The Love of Learning a Languages | Dave Huxtable | TEDxChulaVista

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  • čas přidán 10. 09. 2018
  • Dave Huxtable explores the power of language and how languages bridges cultures. Cultural diplomat Dave Huxtable loves language and espouses language learning for the sheer pleasure it brings. Throughout his life, he has mastered ten languages…so far. He challenges the notions that learning a foreign language is difficult and that is requires special talent. Dave champions foreign language training for improved global understanding, neurological health, and optimum cognitive function. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

Komentáře • 63

  • @Eli_Pinheiro
    @Eli_Pinheiro Před 3 lety +20

    I really love the videos that the speaker talks about learning news languanges. now i am learning english, i am only three months but i will not give up until i get fluently in this language.

    • @jaybirdvlogs7279
      @jaybirdvlogs7279 Před 2 lety +2

      wow! you where only 3 months in when you wrote this comment? thats astounding! You will surely be fluent in no time! How has it been going?

    • @superiorbeing8805
      @superiorbeing8805 Před 2 lety

      how are you doing now?

    • @rafibangladesh
      @rafibangladesh Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@superiorbeing8805he gave up after listening British rap

    • @superiorbeing8805
      @superiorbeing8805 Před 9 měsíci

      @@rafibangladesh makes sense

  • @julianahoyos9712
    @julianahoyos9712 Před 3 lety +21

    This is a fascinating perspective of what means to live in a multilingual society, I'm so enthusiastic to learn a third language

    • @exequielhoyos4012
      @exequielhoyos4012 Před 2 lety +2

      Tu lengua nativa es el español? Lo digo por el nombre jeje

  • @wingilampamila3862
    @wingilampamila3862 Před 5 lety +40

    11:37 Swahili - A very beautiful language from East Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, parts of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Madagascar and the Comoros.
    The language carries some famous words like Hakuna Matata - no worries, Safari - journey, Rafiki - friend, Pumba - foolish, Simba - lion and Moto Moto from a movie Madagascar 2 which means Hot Hot!.
    It is also home to a beautiful theme song of Get Out movie written by Jordan Peele ‘Sikiliza kwa wahenga’ meaning listen to your ancestors
    Thank you for reading - Asante sana

    • @dihiaberdjane5181
      @dihiaberdjane5181 Před 4 lety +2

      It sounds interesting, I'd like to learn it

    • @DaveHuxtableLanguages
      @DaveHuxtableLanguages Před 4 lety +1

      @Panel I'm sad to hear that. All languages have the capacity for sophistication. English, for example, used to be a peasant language at a time when all the educated people in England spoke Norman French.

  • @chinestory2095
    @chinestory2095 Před 4 lety +14

    fundamental principles, including 1) visualization, 2) contextualization, 3) meaningful repetition, 4) mental association.

  • @SpeakWritePlayinEnglish
    @SpeakWritePlayinEnglish Před rokem +2

    This video is one of the most fascinating ones that was ever recorded. This is what a language lover looks like.

  • @jorgeandreslinaresguerra6452

    This is one of the best videos about languages I’ve watched so far 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ludzie, którzy mówią w kilku językach, mają przewagę 🇵🇱. Cuando yo tenga hijos quiero que ellos aprendan al rededor de 4 lenguas diferentes. 🇨🇴 🇪🇸 Grazie mille per condividere questo messaggio. 🇮🇹

  • @alp5613
    @alp5613 Před 5 lety +34

    At first I thought, "Am I hearing English or is it foreign language?"

    • @Donello
      @Donello Před 4 lety

      He starts with Chinese, although the greeting is I don't know in which language...

    • @alihgomex1800
      @alihgomex1800 Před 3 lety

      @@Donello chinese, Spanish, French, German...

    • @rafibangladesh
      @rafibangladesh Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@alihgomex1800there was Dutch too

    • @alihgomex1800
      @alihgomex1800 Před 9 měsíci

      @@rafibangladesh I agree 👍... Dutch

  • @jbo5915
    @jbo5915 Před rokem +2

    Please correct that error in the title!

  • @justahumanbeing18
    @justahumanbeing18 Před rokem

    Thank You! Very positive, very fascinating speech.

  • @olesia_a-ia
    @olesia_a-ia Před 4 lety +5

    I love language too!

  • @BungsViet
    @BungsViet Před 5 lety +19

    Great presenter, very engaging and nice to listen to

  • @caplenspence
    @caplenspence Před 5 lety +8

    Impressive!

  • @experimentingme7669
    @experimentingme7669 Před 4 lety +5

    This was really entertaining 👍😁

  • @zezezahra
    @zezezahra Před rokem

    Terima kasih for the inspiring idea and sharing the experience 👍👍

  • @erjanaisabay8413
    @erjanaisabay8413 Před 4 lety +1

    Wunderbar! Vielen Dank!

  • @learnlanguageswithyogee9509

    Thanks

  • @nataliawojda2660
    @nataliawojda2660 Před 2 lety +1

    regards from Łódź ;)

  • @sonyerison9681
    @sonyerison9681 Před 5 lety +50

    "A languages"

    • @DaveHuxtableLanguages
      @DaveHuxtableLanguages Před 5 lety +8

      I know! Some interesting proof reading must have happened there!

    • @adrienc8716
      @adrienc8716 Před 4 lety +2

      x)

    • @louisronan5903
      @louisronan5903 Před 3 lety +1

      A lecture about language learning and the title isn’t even grammatically correct haha

  • @sonsdanatureza2478
    @sonsdanatureza2478 Před 2 lety

    very nice video

  • @mominulislam6843
    @mominulislam6843 Před 5 lety +6

    you are so handsome senior. I like you and your lecture.

  • @jaybirdvlogs7279
    @jaybirdvlogs7279 Před 2 lety +2

    "i love languages for languages sake" mood.

  • @user-jy4wk1ws7b
    @user-jy4wk1ws7b Před 5 lety +10

    По-русски сказал, молодец :)

    • @DaveHuxtableLanguages
      @DaveHuxtableLanguages Před 5 lety +4

      Спасибо Дмитрий!

    • @user-jy4wk1ws7b
      @user-jy4wk1ws7b Před 5 lety +1

      @@DaveHuxtableLanguages и вам спасибо, рад слышать русский язык на таких крупных конференциях

  • @elfariz6755
    @elfariz6755 Před 3 lety +3

    Ich verstehe nicht Spanisch, aber ich möchte es lernen.
    I don't understand Spanish, but I'd like to learn it.

    • @snowflake4099
      @snowflake4099 Před 3 lety

      why are you saying that in German if it isn't your native language?

    • @elfariz6755
      @elfariz6755 Před 3 lety +1

      @@snowflake4099 🤭 My mother tongue is neither German nor English.

  • @maijavasilevska675
    @maijavasilevska675 Před 5 lety +1

    🖒

  • @DLS24DLS
    @DLS24DLS Před 4 lety +8

    Terima kasih = malay
    Gracias = spanish
    Obrigado = portuguese
    Yeah see i know them alllllllll

    • @Donello
      @Donello Před 4 lety

      Nice. I recognized all the languages in which he spoke his introduction phrases (I don't know Dutch, but I recognize it; and though I've forgot Chinese almost completely I still know how it sounds), but nowing Bahasa Melayu is definitely a rare quality.

    • @thetruth8019
      @thetruth8019 Před 4 lety

      Merci= French
      Aligatoo= Japanese
      Shukran= Arabic

    • @jasfizarezany4894
      @jasfizarezany4894 Před 2 lety

      👍🏻👍🏻

    • @davidosgutteres6333
      @davidosgutteres6333 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@jasfizarezany4894terimakasih also indonesian 😊

  • @leonardoorma334
    @leonardoorma334 Před 3 lety

    Hello!, I'm a native Spanish speaker, and I'm looking for a native English speaker to speak with frequently, in both languages, via Discord, Skype, or other, to improve our speaking skills. If there is someone interested, we can fix something.

  • @williamthomas7205
    @williamthomas7205 Před 4 lety +1

    toki ni li seme?

  • @manishrawat8005
    @manishrawat8005 Před rokem

    P

  • @coladelrossi
    @coladelrossi Před 4 lety +5

    "He has mastered ten languages"...what, on CD, vinyl? Cause, otherwise, I don't know what 'master a language' means.

    • @DaveHuxtableLanguages
      @DaveHuxtableLanguages Před 4 lety +6

      (transitive) To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
      It took her years to master the art of needlecraft.
      Their word, not mine, but the meaning does exist. In Spanish, you can 'dominar un idioma''.

    • @Donello
      @Donello Před 4 lety +1

      @@DaveHuxtableLanguages Eine sprache beherschen, padroneggiare una lingua, владеть языком etc... how do they say it in Chinese?

    • @DaveHuxtableLanguages
      @DaveHuxtableLanguages Před 4 lety

      Donello 精通一门语言。

    • @Donello
      @Donello Před 4 lety +1

      @@DaveHuxtableLanguages 谢谢你!

    • @coladelrossi
      @coladelrossi Před 4 lety

      @@DaveHuxtableLanguages That's my point. 나는 한국어를 좀 알아요. E conosco un po' l'italiano. But, I would never say that I have mastered anything, because. clearly, the word has a different meaning for me than it does for you. Oops. Sorry. You said it was someone else's word, not yours? Who? Seems you haven't even mastered English, because I don't know what you are talking about. And this is exactly the problem. There is no such thing as 'mastering' a language. I'm a native English speaker and I am frequently seeing new English words. I can pretty much express any thought I have in Korean, but the natives still think I don't sound native and I still have no idea why they would choose to have social status mandatorily incorporated into their grammatical and lexical system. I'm certain you are a very clever man that has spent much time learning many languages. I am very envious. But, I am sick of the over-simplification of second language learning that pervades media. Learning a second language is NOT easy. And to the extent that we can learn it, it doesn't suddenly make us feel like a native. The cultural differences remain. Philosophical and world view differences remain. Everyone learning all of the world's languages is impossible. All of the world learning one language is logical.

  • @kaya5353
    @kaya5353 Před 4 lety

    At 9:38 there is a serious mistake! In Polish we do have ą ę ł but the other ones do not exist in our language!! We do not have them in the alphabet. Also, ł is not a vowel.