Learning a Language Will Change your Life for Good | Christopher McCormick | TEDxPhnomPenh
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- As the head of language research, training and testing for EF Education First -- the world's largest language school -- Dr. Christopher McCormick oversees the instructional design and delivery of EF's language programs. His work focuses on online language learning, educational mobile applications, and digital media for accelerated language learning. His language abilities span English, Spanish and Russian, amongst others. Dr. McCormick holds a B.A. with honors in French and Russian from Tulane University, and a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin.
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“The best aspect of language learning is it teaches you humility. Trying to be yourself in another language strips your personality down to its most basic elements. Languages are complicated and subtle. They are beautiful systems. Approaching a new one can seem to be an impossible task but it is good to do things that seem impossible” - Christopher McCormick
"It's good to do things that seem impossible".
Every new language is a key to a new world. It does open the doors to incredible opportunities.
Wonderful talk. As an Iranian professional English teacher who speaks French fluently and has an excellent command of Arabic I strongly believe that learning foreign languages has broadened my mind and has changed my vision of the world and has made a strong version of me.
He said,"Learning a language will change your life, It will give you a better mind, It will stretch you understanding around ther world,"I'm so impressed his lecture.Because my major is mongolian language which everyone cannot understand. The lecture gave me great power. So I realized that I should thinking flexible will make me better person. Thank you.
The more languages we know, the more opportunities we can discover the world. Languages are like magical strings to connect many people together. It's so appropriate to the sentence that "you speak the language he know, that goes to his head, but you speak his language, that goes to his heart". Thanks for this clip.
Once you know how to speak several languages, it just makes senses that it is so limited to have just one language. Because it does open your mind and help you to see the world in a different way. But, for most people it is a question of being scared to learn a new language... because like for all the rest, we are not equal when it comes to learn a new language. For some of us, it will come faster and others will need more time.... but in the end, people should just remember than anyone can learn a new language and it will definitely help him/her to see the world in a different manner, it will be good for his/her career and it might give this person the interest to learn another language and understand the world in a better manner.
Yess exactly, i recognized that as i learned, in fact i am learning still, russian.
Adalberto FS I studied 6 years french, but we always had the same stuff to learn so basically i didn’t learn much there. I wish I will be able to learn french again one day. I study Spanish since 3/4 year and I need to say I feel like I can speak more Spanish than french. I hope I can teach myself french tho!! 😇
Adalberto FS BTW, my first language is Russian, my second is german my third is English my 4th french and Spanish is my fifth. But u just inspired me to learn french again - thank u!!
Still thanks for your helpful french tutorials tho, i did learn alot from them!
LEARN FRENCH WITH VINCENT
This is one of the finest speeches I have ever heard. One more reason to keep learning Chinese and French. Thank you!
those are exactly ones that I'm learning now
Hank Han Thanks. I will never stop learning Chinese. It was intimidating the first time but now I actually find it very easy and fun.
Absolutely agree with you on this one. One of the finest indeed. Many thanks!
This an amazing speech. Although I study English very hard, it's not good. Especially my speaking English. I have to try. Sometimes, I feel alone and depressed, but I don't give up because I know that I can do it even though it never easy for me.
I 'm trying so much. So I had 38 years old. I feel to regretted about my last time.
You are doing very well :)
@@moldtechvietnam.onganh-han850 how is your english going?
Keep going. 2 or 3 years later I will see you improved very much!
It has been a long time since the day I wrote those words down. I am still trying to learn English and preparing the final year to graduate. Eventhough I am stepping slowly in compare to someone’s else, I feel happy on my journey😍
Learning (learnt) english, german, esperanto, french, spanish, dutch and japanese.
Plan on learning swedish and norwegian sometimes soon when I am better at japanese, dutch, spanish and french (my skills are currently still quite bad there. I will have to polish them first)
Might learn hindi, arabic, portugese, korean or bengali someday when I'm satisfied with that.
Languages are just the best!
They just change your perspective on life and everything!
I can't imagine being monolingual to be honest - which would also mean I couldn't understand any ted talks video now, because english wasn't my first, but my second language after all.
Being monolingual for me would be like not being able to connect to the whole world.
I couldn't even write this message here now or wouldn't know so many awesome people without language learning.
So many experiences.
It changed my life for good even though the effort is tremendous - but if I hadn't spent the time on so much language learning (and still do) I'd probably die full of regrets with things I always wanted to do or always wanted to learn, but never did, just because of laziness or whatever.
Don't you be that person!
Start living your dreams today instead of saying "someday I will do this or that..."
Fight your laziness and just go for it and learn a language! ^-^
Gisol oh my God , all of that !!
Gisol If you need any help in Hindi language you can ask me, I'm a native speaker
wow pretty inspiratiional and aspiring, keep going and learning, good luck you ^^
When you are ready to study swedish, I might help you seeing as I am a native speaker.
Ya..... agreed.... N now am on my way with espanol first.
How to improve the student's learning of the second language? I'm an English teacher from Cambodia. I want to help my community students to study English. I hope it can change their future lives when they graduate from high school. and it also is a bridge for them to communicate with other people around the world to develop their knowledge and skills.
I speak English , French , German , Arabic and learning Spanish rn ... I ask everyone here who speaks only one language to start as soon as possible you'll never regret it 🙌🏻
English is my first language. I'm learning Spanish, french, Russian, and Hebrew. When I was very young and could hold s very brief conversation in Japanese but once my friend who spoke Japanese moved I completely forgot how to speak it. What I do realize learning different languages is how long-winded and versatile it is.
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Beautiful. He reminded me of why I love learning languages. I needed that.
I am an English learner from India. I would like to say that Learning a second language is not be hard. We can learn it like a mother tongue We have to listen and try to speak. If we told about vocabulary make sure you Note down the words whenever you see/hear new words, Learning a language is the process of consuming. I am also a Biginner in the English language. But it's working in my opinion.
I'd say that patience and humility are the keys of learning another language. You can do it. If you do not believe in yourself, anyone will do it for you.
Learning language is that teaches you humility trying to be your self in another language strips your personality down to its most basic elements, language is complicated and subtle they are beautiful syatems approaching new can seem like an impossible task but it's good to do this things that seem impossible it can change your 💓 life. Thank you
Great talks. Learning a new language is a way to learn a new world indeed ! Thank you !
This is the best talked speech about learning languages I have seen at CZcams
I got the same impression! Brilliant speaker
I was afraid to call it the best but I guess you are right. I have not listened to all though.
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You should, I listen to-interesting vids usually 2 or more times before Writing a comment.
Sometimes it takes time to get all the info
Well, I am a Cambodian man. I do really appreciate your presentation. You did a wonderful presentation.
Learning anything can change ones life.
This talk is astonishing!
It's a good speech for me who learning a new language now🥲 Sometimes so tired to memorize many vocabularies
It's good to do thing that seems impossible it can change
Your life 🙏❤️❤️❤️
That's great to hear that topic ! I am Cambodian !
Thank you for this great reminder and insight. Studying Finnish after learning Danish :)
Awesome Talk Chris, thank you!
Thanks for reminding me this
well, l'm a Cambodian l stay in Phnom Penh and English is my second language. l also love the languages as well. l've learned French and Japanese at the same time. l love traveling . l ain't just love to learn French and Japanese but l also love to learn Mandarin Chinese , Korean, Malay, Thai and Italian. after two years l've leaned French and Japanese l'll move on to learn those languages. because l want to be a polyglot. you know what, in Cambodia people can speak only one or two languages. l will make the historical. not because l want to be a well-known person but due to l DO love what l've been doing.
thanks for this video it's very helpful and inspire to those who are want to learn a language.
learning languages is hard and videos like this help keep me focused
just some tips you seem to have a small problem with past, present and future tense
you said "I've learned Japanese and French at the same time" where "I learned" would be more normal
and "I ain't just love" but ain't means "are not/am not" "don't/ Do not" makes more sense
"but I would also love to learn"
there were a few other mistakes but not many
but what you wrote was completely understandable and your grammar is perfect.
just words choice for tense was not quite right
thanks, I'll try to correct.
ChanSothea Doung hey I know English, Hindi and learning French and Japanese. Will you like to connect with me to practice language?
good luck on learning languages!
very glad i grew up speaking 3 languages, and have a rudimentary grasp on another 2, even if sometimes it scrambles my brain
I would love to master at least 20 languages, I am currently learning Italian belonging to Latin system, then move on to German, Czech, Russian and French. Hoping You to master more languages
My school background is technical
But I have been travelling a lot and found myself keen on languages
When you try to learn a local language people become si kind with you by having the chance to feel helpful and actually powerful
Beautiful !
Thank you。
Great lecture. I love it.
Really useful and important for me.
I really like this topic
Thank you so much for your wonderful Ted Talk on learning languages. I nearly fell off my chair when you said your hometown was Ft Worth, as it is mine as well! I was a child of the 50's, and I so loved going to the FW library. It felt like church to me. Ive lived my entire life in TX, but FW is my favorite town. I just moved back last summer, & it's so good to be home! The only language classes I've ever taken were college Spanish. Unfortunately, I retained very little. I'm very motivated to learn French, as I want to go to Paris in 2020, and want to learn the language & more about French culture before I go. Which type of class would you recommend for a student in her upper 60's? Thank you so much! D
it is the wonderful speech that i had ever seen before . really it very helpful for me thanks
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How great this noble awarenes. For the real tool to enjoy life
Thank you
What a great talk .. I actually love learning languages.. I speak frensh , English , Arabic .. and I wanna learn Italian..
Please how can learn Arabic without mental translation
How l can learn fas
Thanks for great speech Mister
Really useful .....for me
absolutely one of best on lamguage. merci beaucoup !
Bien
studying japanese now. already speak english, and learning french in school. going to also learn korean, and probably hindi at some point.
Lilith I also know Hindi, English and learning French and Japanese..will you like to connect with me to practice language?
Zachary Brewer bro...tnks 4 choosing " hindi" language😊 ..we love to teach u hindi, as I m Indian..& we r curious too, to know world , which is our big home & could go any where👳💂👲
Why hindi?
What is the best way to learn Hindi?
😅😅😅 wow
This speech is very nice
Very interesting !
I really enjoyed this TED talk. I am so interested in learning a new language but nervous at the same time.
I hope you're learning a new language now
You don't need to be so nervous about learning another language. You can just relax and enjoy the process of learning a new language. The road is beautiful, you'll see a lot of fantastics landscape around you, this landscapes are the opportunities waiting for you learn another language.
I'm a vietnamese i still learning english every day but i feel it not well i always watch ted on the youtube.
try another way to learning english
One language is a one minded approach. It isn't until you learn another language that you realize how messed up English is. We have so much freedom with it, you can express in a multitude of different ways and basically say the same thing. In Spanish, german and other more direct languages there is one way to say it. Given there are slangs or sayings that go with all languages but its no different then people up north in the USA to people down south. Same language just spoken differently. There are many dialects of Spanish that have indian words mixed in with them and only people in a certain area can speak it or understand that saying. Its how they can tell if your a foreigner or not, all in how you say "hello" or "thank you". Shei Shei
I would like to read the comments of those who gave it thumbs down to this motivating video..
English is the language of the angels.
tnks
Right now I'm fluent in English and Tagalog and now I'm learning both the chinese language and spanish
Waw i am trying speak english
Can you help me learn Spanish I am starting acquiring it this is my whatsapp number 00212650793597i would be glad if you accept
Que bueno, sigue aprendiendo español
I'm a native Chinese speaker, my national language is Malay, while English is my Second language. currently, I'm learning Spanish.
That is excelent if you want to learn other languajes
okay, I want to share with you about one method which I use in practice, because my English is broken I understood this one is good to encourage another another shy people, which are much more educated in English , but shy for speaking eginwhen i
Studying Spanish and German right now, then will do Japanese and Russian.
you should learn Chinese as it is the future
Explain...
Chinese is with islandic and greece the most difficult language, isn't it?
Learning to Russian is so fun. My friend saw my study notes and thought it was a complex math.
It's hard practice guitar instrument than language
Amazing! Learning language isn't just plainly memorizing empty words for just pointless speaking. No!
Learning language is discovering a brand new unexplored world with different and intriguing people. What they think? What are their values? What they like and what they don't? What is their culture and why?
Learning language is a vividly human act of connecting fraternaly with our brothers and sisters separated by tongue.
Adios, Auf wiedersehen, arriverderti, tchau and Good Bye.
learning different foreign 😍😍languages is releasing US to know & different culture & tradition, I love that to know & we r all curious to know & communicate from different world..which will be helpful for US when we visit different countries..I m India & welcomes all our frds to visit INDIAN .."the land of google & Microsoft CEO's "😊😊
i wish i could speak as well as you
Can somebody help to make English subtitles for the video? Thanks very much.
Any one who span every few language that give chance be global citizen and culture height ,all ethnic sharing common inspire used and heritage spiritually.
Life is too short to waste time learning another language unless you absolutely have to. At school I studied French, Welsh and Latin none of which I have ever spoken since the day I left school.
I also want to study some languages , expencial is fluently in English that mean I'm not good now.
I am learning English and French
who there's related between language English and French
The best languages in the world! La plus belle langue au monde Entier la langue Française la plus magnifique dans l'histoire de L'humanité et l'anglais la langue universelle actuellement!
That's right
If you're talking about computer languages I'm golden.
I'm Mozambican. And I'm still learn english, for me is very difficult to get advanced level and I don't know why.
Azarias Francisco I’m doing a report in last days and still in progress to find the efficient way to learn a foreign languages .. You could be a native speaker of English.. just need to find out how and make a plan to achieve that .. needs lot of effort.
Me too
im self studying spanish
little lucy hi! I am a native speaker of Spanish, I am learning English! So, we can practice!
: ) He said "Khmer" wrong. It is good that they are utilizing technology.
How did Zimbabwe fair on the test of countries Doctor
I speak Hungarian English spanish French Dutch and Italian working on Finnish Arabic and for some reason I want to learn german
استمر ..
2:55 Yeah that aaand in my case also the personality. xD
also i want to studdy some language
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why can't ..we r not introducing ourselves hi this comment box ?😀 bcz we r language lover..could explore ourselves 😎...I m excited..join us come on -I m from India 👳👍👷☺
yo apprendo español
i am learning Spanish
I'm learning Spanish=estoy aprendiendo Español
Good video! The most important thing in life is knowledge of foreign languages! Thanks to foreign languages you can realize all your dreams and realize your grandiose ambitions! I would like to recommend all the practices of Yuriy Ivantsiv ''Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign language". This book will be an indispensable helper, a handbook for every person who studies a foreign language! This book contains invaluable tips, questions and answers, and solutions to problems faced by anyone who studies a foreign language! Knowledge is power! And knowledge of foreign languages is your power multiplied by many times! Success to all in self-development!
I want to learn spanish please suggest me what can i do
What kind of app helpful for me. please suggest me respected all
Hi! So I can recomend you some youtube channels. For begginers try "Butterfly Spanish" and also spanish playground. They have short series called "Buena gente" where they talk slowly. If you like pidcasts try duolingo spanish podcast. (it is half in spanish half in english and stories are interesting) Do what best work for you. As long as you pay attention you learn.
Good luck😊💜
am learning turkish language nd next french
I'm looking into sanskrit
Chỉ mong là sau này mk có thể hiểu đc nghĩa của video này, vì thực sự mk ko bt j về tiếng anh, chả khác j ng vừa câm vừa điếc
لطفا زیر نویس فارسی داشته باشه
I would like to learn French,could someone to help me and advice..
Have u started yet ? I mean learnig frensh! .. if already know the basics maybe u can practice with me sometimes ..cus I speak frensh
@@MichaelJacksonFan Thank you !Unfortunately I don't know the basic.
@@kostasintzes8066 good luck
I live in Indonesia. True that most people here don't speak English. And I'm curious about the result of that free tests you gave to people in under-developed countries. At what rank is Indonesia?
It's true, but Indonesians in the cities are more likely to understand/speak English, meanwhile those who lived in villages/ rural areas barely knows English. But I gotta say, Indonesians actually speaks way better English than Japanese (no hate intended)
Vietnamese, Chinese , Japanese, English 🥶🥶🥶
mmm as a Spanish speaker, I think there are many Spanish speakers learning English so I don't really get his point.. to learn a language doesn't make you open minded or something like that... people who are learning English.They don't act like that, they still thinking in the same aspect, they just translate their beliefs to another language.. nothing will change...
moses
I'm learning Korean, and I'm fluent in English. Any native Korean speakers interested in working with me (I can help you with english and you can help me with korean) ??
icecream hi! I can help you with learning korean😃 Im native Korean speaker :D
Yedam Kwon hello! Thank you for the reply☺️ Well..how should we communicate? Do you have the HelloTalk app? Or would you prefer email?? Let me know~
Choi 감사해요 ^^ 한국은 좋지 않다. 당신 영어가 얼마나 좋은가요? 나는 아직도 한국을 배우고있다. 그래서 나는 그것에 적절하게 의사 소통을 할 수 없다. (from Google translate, I have not learnt this yet ㅋㅋㅋ)
Try the app, hellotalk
How old is he?
50
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He says quickly, but children from day one are listening for up to 2 years before they utter a word.
Yes they are good at it, but not in the short term. Adults, short term, but timid
But who am I as a humble internet user to oppose him
But children a little older than that learn a second language much more quickly. It seems like it helps to not be reading yet and not think in terms of "words".
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Why do you need any languages except English?
In my opinion, it will be better have an axcellent skills in E nglish than basic deuch/spanish/korean/french/ etc.
imya666 i Think it is fun to learn Something New.
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I have excellent english skills but that doesn't help me talk with native spanish speakers.
Also, speaking another language is awesome and fun!
The old European joke: What is a multilingual? someone who speaks many languages. What isa bilingual? someone who speaks two languages. What isa monolingual? an American !
Sure... But Europe has access to those languages. It is a rich person making fun of a middle class person for not having a not having a pool. It's blithe snobbiness while at the same time lacking the historical understanding of American unification.
@@jayedavidson8414 spotted the monolingual
You would all be monolingual speaking German if it weren’t for Americans
Why do we need to learn a foreign language when most Americans can't speak or spell proper English?
Lol. Most Americans speak and write better English today than ever in our past! Nice try though!
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