language. And they have beautiful dresses and they sing joik with is the culture. I love your channel. ❤️
In elementary school we had a French teacher who had to work under these rules: no reading or writing, ten-minute daily lessons per class, no homework. He had trained using the Defense Language Institute system at Monterey which uses lots of homework--hours of listening to tapes. So, on the fly, he had to develop a whole new approach to teaching and learning. Our grammar was terrible (I thought the infinitive "to be" was "soir") but our pronunciation was quite good. Later he based his approach to teaching lower-division French at UC Berkeley on his improvised teaching system. Even months into the course, he was careful to introduce new vocabulary by sound first, with the written form at least a day later. I have noticed that a lot of English speakers who try to learn French get really thrown off by the spelling.
I agree, the spelling throws everyone off when learning French. So many rules and so many exceptions to rules, and remembering them is a near impossibility. So much grammer! I was getting on better last year just by reading aloud in a group and translating the paragraphs, but now I'm in a grammer class and I have gone backwards. Now I panic, I cannot even speak a few words. I can't learn that way - I need to learn phrases phonetically and speak them. I got really despondent and gave up on the classes a month ago and I didn't know how I was ever going to get back on track. Then I came across this video and I'm really inspired to try again. Well done to this guy. I've been following him for a while now and am amazed at what he does. It could be the answer for me. I hope so.
This makes sense 100% I instantly remember myself struggling to writ in English but I could speak it I was 10 from Uganda because surrounded by people I learned how to speak English within 6month but struggled writing.
best method using anki i got. My flashcards are made of native speaker's audios, I save phrases capturing audios and i put into the anki in front side, after that , i write exactly what was said to show as back side. I never seen nothing better than that. You wont find this on youtube, nobody teachs this correctly
@@thetaekwondoe3887 I'm learning Japanese with anki, and the flashcards I'm using have native speaker audio directly from anime and J-dramas. It's awesome
I stared learning Spanish for 9 months, switched to German on Duolingo. I know more German in the 4 months than I did in Spanish. But like you said, It's easier once you practice 2. The 3rd and 4th languages come way easier
@@nysportsfan2576 Spanish is also not hard to learn for English speakers. With comittment, you can easily become fluent in spanish within a couple years.
@@nysportsfan2576 to some it can be, the German word order and modal verbs are incredibly tricky for monolingual English speakers, while Spanish has scary verbs and indirect object pronouns that confuse me haha
The statement at 1:25 is a great point! For those of you wanting to learn an additional language, Xiaoma might seem intimidating or give you a false sense of how much you can learn in a given time. The thing is, Xiaoma is great at languages for sure, but he's especially skilled at HOW to learn the basics of conversation in a language. So, if you're watching Xiaoma and feeling down or something, the guy doesn't speak a boat load of languages. Rather, he can converse in a bunch of languages. The positive thing to learn from this is that if you're going on a vacation somewhere in 2-3 months, you've got all the time you need to learn what you need to learn to get by! You don't need to be perfect or fluent to make friends and get positive responses. Just show your respect and your effort, and you'll do just great. :)
Magic phrases is a good term for my theory of a cheat sheet of words I often encounter while traveling. After putting together my Japanese one I slowly understand certain phrases in foreign media and how a word can be used in different context
Pratice makes perfect. The phrase didn't come out of nowhere. But yes textbooks make you learn, but doesn't make you know. This is applied in everything I think, not just languages. Good video.
I remember as a 7,8,9 yo kid in school being taught all these weird rules for english grammar, when i had no idea what the language actually sounded like. I was frustrated because i always had the 1 question about every rule- WHY? why is this like that and not otherwise.....but as children we were shushed down and told Just do it and dont ask questions.....which is basicaly how to kill a spirit of play in any child. Thank God that with the coming of the internet to our home i was able to watch and listen english all the time, and thats when i fell in love with it. Now, my inner dialog is in english...now its time for japanese. ❤
The intimidation aspect of speaking a language you've never spoke is spot on. And your "free list of phrases" is great. But it partly doesn't address this problem. Most of us are unsure of how to pronounce the words. For example, Nihao. Is that .. Nee-hey-ow .. Nie-ha-o .. or .. something else? A phonetic pronunciation would also be very helpful. *Edit .. although you do address this later in the vid. Thanks!
Watching my two-year-old learn how to speak he just watched blues clues, Ms. Rachel and other things like that over and over again and then he started saying what they were saying over and over again until he learned how to speak. It’s amazing there was no teaching of letters and how to speak. He just saw them doing it, and learned to himself
Hey Xiaoma, I've watched every one of your videos and I don't want you rushing new content, BUT I want to see more! Can you recommend any other polyglot TH-camrs like yourself I can watch too? I already watch Ryan Hale speaking Chinese and the German guy spekaing Vietnamese, but I want more content like yours!
Learning a new language is insanely difficult, this guy has a special gift. There are words you can learn but you don't know how to pronounce them, so to anyone else it sounds like gibberish.
to be fair, if someone develops a method, it takes time and effort. and teaching for free doesn't pay your bills. he gave a lot of good info for free, here. a lot more than some do before pitching their class or seminar or whatever junk.
The reality is that he doesn't learn to speak any language in 24 hours. He places himself in carefully edited, specific scenarios where he will have to speak, at most, a dozen of logical sentences, generally involving the same basic bartering. He then adds a few words, edits the best parts and posts it online with paid ads to other language learning platforms and his own stuff. It's not unimpressive, he definitely has a knack for languages and his Mandarin is pretty decent, but he's not "learning to speak any language in 24 hours". He's learning to say a handful of sentences. You wouldn't say "I am an alpinist and can master any mountain in less than 24 hours" just because you do a 50m trail on mountains around the world. Realistically, he can claim to speak 2 to 3 languages. He knows basics in a lot. I was hoping he would not fall to the level of other "language scam artists" who promises people that they, too, can learn and master any language in this incredibly short amount of time if they only follow this formula they are selling.
he's still doing more than a lot of us manage, and it STILL takes work. i'd say it's more like, he can speak a little of the language in that time. it's a good base, good basic stuff. and building off a foundation like THAT sure makes things easier. but anyone who studies or has studied languages is also aware of ability levels and certain ones just naturally take a while. you aren't fluent in a day or a week. and when movies casually make someone get fluent in a couple hours and speak REALLY naturally..... i'm not sure whether to bust a gut laughing, crying, or waving a pointy finger accusatorially at the screen. (usually it's the finger and shouting out "BULLsh1t!!!") i hear where you're coming from though.
What you're saying is right, if you want to speak as many languages as you can, but if you want to go to the country, and live there, you NEED to know all mandarin alphabet and notebooks and grammars and stuff. I will definitely try your method with othsr languages though!
All you're doing is memorizing sentences. You're not acquiring the language. If you don't use those sentences frequently, you'll forget them. Acquiring a language takes a hell of a lot more time than 24 hours. Input with listening and output with speaking is the way to go but it takes time. Quite a bit of time.
Dude, you are a brilliant language practicioner and learner, you don 't need to go saying such BS to get views. You don't learn to speak a language in 24 hours. You learn how to communicate a few fundamental simple ideas in 24 hours. Sorry but that is not "speaking the language", far from it.
technically it IS speaking though. some people even became fluent reading and writing and can't say a word. nerves, pressure, embarrassment.... i think his vid is partly addressing this aspect, talking about starting to use the language early, speaking and talking. he is getting further in this amount of time than a lot of us with more traditional study methods, or learning a lot of vocab. so he should get props for that. title was a little clickbaity, implying one day, but honestly not too bad, it's mostly relevant. the topics he hits on in this one are important ones to hear. also, a lot of travelers would consider this level of speaking as knowing a language. being able to build even rudimentary sentences. it's functional, at least. it's knowing/speaking on a super basic level. still counts. in the scope of an ENTIRE language it may not seem like much but for learners, getting to that point is a huge step.
As a Scotsman, I am looking forward to seeing your video in the Highlands. It's such a beautiful country but a bit like your Wales video, I think you'll be surprised by how few people speak Gaelic. Definitely more speakers of it in the highlands than in Glasgow or Edinburgh
I’ve learnt 5 languages in the traditional way (5 years each) maybe not so fast but I had time to taste the grammar and enjoy books and culture of each one. I realize times are changing and AI will translate for us not only written texts but also conversations in real time, making the effort unnecessary, but in human relationships a conversation is not only to talk, is knowing is knowing the way the other thinks.
I'll start by saying that you do certainly have a gift, and the progress you make in 24 hours is way above what's normal - so firstly, congrats for that. But come on, you know you don't "speak" those languages after 24 hours to any degree, really. You memorize a ton of basic phrases and if you're lucky, the conversation stays within those narrow bounds. When it doesn't, you're totally lost. Or you just repeat yourself. It looks impressive to anyone who doesn't speak the language, but to those who do, it's instantly obvious you have no idea what's going on. It's a nice way to get a "taster" of a new language, and it's a neat party trick, but it's not a good foundation for actually mastering a language in the long term. I only feel compelled to comment because you are now selling something on this basis, and people should go into that with a huge huge disclaimer. Keep up the good work, peace.
I can see where you're coming from, but why do you say it's not a good foundation? With this approach, people can get out and start speaking a language, having a real, though limited, conversation. If they want to learn more, all they have to do is continue learning vocabulary about more topics and continue to increase the complexity of their phrases.
@@TheParadiseParadox its not a good foundation because he's telling people to ignore the alphabets etc; frontloading can be a pain in the arse but you absolutely need the alphabet of the language you are learning for example. I also >personally< dont agree with "always put english on the front of the card", I always put english on the back. I wanna read and consume the language im learning. it can encourage 1 to 1 translations which isn't practical.
@TheParadiseParadox disagree personally. Being able to consume materials in your target language is more important that reciting a few memorised phrases (if fluency is the goal). If you're going on a holiday and wanna just learn to be nice then sure I agree with you.
They also tend to comprehend abstract concepts like mathematics easier than others. I'm assuming because music and mathematics are languages in some sense.
Did he lie? He said he does 10-15 1 hour sessions of speaking over 3 weeks. That ls 10-15 hours. Plus another 10 hours probably of other practice. So under 24 hours
This is your best video. Language learning should be fun and practical. I can find a bathroom and order a beer in 5 languages because I want to. Spending hours Conjugating verbs in school is ridiculous.
I’m English, I’ve always like languages but at school I was the one in class who wanted to so it was tough. Now it feels like my brain is too slow to absorb everything so I’m trying to make changes ti how I live my life in order to be better at absorbing it all. I want to try and learn some Japanese as I feel the challenge will spur me on ti keep going, plus the culture / pop culture and history of Japan is a great way to learn the language (via listening and reading about it). For me I want to get a text book to learn and practice the basics and hopefully I’ll get better at absorbing information with that so that I can then use other things like mnemonics and just apps in general. Thanks for your content I love seeing how you learn and talk to new people (one reason I want to learn languages)
This is true. I never studied Spanish and grew up with no Hispanic relatives in a hokey town in the mid-west. The only person that I would hear is my Spanish speaking mother. I was able to test and came up as an Intermediate Advanced Spanish speaker. Keep in mind I had to read difficult sentences and choose the correct grammatical words. Some of those words I never heard my mother speaking. I’m a genius. Thanks to mama. Gracias mami🎉
I remember watching his video speaking welsh where he subtitled stuff to make him look way more proficient than he was, and some subtitles were just straight up not what he said, more like what he implied. There’s a part where he just says “Cennyn Pedr” which means “leek”, but the subtitle shows “Saw some leeks over there”. Another example was when he said “Pa blasus?” which transliterates to “Which tasty?”, but is subtitled as “Which one is good?”. What he said was grammatically incorrect and should’ve been “Pa un yn flasus?” Alot of the video had all these tiny things in almost every subtitle that made him look (to non speakers) way more proficient than he actually was. Most of the time he never even used articles but put them in subtitles. He really is the biggest language subtitle catfish of all time. Also I’m pretty sure he deleted a youtube comment pointing this out ahahaha
The title of this video was misleading. But I guess even English speakers were already able to communicate in English fluently when they learned the alphabet and then advanced and learned more complex words from there. I’m actually ashamed that someone else had to point out something so obvious. This will make my future language learning much easier.
I like the movie the 13th warrior and the way he learned the language. Forced on a boat with a foreign language being spoke and he just sits there listening starting to pick up phrases. The other great trying to understand a language show. Star Trek TNG. Darmok and Jarad at Tanagra. Great example of thinking you know what they are saying and having no idea what they actually mean.
I’ve always thought of this! I speak German, Spanish, mandarin, Italian and English. I’ve always said that grammar isn’t important at first. Vocab is important at first! First know how to speak, hello hey I’m good and you? Type stuff. Then, a month later okay get into the grammar.
I totally agree. Speaking is essential. I'm Polish and was learning German and English for 10 years at school. I came to Scotland and I was scared to say a word. I was communicating very poorly using hands and gestures. After 10 years of learning! I started watching movies in English and speaking as much as possible. Then finished Art at college and now after 13 years in UK I can say I'm fluent. I'm learning Spanish now for 2 years and I struggle a wee bit, I wouldn't pull even basic conversation, so this video was helpful to remind where to start.
Studying all the world languages is just like putting a huge puzzle together, and every time you learn new words, phrases and sentences in a language it’s like putting one more piece together to complete the puzzle.❤
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I love you Xiaoma but I tried this like a year ago and it's a scam for what you charge, not cool man
I am a language teacher and just purchased a course. This course was very cheap compared to others on the market. Some of my colleagues are charging $100 per hour of tutoring where as this offers an entire language level for a similar price. The program is well put together including recordings of native speakers. I would recommend this product.
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Can you stop pushing this 24 hours gimmick? We all know that at most you learn a few phrases, not the whole of the language.
Try writing a daily journal in your target language for a week. You’ll naturally use the most relevant vocabulary to your life and learn a ton of grammar.
thats a friggin great idea! i try to learn parsi at the moment (on my own atm) and struggle to get from the typical "hi my name is, i work as, how are you?" stuff to more vocabulary! thx!
Oooh that’s such a good idea because then you learn the vocabulary for the things specifically you do everyday
Neil deGrasse Tyson pfp makes this comment all the more relevant lol
@@xeeeeNoN I re read the comment in his voice after seeing your comment as I did not recognise his profile picture after reading it Cheers all the best.
I‘ll try this, thanks 🙏
We don't ask infants to learn to write, read, and spell before we start teaching how to speak. Makes sense.
Arabic is the hardest language
Cer Spence?!! In this Comments section. BRO I AM YOUR BIGGEST FAN!
Adults aren't kids.
Kids are spoken to 16 hours a day in a dumbed down way with no expectation to reply. They get thousands of hours of free input Iver the first few years.
Not making use of the cognitive faculties you've got as an adult just because you didn't have them as a kid is like saying "kids can't drive so walking is better".
They just didn't have a choice, and they had all the time in the world to get there.
Learning to read and listen opens up the language to be consumed. Once you can consume content in your target language your learning will increase.
I know I sound like a dick but learning 50 phrases just to make a TH-cam video isn't impressive at all.
What Ari used to do with Chinese was incredibly impressive.
@@miraichampion3366 Your words are amazing :)
@@Kiosaka_karooYou mean "hardest"?
My French teacher in HS was amazing, she started off class day one by only speaking French and no English at all unless it was absolutely necessary. We were all assigned French names and she made us feel comfortable with the language very quickly because she put us in a position where we had to adapt and learn by watching her and listening to her and just repeating everything she said with small conversations or little games.
I wish. That wouldv’e gotten me fluent back then
That’s so cool. How fluent were you able to get?
Me too maybe we have the same teacher
Ouais ma proffeseur fait le quelque chose meme et aujourd'hui je peut parle bien (je suis francophone mais avant c'était mal
Me too, but it just irritated me-I was a visual learner. Loved the textbook and memorized words and conjugations would have failed otherwise
It’s where the myth of “kids are the fastest language learners” comes from. Children learn languages naturally while schools try to jumpstart you into the semantics of the language. If you learn a language as if you were a baby, you don’t start with the alphabet, you start with speaking and listening. Literacy should be the LAST thing you learn, not the first
But children suck at learning languages. My 6 month old nephew can't even introduce himself yet.
If it takes you as long to get to B2 as a child does, even just doing 2/3 hours a day vs their 16, then I'd be worried for you.
@@keiredwards9583 “but” brother I literally called it a myth no shit
I get what you're saying, however, for myself I need to read and write in order to understand a language. I can learn things here and there like 'on the street', and know people who can reach fluency that way, but it doesn't work like that for myself. I'll always speak toddler level of the language, unless I learn to read and write. Because for me the visualising of how the sounds first 1) perceived by ear, then mimicked by mouth is one thing, but the moment I learn to visualise what kind of syllables are given to those sound 'forms' it helps me distuinguish them. Because initially there's a blur of sounds, or there's some slight nuances, like some suppressed 'letters' or less stressed tones, but that are important to the native's ear. Once I see it written, in combination with the spoken, then I can start to grasp it. I think it really depends per person. I'm a writer myself and learnt most of my English through reading. I heard it on tv and the likes, but once I started reading seriously, is when I started to question the things I didn't know yet. Or contemplate more deeply about the meaning of words that I may have been familiar with, but hadn't fully grasped. The written word gave me more variety and more distinctions to think about.
@@_DKE well part of my point was learning at the toddler level is the first step. I didn’t say literacy was unnecessary (like Xiaoma implied) but I don’t believe it’s the first step as the education system tries to shove in peoples faces. I think most people find it very difficult to learn the reading and writing grammar rules for a language before even knowing what those words or sentences actually sound like when used practically
Will also add the caveat, that I think if the language uses a script that's easy to learn, or even uses the same exact script as what you already know, you can definitely start reading very quickly, and I think too is very effective. Ie for Latin, using Lingua Latina Per Se Ilustrata
i feel like getting to the level of saying hi how are you im hungry its not that hard, but gettin actualy able to understand others when speaking is just hard asf
Yeah the hardest part of language learning is for me is the listening.
I have learned 1000 words in two different languages but can't have conversations because I don't understand anything
When you've gotten fluent in basic phrases that's when you start learning and later reading the script. If you're not familiar with script then you'll still stay at those basic phrases.
That's why you practice listening as well
You do know he went on norway national television speaking norwegian in just 2 weeks or so of learning right?
Id say make an ai character who speaks both ur native language and the language you want to learn and have conversations with it. That way you can learn pretty fast
You're right about repetition. My trick to learn German was to learn all the words related to my job and throughout the work day try to only count/think in German. Over time i added more vocab through duolingo to expand on the sentence structures i already know & have continued to repeat this for years so i dont forget.
The alphabet/script is the funnest and easiest part for me. I wouldn't dare skip it. I'll gladly spend hours learning a new way to write.
I don't think he said skip it. He talked about conversational vs. Literacy. You're studying to become literate.
Same why miss out on all that fun haha
Same, it's quite fascinating to see the weird squiggles eventually convery meaning.
yep! learned katakana/hiragana in 4 days XD
@@BrasilEmFatos It takes me only a few days to learn a non-logographic script too!
My epiphany was when I realized the key to master a new language is to remove my native language from the role of the middleman and be able to think in the target language.
smart, im abou5t to do that
People say this so often, but I don't think it really means much. When language learning, you have to start from your native language, because your brain is just wired to express ideas in that way. "Thinking in your target language" can only really happen after thousands and thousands of mental "translations" from your native language to your target language; it's something that comes with proficiency in the language, it's not something you can just *do*
For some reason I completely forgot that this is how I learned my second language and completely forgot this when I started on my third years later.
i literally don’t understand how to do that hahahahaha
This is important for me in Japanese because I can't think on English and translate to Japanese. It doesn't work I have to think in Japanese. In Spanish I can express my ideas the same as English but it sure doesn't work that way in Asian languages.
Your channel (you) today ,compared to a few months ago and a few years ago is night and day in terms of confidence and personal growth.
I am definitely going to try this approach. My Japanese used to be pretty decent, both verbal and written. But in 2010 I had a brain tumor removed from my parietal lobe. Two years later I was working in Wuxi, China. I began to have bad headaches. The school I teaching English at felt it was best I return to the US for treatment. When I got back home, an MRI revealed that the tumor a growing again and radiation was needed. Long story short, treatment has damaged long/short term memory. Now I am returning to university or an MA in international relations. So I am going to have a language requirement. Either Mandarin or Japanese are the two options for me. Sorry for being a chatty Kathy. I’ve enjoyed your channel since before the lockdowns. 🤙
Wow your story is sad and hard. I'm sorry this happened to you😢 I hope you don't give up and still practice and maybe even carry cards to help you remember. Anything to keep moving forward in something you showed progress in before ❤
Thank you for your kind note. Since coming out of the coma back in 2010, things have been difficult, to put it mildly. However, my favorite little mantra comes from Shawshank Redemption. “Either get busy living, or get busy dying.” I try to foo the former every day.
@@ReasontoLiveAdventures incredibly positive attitude considering the challenges you've faced. Best wishes in your fight to overcome cancer and to live your best life. You're inspirational.
@@ReasontoLiveAdventures That is a great Mantra. Even tho some days are hard, I'm glad you are choosing to live your life the best you can 💜
“The school I ‘taught’ at..”
This was actually very informative. I'm now using Anki which is perfect for my Mandarin practice. Turns out that I've been instinctually structuring my learning in the ways you're describing so I feel like what im doing is valid now.
So fluent and well learned in so many language as well as camera friendly you are a standout person indeed. Love your videos
I am from italy, I've always been interested about learning english and I felt that my level post high school was very poor. I started watching movies in English language and subs in italian. At the same time I moved to the UK, which helped to push myself speaking and interacting with people in English. Then with time, when I felt comfortable, I started to remove subs from movies and I've started to be way more fluent since then. Btw welcome to Jersey, I probably live in a building next to yours lol. See you on the waterfront.
I've had to learn a few languages for work (German, English & Japanese), and learning languages is ultimately about learning about yourself.
You know, how you retain information, what resonates with your interests and makes you look forward to it instead of it being a chore...
"The thing that anchors you discipline without it being a burdening thing you're forced to drag", is a phrase a friend told me and I thought it was fairly accurate.
Learning is it's own skill, and it's the hardest one by far. It's also the most rewarding skill and can be different based on what it is that a person is trying to learn.
I really resonate with this. I feel like you need to experiment with different learning styles and methods and do what works best for you. Probably why I prefer learning independently to structured lessons in formal education
I use a similar method for Japanese but with a bit more focus on reading since I needed reading for JLPT. I watch a lot of Japanese TH-cam and TV, making Anki cards for words I want to learn. Every show I would practice reading the Japanese subtitles before and after hearing the dialogue. It really didn't take that long before I could read 80% of common Japanese vocabulary. I then started reading things like short news articles, easy manga, and kids stories. Then I moved to things like young adult novels and watching shows with no subtitles. Every day I still made sure to make at least 10 sentence cards for Anki until I had learned a lot of words both through Anki and just naturally from reading and watching a lot of shows.
I would say the entire process going from absolute beginner learning hiragana for the first time to proficient speaker and reader took about 4 years of daily study. I'm still not perfect but it's to a level that I can communicate most topics I know in English in Japanese as well. I still work my day job in English here in the US so there's only so much time per day to study Japanese.
3:45 from finding your channel about a week ago, and seeing around a dozen or more videos of yours, I had a strong suspicion this was a big part of your learning experience when learning a language for a video. You usually have your default phrases you go to, especially when ordering food or buying things, and a cheat sheet is certainly a very handy way to get started, like following a script. But what always makes me respect your approach is that you don't just do the bare minimum, you do your research as well, trying to learn the unique cultural cuisine they have and such.
And yeah I fully agree that practical phrases and words are far more important to start out than all the nitty gritty details. I imagine the main thing that makes you far more proficient in learning faster is that not only do you probably pick up on patterns far more quickly, but you also just GO for it. You apply your knowledge immediately with little hesitation, and aren't afraid to make mistakes and learn on the spot. I imagine that'd be the part that scares a lot of people when intending to apply a new language, like studying for an exam for weeks/months.
Just for some context, I'm bilingual (native Spanish, English second as a pre-teen) and just started learning Japanese a few months ago, and I definitely found the process more enjoyable and easier to swallow if starting with basic, practical phrases and words. Hiragana and Katakana can be learned alongside it but there's no *need* to learn it all upfront. I took French class for 4 years; barely retained any of it. But I also partly feel like learning a language AND attending school can be a lot to handle. I'm just learning Japanese in my free time and it's stress free and I don't need to follow any curriculum and learn at my own pace
The approach of being spoken language first makes sense for someone like Xiaoma who has great auditory memory but it is much less good for someone who is more visual and needs the written language as a support. There is also a personality component - he is obviously quite extravert and feels very comfortable speaking to strangers even when not fully understanding what they are saying. This is admirable, but not everyone is like this.
It is the same for me indeed! But I've also come to learn and appreciate the combination of both worlds. I lean towards reading and writing for a rounder and deeper comprehension, however, in the 'engagement' with people you learn at times to grasp the meaning of things better due to context and a lot of the non-verbal communication that we use as people. But I'm certainly not very extraverted or chatty which makes it not that easy to shift into that space. But listening is definitely good as such.
there's little evidence for different learning types. I think it's a self-limiting belief or an excuse for most people
True all sorts of background factors play a part in language learning.
I think this was just very recently debunked, guys. Don't delve into this and use as an excuse, instead try to do it as the OP does.
@Willwantstobeawesome genuinely so true. While some people have a tough time learning how without learning the why, ultimately, the best way to learn anything is to do the thing. Use whatever part of a languge you already know and you'll learn so much faster than just getting stuck in the theoretical knowledge of the language.
Thanks man!
我开始学习汉语 because of you :D
I love that you live in Jersey now, This way we get to see only the beauty of NYC.
Probably one of the most insightful ways I've ever heard to learn a language. I have been trying to learn Greek on and off for the past 8 years, I've always been terrible with it. I started with Duolingo but it doesn't teach you squat except phonetics and some basic vocab that you end up not being able to use to actually say anything, then after 6 years of basically not knowing anything still I found a podcast on Spotify that has now unfortunately been removed but taught me in a more contextual way and sped up my understanding of grammar. Now I've started to just try to listen to and read stories with dialogue and my learning has become way more efficient. Doing it academically just doesn't work.
The time one spends banging one’s head against textbooks is not wasted. On the contrary, I have found studying charts to be very helpful in laying out a foundation for language learning, even as a skill beyond that particular language itself. Memorizing charts helps you organize your mind. You don’t forget that, and although you may forget details, just encountering them once can leave an impression in memory that contributes subtly to learning.
So happy to find you teaching. I have been searching for a teacher. I now have found that in you. Thank you
Yurr. I hope all who read this are blessed beyond measures! One love !
If your comment blows up, I’d expect some debate brain people to show up
@@silverstudios6916 I was in a good mood today, normally I don't care for comments like this...
but I genuinely appreciated this one.... especially with all the wars currently going :/ PEACE TO ALL!
aw u are sweet ❤
Thanks, Bro. Love from Alaska ❤
You’re my inspiration Ari. I’m still trying to attempt learning Hebrew. I sure wish I had a personal trainer
Oftentimes we get frustated for not being able to find someone who can guide us every single day when we kick off learning but I understood that learning a language is a lone process, and from time to time you are going to have somebody else to help you or to practice with you. however, it's a process that depends on us only.
@@CanalSDR well yea, I would like to practice with someone else also learning Hebrew but not on a video camera or to an ai
@@alexanderduff6018 히브리어를 사용하는 국가에 거주하는게 제일 좋습니다.
I was just wondering what your methods were! How awesome!
"HOW I LEARN TO SAY A FEW PHRASES OF EVERY LANGUAGE WITHIN 24 HOURS"
Yeah this video kinda gave me the ick tbh.
XiaoMa got to where he is because his chinese got good by spending a LOT of time with the language; he lived there; lived in china town, has a chinese wife.
That was his "oh wow thats cool!" thing, like Chinese people admire him, language learners admire his progress.
This video is going the way of those really cheesy lanugage scam artists like that Benny guy from "fluentIn3Months" and that Wouter guy where they "speak to strangers in their language"
the conversation is always the same 3 sentences before it comes to an abrupt awkward end. XiaoMa is just working his hustle like everyone else; fair play to him, but the product he's pushing is NOT how he became good at 1 language; its how he maybe became fairly bad at lots of languages. You can't learn a language in 24 hours; you can learn like 100 pleasantries and some core concepts in 24 hours (of active study)
literally
Yeah as much as it saddens me to say it but I agree there’s no way he knows 56 languages I can say a handful of things in Russian doesn’t mean I speak Russian
I personally see it as the gateway to connecting with people in order to gain easy access to improve your language skills. Yes it's annoying hearing him say "I know 56 languages" because no he doesn't, but what he does is that he's opened the door to learning more vocabulary in a natural way. So overall, I approve of his approach to starting a language learning journey.
Bro that's what i'm saying. It's literally impossible to learn a language to an Advanced or even a conversational level in 24 hours. Dumbest clickbait shit i've ever seen
You just summed up my point I’ve been making for a long time. There’s some strange conspiracy with language learning….but the fact is…it’s only as hard as you make it. The idea is to be able to “use” the language. Matching characters to pictures and all that isn’t going to help you talk to the Chinese lady at your favorite Chinese restaurant, learn to speak. I wish there were more people like us….谢谢您我的朋友。我爱的YT Channel所以、我们开始吧👏
Those are good tips. I love studying languages and very few of them am I fluent. I’ve learned enough to understand and can pick up new things as I go.
Cool!!! You use a app?
@@lifeoftwonels I’ve used Babbel and Duolingo but most were just reading and remembering.
Travel to the north of Sweden and learn Sami language. That is a language of Sami people who lives in the nature and follow the raindeers the income from the people. That is not many who can speak Sami language. And they have beautiful dresses and they sing joik with is the culture. I love your channel. ❤️
In elementary school we had a French teacher who had to work under these rules: no reading or writing, ten-minute daily lessons per class, no homework. He had trained using the Defense Language Institute system at Monterey which uses lots of homework--hours of listening to tapes. So, on the fly, he had to develop a whole new approach to teaching and learning. Our grammar was terrible (I thought the infinitive "to be" was "soir") but our pronunciation was quite good. Later he based his approach to teaching lower-division French at UC Berkeley on his improvised teaching system. Even months into the course, he was careful to introduce new vocabulary by sound first, with the written form at least a day later. I have noticed that a lot of English speakers who try to learn French get really thrown off by the spelling.
I agree, the spelling throws everyone off when learning French. So many rules and so many exceptions to rules, and remembering them is a near impossibility. So much grammer! I was getting on better last year just by reading aloud in a group and translating the paragraphs, but now I'm in a grammer class and I have gone backwards. Now I panic, I cannot even speak a few words. I can't learn that way - I need to learn phrases phonetically and speak them. I got really despondent and gave up on the classes a month ago and I didn't know how I was ever going to get back on track. Then I came across this video and I'm really inspired to try again. Well done to this guy. I've been following him for a while now and am amazed at what he does. It could be the answer for me. I hope so.
This makes sense 100% I instantly remember myself struggling to writ in English but I could speak it I was 10 from Uganda because surrounded by people I learned how to speak English within 6month but struggled writing.
best method using anki i got. My flashcards are made of native speaker's audios, I save phrases capturing audios and i put into the anki in front side, after that , i write exactly what was said to show as back side. I never seen nothing better than that. You wont find this on youtube, nobody teachs this correctly
Please explain your method with a little more detail. Thank you.
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Thanks for the idea, I've seen that Anki app let you add audios, but I only have used images. I'm going to start using audios from now on!
@@thetaekwondoe3887 I'm learning Japanese with anki, and the flashcards I'm using have native speaker audio directly from anime and J-dramas. It's awesome
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I appreciate how straightforward this is!
I love the enthusiasm and the amazing commitment he has for learning and teaching but man chill out with the clickbait
Learning two languages right now in Georgia 🇬🇪….really needed to hear this! Textbooks were holding me back
It feels easier when you already know how to by now.
I stared learning Spanish for 9 months, switched to German on Duolingo. I know more German in the 4 months than I did in Spanish. But like you said, It's easier once you practice 2. The 3rd and 4th languages come way easier
@@magvs_mæstro216German is easier to learn for English speakers than Spanish.
@@nysportsfan2576 Spanish is also not hard to learn for English speakers. With comittment, you can easily become fluent in spanish within a couple years.
@@nysportsfan2576that is not true at all
@@nysportsfan2576 to some it can be, the German word order and modal verbs are incredibly tricky for monolingual English speakers, while Spanish has scary verbs and indirect object pronouns that confuse me haha
The statement at 1:25 is a great point! For those of you wanting to learn an additional language, Xiaoma might seem intimidating or give you a false sense of how much you can learn in a given time. The thing is, Xiaoma is great at languages for sure, but he's especially skilled at HOW to learn the basics of conversation in a language.
So, if you're watching Xiaoma and feeling down or something, the guy doesn't speak a boat load of languages. Rather, he can converse in a bunch of languages. The positive thing to learn from this is that if you're going on a vacation somewhere in 2-3 months, you've got all the time you need to learn what you need to learn to get by! You don't need to be perfect or fluent to make friends and get positive responses. Just show your respect and your effort, and you'll do just great. :)
Magic phrases is a good term for my theory of a cheat sheet of words I often encounter while traveling.
After putting together my Japanese one I slowly understand certain phrases in foreign media and how a word can be used in different context
Ya've made a lot of videos, and this one may have been the most beneficial in my entire journey
I've been studying grammar for 4 months and feeling as though im no where close
There's a lot of new Chinese restaurants for you to try in New Jersey to surprise with your Mandarin skills. Go get em!
Pratice makes perfect. The phrase didn't come out of nowhere.
But yes textbooks make you learn, but doesn't make you know. This is applied in everything I think, not just languages. Good video.
Been waiting on something like this
Anki is my favorite tool! ❤️
That's a very useful and interesting video! Thank you for all these tips! 😁
I remember as a 7,8,9 yo kid in school being taught all these weird rules for english grammar, when i had no idea what the language actually sounded like. I was frustrated because i always had the 1 question about every rule- WHY? why is this like that and not otherwise.....but as children we were shushed down and told Just do it and dont ask questions.....which is basicaly how to kill a spirit of play in any child.
Thank God that with the coming of the internet to our home i was able to watch and listen english all the time, and thats when i fell in love with it. Now, my inner dialog is in english...now its time for japanese. ❤
I can eat a whole pack of chips in under five minutes.
Crush bag, pour in mouth 😅
Brilliant @@alexander9339
Doesn’t mean you know the whole language of the bag of chips, just a few phrases.
You certainly have a unique, special gift to be able to learn other languages so quickly. Use the force for good young padawan…
Thank you for existing b, this is amazing to know, thank you. Eye have this on my list of things to get done.
Love your vidéos great example for new generation!
The intimidation aspect of speaking a language you've never spoke is spot on. And your "free list of phrases" is great. But it partly doesn't address this problem. Most of us are unsure of how to pronounce the words. For example, Nihao. Is that .. Nee-hey-ow .. Nie-ha-o .. or .. something else? A phonetic pronunciation would also be very helpful. *Edit .. although you do address this later in the vid. Thanks!
neuroplasticity, semantics, literacy, writing, speaking, listening... all lead to one result = total immersion.
i speak scottish gaelic and i was so shocked that was the language you spoke about! your gaelic is fab btw!!
Just checked out those magic sentences. That's really cool. Thanks!!
This whole concept also really resonates with music education and maybe other arts. I love that quote 'hard like exercise not calculus'
So come to Cherokee NC and learn our language pls!!!
Watching my two-year-old learn how to speak he just watched blues clues, Ms. Rachel and other things like that over and over again and then he started saying what they were saying over and over again until he learned how to speak. It’s amazing there was no teaching of letters and how to speak. He just saw them doing it, and learned to himself
Hey Xiaoma, I've watched every one of your videos and I don't want you rushing new content, BUT I want to see more! Can you recommend any other polyglot TH-camrs like yourself I can watch too? I already watch Ryan Hale speaking Chinese and the German guy spekaing Vietnamese, but I want more content like yours!
Learning a new language is insanely difficult, this guy has a special gift. There are words you can learn but you don't know how to pronounce them, so to anyone else it sounds like gibberish.
Hits ya with the masterclass at the end 😂😂😂 common my guy.
to be fair, if someone develops a method, it takes time and effort. and teaching for free doesn't pay your bills. he gave a lot of good info for free, here. a lot more than some do before pitching their class or seminar or whatever junk.
Absolutely floored that Xioma/Ari is learning Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)!
Deagh obair a charaid!
The reality is that he doesn't learn to speak any language in 24 hours.
He places himself in carefully edited, specific scenarios where he will have to speak, at most, a dozen of logical sentences, generally involving the same basic bartering. He then adds a few words, edits the best parts and posts it online with paid ads to other language learning platforms and his own stuff.
It's not unimpressive, he definitely has a knack for languages and his Mandarin is pretty decent, but he's not "learning to speak any language in 24 hours". He's learning to say a handful of sentences.
You wouldn't say "I am an alpinist and can master any mountain in less than 24 hours" just because you do a 50m trail on mountains around the world. Realistically, he can claim to speak 2 to 3 languages. He knows basics in a lot. I was hoping he would not fall to the level of other "language scam artists" who promises people that they, too, can learn and master any language in this incredibly short amount of time if they only follow this formula they are selling.
he's still doing more than a lot of us manage, and it STILL takes work. i'd say it's more like, he can speak a little of the language in that time. it's a good base, good basic stuff. and building off a foundation like THAT sure makes things easier.
but anyone who studies or has studied languages is also aware of ability levels and certain ones just naturally take a while. you aren't fluent in a day or a week. and when movies casually make someone get fluent in a couple hours and speak REALLY naturally..... i'm not sure whether to bust a gut laughing, crying, or waving a pointy finger accusatorially at the screen. (usually it's the finger and shouting out "BULLsh1t!!!")
i hear where you're coming from though.
What you're saying is right, if you want to speak as many languages as you can, but if you want to go to the country, and live there, you NEED to know all mandarin alphabet and notebooks and grammars and stuff. I will definitely try your method with othsr languages though!
All you're doing is memorizing sentences. You're not acquiring the language. If you don't use those sentences frequently, you'll forget them. Acquiring a language takes a hell of a lot more time than 24 hours. Input with listening and output with speaking is the way to go but it takes time. Quite a bit of time.
Thank you. I’m encouraged to learn spanish and Italian now.
I'm native Spanish speaker, learning Italian. If you need someone to practice Spanish let me know.
"How I Learn to Speak Any Language in 24hours"
Answer: You don't.
End of video.
The title makes me to skip the video
Looking forward to the Scottish Highlands episode! I hope you will learn Gaelic (Irish) too, it is one of the most beautiful languages in my opinion.
Dude, you are a brilliant language practicioner and learner, you don 't need to go saying such BS to get views.
You don't learn to speak a language in 24 hours. You learn how to communicate a few fundamental simple ideas in 24 hours.
Sorry but that is not "speaking the language", far from it.
You are absolutely right! Thanks.
technically it IS speaking though. some people even became fluent reading and writing and can't say a word. nerves, pressure, embarrassment.... i think his vid is partly addressing this aspect, talking about starting to use the language early, speaking and talking. he is getting further in this amount of time than a lot of us with more traditional study methods, or learning a lot of vocab. so he should get props for that.
title was a little clickbaity, implying one day, but honestly not too bad, it's mostly relevant. the topics he hits on in this one are important ones to hear.
also, a lot of travelers would consider this level of speaking as knowing a language. being able to build even rudimentary sentences. it's functional, at least. it's knowing/speaking on a super basic level. still counts. in the scope of an ENTIRE language it may not seem like much but for learners, getting to that point is a huge step.
Thanks for your tips. Best wishes 😍😍😍
That's insane! Congrats on your accomplishments!!
As a Scotsman, I am looking forward to seeing your video in the Highlands. It's such a beautiful country but a bit like your Wales video, I think you'll be surprised by how few people speak Gaelic. Definitely more speakers of it in the highlands than in Glasgow or Edinburgh
Well said & done sir !!❤❤❤❤
I’ve learnt 5 languages in the traditional way (5 years each) maybe not so fast but I had time to taste the grammar and enjoy books and culture of each one. I realize times are changing and AI will translate for us not only written texts but also conversations in real time, making the effort unnecessary, but in human relationships a conversation is not only to talk, is knowing is knowing the way the other thinks.
I'll start by saying that you do certainly have a gift, and the progress you make in 24 hours is way above what's normal - so firstly, congrats for that.
But come on, you know you don't "speak" those languages after 24 hours to any degree, really. You memorize a ton of basic phrases and if you're lucky, the conversation stays within those narrow bounds. When it doesn't, you're totally lost. Or you just repeat yourself. It looks impressive to anyone who doesn't speak the language, but to those who do, it's instantly obvious you have no idea what's going on.
It's a nice way to get a "taster" of a new language, and it's a neat party trick, but it's not a good foundation for actually mastering a language in the long term. I only feel compelled to comment because you are now selling something on this basis, and people should go into that with a huge huge disclaimer.
Keep up the good work, peace.
I can see where you're coming from, but why do you say it's not a good foundation?
With this approach, people can get out and start speaking a language, having a real, though limited, conversation.
If they want to learn more, all they have to do is continue learning vocabulary about more topics and continue to increase the complexity of their phrases.
@@TheParadiseParadox its not a good foundation because he's telling people to ignore the alphabets etc; frontloading can be a pain in the arse but you absolutely need the alphabet of the language you are learning for example.
I also >personally< dont agree with "always put english on the front of the card", I always put english on the back. I wanna read and consume the language im learning. it can encourage 1 to 1 translations which isn't practical.
@@miraichampion3366 you don't need the alphabet to speak a language. It's much easier to read a language once you can speak it
@TheParadiseParadox disagree personally. Being able to consume materials in your target language is more important that reciting a few memorised phrases (if fluency is the goal). If you're going on a holiday and wanna just learn to be nice then sure I agree with you.
@@miraichampion3366 okay, that's not really what I was saying
Have a good one
Scripts are some of my favourite parts of learning new languages. Because it feels like a code.
People that can speak multiple language's , are usually musically gifted as well.
I've thought about this about myself many times. I don't speak any other languages but I know I have the potential.
@@servantofaeie1569 every human has the potential, it takes effort to learn.
They also tend to comprehend abstract concepts like mathematics easier than others. I'm assuming because music and mathematics are languages in some sense.
@@paulewannacrackr I'm good with languages, horrible at math.
Great vid,
Thai is kicking my butt
love your content dude but the click bait captions... 24 hours. stopppppp
How i learned all languages in 0.1 seconds
Did he lie? He said he does 10-15 1 hour sessions of speaking over 3 weeks. That ls 10-15 hours. Plus another 10 hours probably of other practice. So under 24 hours
This is your best video. Language learning should be fun and practical. I can find a bathroom and order a beer in 5 languages because I want to. Spending hours Conjugating verbs in school is ridiculous.
You popularized the video style. A pioneer! Surprising locals, and getting reactions. 🎉🎉🎉
i think @laoshu505000 really pioneered this video style, but xiaoma definitely popularized it and influenced many to learn languages!
@@EndreaDaCosta RIP to the brother Laoshu!
You convinced me to subscribe to the teacher AI! Let the speaking begin!
You learned how to make small talk in a new language. This is not synonymous with learning new language.
And he claims to be a polyglot of 56 language lmao
Cry and cope
@@tubeguy4066Zip it up once you're done
I’m English, I’ve always like languages but at school I was the one in class who wanted to so it was tough. Now it feels like my brain is too slow to absorb everything so I’m trying to make changes ti how I live my life in order to be better at absorbing it all.
I want to try and learn some Japanese as I feel the challenge will spur me on ti keep going, plus the culture / pop culture and history of Japan is a great way to learn the language (via listening and reading about it). For me I want to get a text book to learn and practice the basics and hopefully I’ll get better at absorbing information with that so that I can then use other things like mnemonics and just apps in general.
Thanks for your content I love seeing how you learn and talk to new people (one reason I want to learn languages)
We want to see Xiaoma and LanguageSimp collab
Languagesimp literally makes parodies of people like xiaoma
@@m_ron2742That doesn't mean he wouldn't want to collab with him.
This is true. I never studied Spanish and grew up with no Hispanic relatives in a hokey town in the mid-west. The only person that I would hear is my Spanish speaking mother. I was able to test and came up as an Intermediate Advanced Spanish speaker. Keep in mind I had to read difficult sentences and choose the correct grammatical words. Some of those words I never heard my mother speaking. I’m a genius. Thanks to mama. Gracias mami🎉
I remember watching his video speaking welsh where he subtitled stuff to make him look way more proficient than he was, and some subtitles were just straight up not what he said, more like what he implied.
There’s a part where he just says “Cennyn Pedr” which means “leek”, but the subtitle shows “Saw some leeks over there”.
Another example was when he said “Pa blasus?” which transliterates to “Which tasty?”, but is subtitled as “Which one is good?”. What he said was grammatically incorrect and should’ve been “Pa un yn flasus?”
Alot of the video had all these tiny things in almost every subtitle that made him look (to non speakers) way more proficient than he actually was. Most of the time he never even used articles but put them in subtitles. He really is the biggest language subtitle catfish of all time.
Also I’m pretty sure he deleted a youtube comment pointing this out ahahaha
The title of this video was misleading. But I guess even English speakers were already able to communicate in English fluently when they learned the alphabet and then advanced and learned more complex words from there. I’m actually ashamed that someone else had to point out something so obvious. This will make my future language learning much easier.
We need a collab with Languagesimp
Well said Ari, great info and great way to learn!! 🙂
이것을 위대한 만약에 언어 공부하다 빨리 불과지만 만약에 오랫동안 공부하를 다 것어야 돼요
I like the movie the 13th warrior and the way he learned the language. Forced on a boat with a foreign language being spoke and he just sits there listening starting to pick up phrases. The other great trying to understand a language show. Star Trek TNG. Darmok and Jarad at Tanagra. Great example of thinking you know what they are saying and having no idea what they actually mean.
THANK YOU THIS IS USEFUL IMA TRY THIS OUT TOO
I’ve always thought of this! I speak German, Spanish, mandarin, Italian and English. I’ve always said that grammar isn’t important at first. Vocab is important at first! First know how to speak, hello hey I’m good and you? Type stuff. Then, a month later okay get into the grammar.
You learn the way kids learn before going to school, and that is probably the best and most natural way possible.
I totally agree. Speaking is essential. I'm Polish and was learning German and English for 10 years at school. I came to Scotland and I was scared to say a word. I was communicating very poorly using hands and gestures. After 10 years of learning! I started watching movies in English and speaking as much as possible. Then finished Art at college and now after 13 years in UK I can say I'm fluent. I'm learning Spanish now for 2 years and I struggle a wee bit, I wouldn't pull even basic conversation, so this video was helpful to remind where to start.
The "wee" after mentioning you moved to Scotland really sold to me that you ARE fluent! Lol
Could you try Taiwanese Hokkien? It’s a harder compared to mandarin and a dying language
他會講福州話，學台語應該沒太大的問題
Studying all the world languages is just like putting a huge puzzle together, and every time you learn new words, phrases and sentences in a language it’s like putting one more piece together to complete the puzzle.❤
"I'm going to be honest, I have photographic auditory memory, but you can probably do this too..." 🤔👀
lmao this was like, I can memorize a whole page at one glance and you do too.
加油。我知道你在挑戰 老鼠先生的事，雖然他不在了。但看到你繼承了他的遺志。很高興