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Week 9 [09.12 – 15.12.2019] - How to become a polyglot?



I have always been fascinated by people who are fluent in several or over a dozen foreign languages. Many times I tried to learn at least two foreign languages ​​but with poor results. However, after seeing this material, I understood how many mistakes I made during my learning.


1. Have you ever heard of polyglot meetings mentioned in the material?
2. What do you think about the presented ways of learning foreign languages?
3. Do you enjoy learning foreign languages, if so how do you learn them and how many languages ​​can you speak?

Comments

1. Have you ever heard of polyglot meetings mentioned in the material?
No i never heard about them.
2. What do you think about the presented ways of learning foreign languages?
There give me a new light on ways to learn new languages.
3. Do you enjoy learning foreign languages, if so how do you learn them and how many languages ​​can you speak?
I know only english but I always wanted to speak in other languages :) I would like to learn spanish, italian and french in next years.
Maciej Szczypek said…
1. Have you ever heard of polyglot meetings mentioned in the material?
No, I have never heard about such meetings.

2. What do you think about the presented ways of learning foreign languages?
Those ways are definitely worth trying. There is of course a possibility that they won't match ones preferences and general learning process but nevertheless I need to have a closer look on that.

3. Do you enjoy learning foreign languages, if so how do you learn them and how many languages ​​can you speak?
I do enjoy learning foreign languages. I actually can speak fluently only in english, but I have some basics of russian, german, italian and even finnish. Unfortunately I can not say that I could conversate with native speakers...
1. Have you ever heard of polyglot meetings mentioned in the material?
No, I’ve never heard of them before, but it’s always interesting to learn something new.

2. What do you think about the presented ways of learning foreign languages?
I think it depends on a person what works for them and what doesn’t. That’s why it’s good to try out new methods to see if they suit your needs. I’d be interested to find out if they’re right for me and if it made learning foreign languages easier.

3. Do you enjoy learning foreign languages, if so how do you learn them and how many languages ​​can you speak?
I do like to study foreign languages, I usually learn them at school, because then I can’t be lazy and have to make improvements. Alongside with studying at school, I like to listen to some music in that language and watch movies with subtitles to learn new vocabulary and collocations. Moreover, after graduating from school, I can still remember that language even if I don’t use it everyday at lessons. I can speak two languages, English and Spanish.
Kyrylo said…
1. Have you ever heard of polyglot meetings mentioned in the material?
No, I haven't. I only know about couple of international polyglot associations.
2. What do you think about the presented ways of learning foreign languages?
Every existing way of learning was developed for a reason and with purpose, so it should be effective.
3. Do you enjoy learning foreign languages, if so how do you learn them and how many languages ​​can you speak?
I speak fluently in six different ones, although learning all of them was of necessity, not for fun. I am thinking of finally learning something for fun though.
Anna Koca said…

No, I haven't heard about polyglot meetings. In my opinion learning languages is very hard but also developing and educating. There are many methods how to learn some language quickly and efficiently, but people are different, and theirs effective depends on the person. I want to learn as many languages as I can. I made myself resolve after studies to learn one language every year, because it is practical and fun.
1. No, I have never heard of polyglot meetings mentioned in the material.

2. I think that every way of learning new languages is very good and effective. Everyone chooses for themselves what is most convenient and feels best. So the ways outlined in the video are also very good for learning foreign languages.

3. I don't learn foreign languages because I don't have time. The only foreign language I know is English.
1. Have you ever heard of polyglot meetings mentioned in the material?
No, I've never heard of polyglot meetings mentioned in the material before. An interesting idea and I would like to learn more about such meetings in Warsaw.

2. What do you think about the presented ways of learning foreign languages?
Very interesting way of learning. However, learning foreign languages ​​depends on the type of memory we remember. Not everyone can check the presented method. I think it's worth a try.

3. Do you enjoy learning foreign languages, if so how do you teach them and how many languages ​​do you know?
Unfortunately, I don't like learning languages. I know this is very useful, but it is very difficult for me. I know English, Polish, and a little German. I also learn French.
I usually use flashcards to learn foreign languages. They help me a lot in learning phrases and individual words. Learning through games or watching movies is also a very good method. Then I feel that I need this word very much. This is learning through play and definitely brings the best results.
Kristina Moroz said…
1. Have you ever heard of polyglot meetings mentioned in the material?
No, I haven't heard about polyglot meeting before watching this video. I think this is interesting idea for people with the same thing that they enjoy.
2. What do you think about the presented ways of learning foreign languages?
I think, that some of them I totally should try and I think it gives hope to believe in yourself and try new ways. I was aware of the method that if you do something everyday constantly and even 15 minutes it gave you a great feedback, and much more goals will be achieve if you do this with passion and enjoyment.
3. Do you enjoy learning foreign languages, if so how do you learn them and how many languages ​​can you speak?
Well, I am one of them who have some issues in mind about learning languages. I enjoy talking with people and above all I want to be able to speak more languages than I do now. But I am too scary to make mistakes even though I am really trying to fight this. And when I do I really make progress.
Bartosz Warda said…
1. Have you ever heard of polyglot meetings mentioned in the material?

I have heard but I was not interested in this type of science. I am happy to learn new languages, I am fascinated by Japanese. I think I will use the tips from this video.

2. What do you think about the presented ways of learning foreign languages?

I think this is a very interesting way, I will gladly try it out. I was aware of some of them, but furtunately there are some unknown for me so I've learned something from the video.

3. Do you enjoy learning foreign languages, if so how do you learn them and how many languages ​​can you speak?

I know English well. And I actually use it every day. I study on the English course. I also know the basics of French and Russian. I am currently fascinated by the Japanese and I am learning it right now.
I have also not heard of these methods of learning foreign languages. I recommend learning Spanish. It's really cool.
Of course, I agree with the fact that not all of them can work, but in my opinion it's always worth a try.
Whether it was a necessity or not, I am impressed that you can speak 6 languages. This is really a great achievement.
Japanese must be really hard to learn. Although in the world of polyglots it is said that one of the most difficult languages ​​is our native Polish. I definitely believe that speaking in foreign languages ​​makes life easier.
Yurii Gevtsi said…
1. Have you ever heard of polyglot meetings mentioned in the material?
No, I haven't heard about polyglot meetings before, I know that someone has a kind of ability to learn languages, and I mean not 5 or 6 or languages similar to each other like Ukrainian and Russian, but really many different languages.

2. What do you think about the presented ways of learning foreign languages?
I think the best technique is to communicate with native speakers. It’s also good practice to watch movies or TV shows in the language you want to learn. I sometimes watch films in English and always with English captions, because if the captions are in my native language, then I'll just read the captions and not watch and listen to the movie.

3. Do you enjoy learning foreign languages, if so how do you learn them and how many languages ​​can you speak?
I speak 3 languages, or 4 if count Russian and Ukrainian as 2 different. I'd like to learn German or French or Spanish, but first I need to learn English well and to consolidate this knowledge to practical use.
Kgajewska said…
1/2. No I haven't heard about it. It's an intresting idea, but I think It wouldn't work for everybody. I would like to try them, it's always good to try something new.

3. Yes, I deeply enjoy learning foreign languages. At some time at my life I was able to speak in 6 - not including my first language. I think I know english quite good, italian as my second language on matura exam. I used to speak Japanese, Russian, German and Norvegian. Unfortunately I didn't have much situations in which I could use them and I forgot a lot.


Jakub Kisiała said…
1. I have never heard of her.
2. It may be worth trying.
3. I like, speak a little German and Italian. The main foreign language is of course English.
Roman Batyuk said…
1. No, I have never heard about the polyglot meetings. But it seems cool to talk with foreigners and learn something new lexical phrases from them.

2. This is a very interesting way of learning a language. I will try to use all those tips in learning a new language.

3. Yes, I do not learn foreign languages so quickly as the speaker from the video, but anyway I like to learn something new. I am very meticulous when I am learning how to spell and write words. Maybe because of that it takes so much time.
Roman Dubovyi said…
1. I didn’t know they exist, but I am not surprised they do. I don’t think I would visit one. I think the best practice is to speak with natives to learn a language.

2. As I said, I don’t think this method would work for me. As I discovered yet, the best way to learn a language for me is to watch movies with subtitles, in this way you can find a lot of similarities between languages when you look at subtitles, because pronunciation only doesn’t give you etymology of a word. For example French may sound very differently, but in reality there are a lot of words similar to English, you just couldn’t “hear” them.

3. I was trilingual from beginning, I spoke Ukrainian, Russian and English from childhood(my mother was teaching English). I knew German for some time, when I had it in School, but I have lost this knowledge, I can understand German, but can’t build sentences. Also I can speak Polish, because I have been living in Warsaw for 4 years already.
Anna Moskalenko said…
I’ve never heard about such meetings, but I was never interested in them though.
Well, being proxy in the conversation of two strangers is pretty strange, not gonna lie. But I agree that everybody just have to find the methods that works for him. My method was just speaking. I’m learning English for quite a lot of time now and I was always quite bad at it. I saw the noticeable improvement the moment I started to have conversations with native speakers. Same with Polish.
I like learning languages. I use a lot of different methods, but nothing revolutionary, to be honest. Cards with the words, conversations with native speakers, watching movies in foreign language or watching YouTube videos. Currently I can speak 3 languages fluently and I hope that English will join this list as well in some time. I want to learn Spanish, Italian and Swedish also.
Truly never thought that some kind of meetings really exists. But it is interesting I would also participate to such kind of meeting I guess.
2. What do you think about the presented ways of learning foreign languages?
There are lots of opportunities and extensive methods of learning any other languages for example youtube videos or a wide range of educational institutions that guarantees good level of teaching.

Well, Yeah It is pleasure for me and big benefit. I think the most effective way of learning language is to practice it with native speaker and this is only "way to fast learning".
s15740 said…
1) No, I have never heard about such meetings.
2) Ways of learning can be very different, and to answer the question what to choose, you must try every method, and decide what will be the best for you. On my opinion the best way is to go to the country where this language is using.
3) To be honest, I don`t like. I think that there is the only one – the language of numbers.

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