I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here’s How

Re:I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here’s How by tagawa on Thursday April 19, 2012 @07:53PM (#3865810)

I think we should cut the guy some slack, here. He's laid out a structured plan for anyone to freely follow if they wish. Even if they don't follow it step-by-step, there are still some great tips to improve language-learning efficiency.

Personally, this looks much more effective than the textbook I'm currently using so I'll give it a try. We have no idea whether his timeframe claims are true or not (in which case, how can we criticize?) but any outcome of following his advice is going to be positive.

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Re:I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here’s How by jardiamj on Thursday April 19, 2012 @08:49PM (#3865981)

I speak three languages pretty well, two of them are of Latin origin (Spanish and Portuguese), and Spanish being my native language. I got really fluent in Portuguese in about 6 months, but those who know how close Spanish and Portuguese are, will know that that's not a hard task. But to get fluent in English it took me some years, living in the U.S. I also know enough to understand Polish, but speaking it is pretty hard for me. With that said, I can say with a lot of confidence that this guy is most likely to be lying.

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Re:I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here’s How by ekianjo on Thursday April 19, 2012 @10:02PM (#3866185)

There's only one way to know if he is lying or not. A Skype call between him and native speakers in the languages he claims to master.

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Re:I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here’s How by jaredsohn on Friday April 20, 2012 @05:31PM (#3869873)

That only allows him to prove his abilities now; it doesn't prove how long it took him to get to this point.

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