A basic how-to course on building spoken proficiency through interaction with your target language community. This video discusses Phase 3 of the FORCE Cycle.
Preview of Global TV newsmagazine interview 2/2
Global TV’s intro to this program:
If you’ve ever travelled to a foreign country you know that picking up a new language is no small feat. But what if you were able to master 10, 15, even 20 languages? It may seem impossible but a rare breed of super language learners can do just that.
They’re called hyperpolyglots. So what does it take to become a super language learner? Some say it requires years of dedicated studying but others say the brain of a hyperpolyglot is engineered differently.
16×9 searched the country to find the best language learners, and figure out what makes them tick.
Preview of Global TV newsmagazine interview 1/2
Global TV’s intro to this program:
If you’ve ever travelled to a foreign country you know that picking up a new language is no small feat. But what if you were able to master 10, 15, even 20 languages? It may seem impossible but a rare breed of super language learners can do just that.
They’re called hyperpolyglots. So what does it take to become a super language learner? Some say it requires years of dedicated studying but others say the brain of a hyperpolyglot is engineered differently.
16×9 searched the country to find the best language learners, and figure out what makes them tick.
The FORCE Cycle – Phase 1
This video explains the first of 5 steps in my routine for building spoken language proficiency in the target larget language community.
I use the word “linguist” in this video, in the sense of the Oxford English Dictionary’s first definition: “a person skilled in foreign languages”. The second definition in the Oxford English Dictionary is: “a person who studies linguistics”. I am not a linguist in the second sense.