How Moses McCormick learned 50+ languages! RIP
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- 🙌🏽 Moses McCormick was a prolific language learner and CZcamsr who passed away recently.
Incredibly, Moses spoke (to varying degrees) over 50 languages, and I wanted to pay tribute to him by making a video about how he learned languages - what drove him, and the techniques he used.
This wasn't an easy task, as Moses recorded 3,210 videos over his CZcams career. (This prolific activity gained him 1.2 million subscribers and over 180 million views.)
In other words, I had a lot of material to comb through! It would be impossible to sum up everything that Moses was about in just one video, but I tried my best, and I hope I did the task justice.
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📺 MOSES' CHANNEL:
/ @laoshu505000
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:18 - Why learn so many languages?
03:53 - The desire to be different
04:49 - How Moses learned languages pre-internet
05:43 - Moses' "Leveling Up" approach
07:34 - Deep vs. wide Learning
08:37 - Filming strangers
09:26 - Preparing for conversations with strangers
12:44 - Dialogue resources
14:52 - What Moses ignored
15:34 - Moses' language learning routine
18:46 - Does your ACTION match your AMBITION?
➡️ Moses inspired millions to learn languages, including some famous faces: czcams.com/video/dMSxPvECMck/video.html
I know two. Spanish and English. 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
I can some what understand Italian and Portuguese. 🇮🇹 🇵🇹
I always wanted to learn English. When I was a child, English course was very expensive. When I was a teenager, I saved money and paid to learn Spanish because English was expensive. In my twents, I got a job at a book store. I bought some English grammar book and taught myself. I don't have a Brazilian certificate of English, but I got a job at two English school as a teacher and worked for five years as a translator. I am teaching myself now Italian, French, Spanish properly because I am basic, Greek and Arabic.
I just found your channel. Surely will apply your method too.
By the way, Hello from Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. Learning languages is a fantastic occupation to me.
Made me learn Tagalog and Hindi
He’s a legend. I really enjoying learning new languages & cultures through 80 or so countries over the last 18 years.
Your video are very well done & appreciated
Great video Olly and a great way to pay tribute! He was the master.
Thanks man, I’m glad you liked it. A big loss for the community.
Yes, RIP Moses. Could you both make some videos to encourage and motivate young foreign language learners? I'm 16 and learning Spanish. I'm determined to become a polyglot someday. I'm going to start with the romance languages then move into Germanic and Asian and Semitic later on. I love yalls videos. Keep it up.
@@DN-ps4bn Thanks for the kind words. Yes, Language Transfer is awesome.
@@storylearning Is it true he was murdered? The more I look into the case the more i learn how much worse it really is.
Peace! One 'n only Master is Jesus Christ. He really wants to save you too so John 14:6 amen. God Bless:]
I asked Moses if it was better to learn by yourself or be taught . He said both are fine "when you learn by yourself you go at your own pace". "It just depends on the person and their preferences". Currently studying 4 languages . Legends never die !
I mean to be fair you can say that with anything ><
I found the fact his friends pushed him out there to "Test" his speaking and he kept getting pushed via youtube comments was a big push. And like olly says once you learn 1 the rest are easier
I used to follow guy long ago, he isn't really fluent in anything, he just spoke converstational in sooo much
To me, its insane his mind was able to balance and seperate each language. The man really did show how endless and powerful our minds are in language and communication
Man…😞😔
AWESOME, godspeed to you. and may moses rest in power
Either way, it doesn't matter. A student is not better than it's teacher so make sure your teacher is someone that natively speaks that language. It is not a coincidence that self taught people are very successful and become fluent while those "studying" often don't become fluent.
How he died
He died too young. Imagine if he lived till 100 years, imagine how many languages he could have learned.😔
I was looking forward to him eventually traveling to other countries and speaking to the locals in their mother tongue
He was murdered czcams.com/video/JDZ-yoFXWCk/video.html His own brother is doing a private investigation
@@merik7928 😭😭
@@merik7928 respect man
Scary stuff if he was really murdered. Substantial evidence needs to be found.
His death made me go back and watch his videos, which inspired me to jump back into learning Spanish. The joy he brings to people when he speaks their mother tongue is really special. Rest in peace!
I’m pleased for you!
Sometimes I think he faked his death,would be cool if I was right
Exactly my experience. I used to always just watched his videos being amazed. But now I actually had some time and I've been re-learning Spanish since high school and I've come a long way in just a few months. I can actually watch CZcams and understand things now
@@bryannguyen2383 how did you learn Spanish
Learned a bit in high school and now I'm using Babbel, watching a lot of youtube, TV shows, and listening to podcasts. Also talk with others if you can, it helps a lot. I might switch to Pimsleur for future languages just bc I hear about it so much from polyglots like Moses and Ikenna
I started learning Spanish at age 29. Up till then I spoke only English. Just curiosity. Like Moses said I never had any intention of learning to be fluent or make any big deal of it, once I got on a roll, it just started going and going.
I literally started by picking up a small piece of text (A warranty message on a product) in Spanish and a dictionary to see if I could "de-code it". Then I couldn't find some of the words in the dictionary..... then I figured out that those were verbs that had to be "conjugated", so I learned about verbs...... then later another piece of grammar or a few other words. I got books, I read them. I put labels with the Spanish names of things all over my house. I found Spanish speaking pen pals online and communicated slowly by looking up words and plugging away at it for hours and hours, week after week, month after month.
At the end of one year I had taught myself to speak, read and write Spanish somewhat fluently. I made friends in the Hispanic community. I'm 50 now and still use Spanish almost weekly here in rural Georgia. Learning a language was one of the best things I've ever done in life.
Great job! I do similar to what you you in Texas.
Amazing!
@@harrison85 Amazed myself actually , I'm generally a bit lazy. lol
Best things you've done in your life? Was it really that serious?
@@SourStrawberrys Yes. It completely changed my life. When my company found out I had taught myself Spanish, they moved me into an international sales position, and sent me all over the world on their dime. I made lots of new friends, I discovered cultures, food music I wouldn't have. It's been over 20 years since then and I still use Spanish on pretty much a weekly basis despite living in the rural USA.
I never knew this guy had passed away, may he rest in peace. I binged watched hours of his videos about a year ago and was so impressed! ...🙏🏾
Same 😞 may he RIH 🙏🏾❤️
I didn't know until now
Jesus! I didn't know he died. What the hell happened?
@@footyvision2218 😞
@@footyvision2218 Something to do with heart complications, not sure what exactly, that's what i saw on Wikipedia
His 'Level Up' videos were and still are fun to watch and motivating. Rest In Peace Moses.
Something special indeed!
and exuded great joy in his work
Wish could have seen more
Right? It’s very original
I've watched most of those videos multiple times. Legends!
I'm crying for 2 reasons. The joy I get from this video and the sadness that Laoshu is gone.
I just found out he passed 😢 sorry to hear. Loved his video helped me to keep practicing.
Yeah man, he was a real genius. I was looking forward to getting his courses, but life had other plans.
Moses was a legend. I love how he just got out there and spoke regardless of how awkward it was or his level in whichever language he practiced. Be brave people! Get out there and practice just like he did.
Yes. Bravery
What is his yt channel
Moses was my first Chinese teacher back in 2019 he taught me the basics and how to keep the conversation to flow. RIP Moses (I’m currently at a high level in Chinese now) 真謝謝他的領導，看著他的的影片讓我有動機來專心學中文。下個語言要學是西班牙文😊願他安息
well done
Bruce Lee was the Moses McCormick of martial arts.
Ha, that seriously is funny ha ha love it
That's a nice thing to say
Like how you flipped it
💕
he’d love to be thought of as that, bruce lee was his idol
My favorite Laoshu moment definitely has to be the one were he was speaking with a group of chinese people and one pulled out their phone contacts for some reason and they asked him if he could read chinese characters.
He read them with no hesitation. And the look on the chinese group's eyes was unforgettable. They continue to converse in Mandarin when two old ladies come out of nowhere and talk to him in tagalog "oh, you're still here?" Is what I remember but ik they had a conversation in tagalog.
At this point the chinese group were loosing it and couldn't believe what was happening lol. But then there was an Indian guy holding a flag I think that was watching the whole thing go down in the background.
The two old ladies and the Chinese asked Laoshu if he could talk in his native tongue as well.. offcourse, he was able to speak Hindi. And everyone in the group was flabbergasted at what they had just witnessed lol.
Definitely his best moment. Up there with the time he went to South Korea and was speaking with group of students. They thought he was working for the FBI for knowing so many languages LOL
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I love this consternation he used to make on groups of strangers
Wow, he’s totally fuckin legend 😮
That’s amazing and inspiring 💕
It saddens me still that this incredible man died so young. However he died is immaterial, he inspired a lot of people. RIP.
I wish he could pass on just 1/10th of the language knowledge to me, that would be awesome! He truly was a language genius! Never even know somebody could be that good in languages!
As a Somali, Moses (Musa) was absolutely an amazing human being. My condolences to his family and friends.
RIP brother.
I was so confused when I saw RIP in the title it feels so surreal I was binge watching his videos again through lockdown and had no idea he passed, gutting
Same here man. Did not know.
Anyone know what was the cause of death?
czcams.com/video/JDZ-yoFXWCk/video.html real truth about his death. The brother who follows him around everywhere shows what evidence he found and it hurts to watch.
@@stevenboykin7255 wtf! wow this is awful
@@domgreen1859 Yea I know right. When I first heard about how he died it didn't sit well or make any sense for a health-conscious eater his age to have a heart attack. His brother who was with him in damn near every video came forward with no fear to make a video revealing the truth. Moses did nothing to anyone or was involved in anything but learning languages and spread love to other ethnicities and their culture.
Olly, This video is pretty much BBC quality level.
Very professional in every way
Very kind thank you
Excuse me .It's better than the BBC .The BBC, would never have mentioned Moses .
It's actually a lot better than BBC! BBC is a master of fake news so don't insult him like that!
Moses taught me to have fun while language learning. Sometimes I take myself too seriously. "Are your actions at the level of your ambitions?" I feel like I need to write that down. Magnifique vidéo Olly !
I feel the same way
I didn't know he passed away. RIP. He's truly an inspiration for language learning.
This is heartbreaking watching this for the first time and finding out that he has already passed. And as an African American, I am so proud of what he was able to accomplish in his short life.
How he died
@@slayedclaw317 People say he died of a massive heart attack. But his brother Mark, a lawyer, has discussed in detail and took to major courts for the justice of the death of Moses. They killed him because he was better than us; 67 languages, a one in a trillion prodigy. Very solemn story.
I was literally looking for black polyglots and came across him.
@@thecraftedcosmos Well, he’s dead now. His videos are still very entertaining though. You’ve probably heard of Ikenna, but he’s the only other black polyglot youtuber I know of at the moment.
@@mattglasgow4383 i wasn’t asking for suggesting. I know he’s dead based on the title. I follow Ikenna already and found plenty from a simple search last night.
Thanks for a nice tribute Olly. I messaged Moses online a couple of times. After he posted one of his videos levelling up in Russian (my ancestors' language) I asked him what resources he recommends. He took the time to recommend some websites and send me some photos of his Russian books. He was really approachable and generous with his time, considering this is a busy CZcamsr with over 1 million followers!
That's a perfect example.
websites plz?
Oh this is amazing
Would you mind telling the resources he recommended please?
“It became easier.” Because he had entered the language matrix 🕴🏼
Love this 👌🏾🧡
What are you doing this Saturday night?
Moses: I'm spending 4 hours learning Icelandic
What a True Goat
Nice tribute to Moses. He really did contribute a lot to the community. I've never realized how important were the interactions with people until you mentioned it.
Thanks for watching
This man was my idol and I’m still sadden by his passing.
Same :((
Its a big Sin to have idols in case no one ever told you.
@@honestmike6976 maybe he is not christian, did you wonder that?
@@dohalimilqarasdeldemenanci8483 worshipping God is for all of mankind
@@armedinsurgent347 not everyone believes in God, nothing you can do about that......oh but you can try.
I'm just finding out that he passed away through this video. I know I'm late but I'm so saddened by learning of his death. He was incredible.
Me too :( I'm so sad I used to watch all of his videos during lockdown. How did he died?
@@missinglogos I was wondering the same
Just found out. I used always watch his video. How did he die?
@@Provision600 I believe a stroke
Same here. He was on my meet one in life list. 😭😭😭. RIP the legend.
Gone too soon😞 Rest In Peace Moses. A true inspiration and a great role model in our community.
Such an inspiration. Thanks for the comment
He inspired me to speak even when it’s uncomfortable. RIP Moses.
Moses has inspired me to not only learn languages, but also talk to strangers in their language. I speak to so many spanish speakers at work and their reaction makes me so happy and proud. They always go from cold and uninterested to shocked and friendly. I do it for him ✊ continuing what he started.
I swear the CZcams algorithm was reading my mind. I was just thinking how much I miss his videos.
I’m right there with you!
Me too..just found out watching some old videos that I've enjoyed seeing a few years back...started reading the comments and someone said RIP...Blew my mind !!!RIP 😇😭
Su muerte me jodió como si fuera un familiar. Una inspiración este Moses. Gracias por el video Olly
RIP Moses, he was the first American Black person I encountered fascinated by languages like myself. His passing was tragic and a reminder do work to achieve your goals and dreams because life is short.
He was the first guy I ever watched learning languages live on CZcams. So much courage...
Moses and Benny were the first inspirations I had in learning another language, and since I first discovered them about 8 years ago I've learned Spanish, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Esperanto, all to various levels. Still enjoyed watching his videos up until the day he died really. It was a sad day
I was there 8 years ago too, time goes by so fast
Poor guy got the vac and didn’t make it. 38 year old teacher brags on the net she got it. 4 days later gone. Media says natural causes. Keeps happening but no coverage…
@@someguy5219 bruh 🤦🏽
Literally taught the talk and walked the talk - RIP Laoshu, great inspiration for so many!!!
Wtf why im i finding out about this now. This man was legendary, Id binge lots of hes videos in the past and id just be stunned by how many languages he knew. Mann RIP Moses Laoshu Sensei 🤧🤧. Definitely an inspiration and a generational talent
7:05 when you speak to someone in a language they understand, the words go to their heads, when you speak to them in their native language, they go to their hearts.
Great video Olly! Excellent tribute to an extraordinary and special person who left us far, far, too soon. Moses's great legacy will live on...
He was an inspiration and he loved to interact and touch peoples lives in so many positive ways. RIP
Excellent video Oliy! Thanks for posting.
This is an awesome video and brought nothing but joy. Laoshu continues to inspire with his videos and has played a major role in keeping me motivated to learn. Great tribute to one of the pillars in the modern language learning community. R.I.P
Thanks so much 🙏🏻
Moses was a genuine inspiration, his priority of learning phrases and conversation is pretty much what I try to emulate - a few basics because conversation is so encouraging, then massive input to build the scaffolding and fill in all the blanks.
Your tribute was incredibly beautiful Olly. You have such a clean heart. Moses will forever be admired, inspirational and missed 🕊
Thank you 🙏🏻
RIP Moses, thank you for this video Olly! he will be remembered by millions.
Moses was a great man and is a legend, so much love and respect for the man, I am still pretty shocked by the news but hopefully people will continue to spread his videos and keep the passion going
Thanks for the video Olly. We will all miss Moses so much...
Happy you liked it!
Great video. And I like that comment you said at the end “are your actions at the level of your ambitions?” I never heard it put like that before, but that says it all. We all need to think about that when we are trying to accomplish anything.
Thank you Olly for this dedication video. You definitely did him justice💪😊💯
Thank you for your books as well I definitely enjoy the Spanish short stories! We all should try connecting with natives outside our homes just to get that experience under our belt and to boost that confidence of speaking to people.
Extremely inspirational guy and this was a great video Olly honoring him and will bring more inspiration to others considering whether to keep or start learning languages.
I haven’t been able to watch any of his videos since I heard the news. It’s really painful since for 2 years straight not a day went by where I didn’t watch his videos. He’s a true legend that left too soon.
Great video Olly! I love what you said about how, at the end of the day, learning a language should be something you do to enrich your life in whatever way matters to you, so true!
Thanks man 🙏🏻
I'm so encouraged and inspired to trust the process. Thanks, Olly, for honoring Moses.
I was missing Moses again and I had the privilege of meeting him and friends on FB and such. I've seen all his videos but the way this video was put together it had hidden gems I don't think I've seen. It was excellent and one of the best tributes I have seen. Your content is outstanding. I'm subscribing.
Thank you for that nice tribute and all the great learning tips it had in it.
Thank you Sue!
No! I had no idea he passed away! 😔. Lovely tribute. He’s one of the reasons I started learning French Spanish and Yoruba.
Nice job. RIP Moses. Inspiring beyond the grave.
Can't believe he has passed, loved watching all his videos, thoughts with his loved ones, thanks for making the video man ✌👍
Good one Olly, a great tribute to Moses McCormick. He was such a brilliant hyper-polyglot.
Cheers john
Beautiful tribute! Thank you.
Love this. Thank you for making it.
Sad to hear of his passing. What an inspiration - now I don’t feel crazy trying to learn/ refresh on 12 languages
Whenever I'm feeling lazy with language-learning I go and watch his interactions with strangers. Literally nothing more inspiring to me.
What a wonderful tribute to Moses! Thank you!
I learned a lot with this video!
Great tribute video. Moses was a true inspiration!
I always loved his videos, and I’m so sorry to hear that he passed. He was one of my first inspirations to try to learn languages to connect with more people. German, mandarin, ASL… my memory is bad, so I don’t retain much over time, but I may never have learned any at all without Moses’ inspiration.
R.I.P Moses aka Laoshu505000 dude the amount of smiles you put on my face in some of my dark days was nothing but priceless, seriously just watching you approach a stranger and seeing their expectations get blown out the water has always been inspiring, Moses was good for cultural awareness as well, he was many foreigners first American black experience on a personal conversational level and I'm sure that's done wonders on helping bring awareness to the fact as a culture black people are varied and special in their own way, just great to break away from what some may expect. Thank You brother and all those you have inspired!
Great tribute. Love that you have done it by passing on his techniques
Sorry to hear about Moses, what an inspirational person! This is a great video and very helpful
He was amazing!!! Such an inspiration to me. He got me interested in learning mandarin
A true inspiration. RIP Moses.
I tried learning Mandarin too but my fingers were too big and I kept breaking strings
Great video Olly!
Amazing video. Thank you 🙏
Thanks so much for this!
Love this video and totally agree with 6:58. Edit: Spectacular video, Olly. Thank you so much! 😍🤓
Hey Olly, I've been following you for a few years now but I have to say that the quality of your channel has increased tons over these past few months! Getting better by the day! Congratulations
Honestly it has just gone from strength to strength and the videos were of a very high quality to begin with. I first started watching his videos when Luca Lampariello shared Olly Richard's video of him singing a cover (in Portuguese) of a Bossa Nova song. :)
The man is definitely still inspiring bro. I'm about to cry at the end of this video because I know I won't ever get to meet him or see more of what he's got to offer. He's Inspired me to Learn more then just one language again. Thanks for making this video
That was a beautiful video man. RIP Moses and many thanks to him and people like yourself who inspire us with their hard work and content
My fav Laosho5000 moment is when he approached the two old Chinese guys fishing in Ohio ^_^
RIP Sensei
I am a big fan of Moses and I am really impressed on the level he got in his best languages and the way he improvised. From Moses I got a lot of tricks how to get into contact with random strangers and how to start conversations. Thanks and RIP Moses
Thank you for this video. I’m so sad that he’s gone, I watched and was suddenly in tears. Great summary of his philosophy and process.
Never knew of him! Thank you so much! Definitely gained a new follower
Great video man. RIP to the legend, the kobe of language learning. Truly inspiring
Glad you liked it 👍🏼
Thank you for remembering our big bro in language learning.
Thank you Moses! And Olly to upload this video. This guy is an inspiración for me to keep learning English and Hebrew. THANK YOU!!!
Thank You for this beautiful and touching video. To have inspired and uplifted so many people is proof that Moses was fluent in the ultimate language, The Language of Love. His life had meaning and purpose. I pray that his soul is at Peace chi Barkep Serigne Bethio!
Never heard of Moses thanks for doing this he is an amazing person and I'm so sad he died so young he truly did so much and I can imagine how many lives he touches and how much humanity he carried in his every day life.
He was a a beautiful human being. His channel got me through Covid. His interactions with all types of people shows how human beings really are one family. What a loss. Rest in peace good brother 🙏🏾🙏🏾😇
such a well told inspirational story 👏👏 thanks olly
I'm relatively new to this "polyglot stuff" and found humbling your tribute to Moses, thank you for making this so nicely. You gained my respect.
I loved this video olly. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Nathan
I live in Columbus Ohio where he lived for years. I always hoped to run into him and speak a few words of Polish.
Thank you for doing this video about Moses McCormick. I never heard of him before and I will go look at his channel. This video was nicely put together too. Thank you 🙏
wow THANK YOU FOR THIS!!Now we know about Moses McCormick. Very interesting.
Moses inspired and motiveted all of us... I've never seen a guy with such a curiosity and commitment towards languages like him. Rest in Peace
At the time of this comment im only hallway through the video but damn man, im so upset i havent heard of Moses until now. Just through the clips, he seems like such a chill and humble dude. RIP Moses, and prayers to his family.
Great video Olly. Good on you
Great video… Heartfelt and Perfect
To be fair people like Moses are very rare and gifted and no matter how hard the average person studies they won't even get close to his achievements interestingly, you see similar gifted people in maths and chess. The rest of us can dream on.
Exactly.
Nothing that the next human can do is alien to me
And while we're being fair here after watching several encounters of him with others one can see a common flow to every conversation. I'm not saying it's scripted at all. Magicians do this and it's called sleight of hand. Well, Moses used sleight of tongue. When you render someone nearly speechless you can really predict the next few words they are to say. That said. . . Moses will always be legendary.
How sad to v lost such a young guy with do much talent God was walking with him ND just gifted him with natural intelligence which is rarere. Rare. Pity he died do young
Not true. not in Moses' case anyway. Moses himself said it, that he's far more interested in getting kinda conversational with a language than being super good with it. getting to such a level DOES NOT require talent. MASTERING a language, like getting to Tolkien's level of proficiency of English, would require talent, & that's NOT what Moses has been doing. heck, one could even safely say that despite his fair proficiency with those 50 or so languages, he has yet to master any single one of them. ANYONE capable of learning at all, can get to where he's at with ANY ONE of the languages he picked up, if enough hours is put into learning it. what getting to his level of proficiency in any of those languages is required however, is unparalleled drive & dedication. THAT'S what's truly rare about him. the rest of us could only dream of getting where he is, not because we ain't as talented, but only because we ain't even half as driven & ain't working half as hard as he does, with what he's been doing.
I didn’t know he’d passed away. What an incredible human being. Rest in peace. You left us a great legacy ❤️🙏🏾
This is a wonderful video, thank you.
I haven't heard of Moses before watching this video. Thank you for sharing, he was clearly an inspiring and very special person.