Thanks for sharing guys - great audience! I was so pleased to give a talk to a majority audience of engineers, coming from that background myself. Love Google!!
You should drop some few cool/funny foreign words/saying now and then in your talks, spice up the english language a bit.. That would be fun, and gives you the chance to show off some language skills!
I don't like showing off though. I'll use my language only if it's for genuine communication, not to say some stuff to people who won't understand it. You can find videos on my channel in various languages to see demonstrations, almost always when speaking to a native in an unscripted way. I think that's a way more effective demonstration ;) Thanks for watching!
Hi Benny. A few months ago I bought the remarkable book, Language hacking conversation course for beginners - French. However I have lost the audio cd. Where can I buy it? Thank you.
I find it interesting seeing many of the negative comments about Benny. Let me start by saying I'm not sure what level Benny has in many languages but as an American it is impressive that he at least attempts to learn languages. The whole reason I started studying Spanish a little over two years ago is because I came across a Benny vid that inspired me to do so. I am in no way fluent but I have an intermediate speaking level now and also now know quite a bit in Mandarin and only basics in Arabic. My point being is I feel it is important to build people up than tear them down. Best of luck to everyone with your language learning.
I am learning two languages at the same time with no worries. But I am learning them both for the long haul, no three month dead lines. BTW I started my second language ( of Esperanto) thanks to your influence!
Como aumentar tu comprensión en un idioma que solo escuchas hebrkflrlejebs Probabilidad de lo que van a decir, puedo entender una palabra y sacar el contenido, puedes decirlo otra vez con otras palabras
The Q&A should be a very juicy part of those Talks at Google. Especially if one realizes that there are very intelligent and avid-to-learn people in the audience. However, the quality of those parts in several of the videos are so low that make it quite useless. So, Google people, please try something. Subtitling those questions(less effective) or let the organizer(host) restate the questions(maybe more effective). I'm sure you guys can come up with something better.
There's no such thing as a "language hack", obviously. There are common sense tips that any decent teacher, book, or resource will teach you. Immersing yourself in another language is obviously the best way.
Oi Benny! Sua experiencia na Policia Federal eh um otimo exemplo de como o Brasi funciona! No seu caso a experiencia ruim virou uma estoria boa! Abracos, Marcio Silveira - Arlington, Virginia
What really surprised me in this video was that this man's accent was very similar to the English accent I have adopted as a non-native speaker. I always tried to avoid the extremes of British or American accent and I ended up speaking with an Irish accent, without realizing it!
No puedes cambiar tu altura y a nadie le importa pero si puedes cambiar tus gestos y postura corporal, muchas veces lo que importa es comunicación corporal
Para mucha gente es importante hablar, por eso la idea de hablar desde el día 1, solo hablar, nada de lectura, escritura a un nivel Básico, con eso tienes ventaja sobre otros que hacen solo escritura y lectura desde el día 1
Some decent advice for language learning, however, I find the presenter blows smoke into our faces with his stories full of fanciful half-truths and hyperbole - Also, I checked out some of his other videos and It seems apparent that this presenter is not a polyglot - his Spanish is decent but far from comfortable. What I like about him is the confidence he gives a new language learner to not hold back. He also made a great point about learning a language you're most passionate about but if one is serious about learning a language to a high level I would absolutely not follow his methodology. If you care to learn a language to a basic/intermediate level then this may suffice but that would be the limit. Personally I prefer to learn several languages very well rather than a bit of everything and never truly command another tongue.
The point in this talk and Benny's materials is that there is a toxic idea that learning a language to a low level is somehow inherently worse than learning a language well. Unintuitive, right? It is not true. The only 'failure' is not setting a goal, and/or not achieving that goal according to one's own criteria. If the goal is to communicate essentials, crack jokes and build friendships with others, B1 or B2 is fine. Hell, there are people in my country who probably speak A2 and run small businesses. You will find there are many people who scarcely 'command' their own 'tongue'. That does not mean they cannot provide wisdom, experience, stories, richness.
@@enormousmaggotWould you mind expanding on the ‘many’ people who do not have a ‘command’ of their own mother tongue. Just curious how you judge that criteria. You missed the point of my comment; I agreed that the presenter is encouraging and there are elements to his philosophy that a language learner can utilize. The issue I see is he portrays learning a new language as easy. He contradicts himself by saying he did all this studying and couldn’t understand a word of Spanish but when he changed his strategy and just went out and talked to people everything changed and he was able to communicate confidently albeit poorly. He was able to do this as a consequence of the hard work he had previously put in. If we can respect the term ‘fluent’ and agree that fluency is a solid level of comprehension and verbal/written skills then that takes time, hard work and time. Being able to pass on wisdom has nothing to do with it - I can spend a day working with my friend from the farm and learn much wisdom without any talking at all! Benny is selling a ‘Get fluent Quick’ method that just doesn’t cut it in the real world.
I think that liar's and fakes should always be called out regardless of how many people they influence. A liar is a liar no matter which way you look at him or her. (He's not a Polyglot).
Thanks for sharing guys - great audience! I was so pleased to give a talk to a majority audience of engineers, coming from that background myself. Love Google!!
You should drop some few cool/funny foreign words/saying now and then in your talks, spice up the english language a bit.. That would be fun, and gives you the chance to show off some language skills!
I don't like showing off though. I'll use my language only if it's for genuine communication, not to say some stuff to people who won't understand it. You can find videos on my channel in various languages to see demonstrations, almost always when speaking to a native in an unscripted way. I think that's a way more effective demonstration ;)
Thanks for watching!
Hi Benny. A few months ago I bought the remarkable book, Language hacking conversation course for beginners - French. However I have lost the audio cd. Where can I buy it? Thank you.
I find it interesting seeing many of the negative comments about Benny. Let me start by saying I'm not sure what level Benny has in many languages but as an American it is impressive that he at least attempts to learn languages. The whole reason I started studying Spanish a little over two years ago is because I came across a Benny vid that inspired me to do so. I am in no way fluent but I have an intermediate speaking level now and also now know quite a bit in Mandarin and only basics in Arabic. My point being is I feel it is important to build people up than tear them down. Best of luck to everyone with your language learning.
Thank you for that...I started a few days ago
He sells shit and promises shit that he cant deliver
I am learning two languages at the same time with no worries. But I am learning them both for the long haul, no three month dead lines. BTW I started my second language ( of Esperanto) thanks to your influence!
Unless you ar ea genius, a real one, 3 months is not possible, it is absolute bullshit.. This is fraud.
Regla de Pareto, que palabras del 20% puedes usar que se se entienda el 80%
I don't care about language learning, i care about talking to people
No importa si las palabras son del mismo vocablo, o si el idioma suena igual, lo que importa es la motivación para aprender ese idioma
Como aumentar tu comprensión en un idioma que solo escuchas hebrkflrlejebs
Probabilidad de lo que van a decir, puedo entender una palabra y sacar el contenido, puedes decirlo otra vez con otras palabras
Tal como dice en el vídeo primero necesitas inmersión para hablar
The Q&A should be a very juicy part of those Talks at Google. Especially if one realizes that there are very intelligent and avid-to-learn people in the audience. However, the quality of those parts in several of the videos are so low that make it quite useless. So, Google people, please try something. Subtitling those questions(less effective) or let the organizer(host) restate the questions(maybe more effective). I'm sure you guys can come up with something better.
There's no such thing as a "language hack", obviously. There are common sense tips that any decent teacher, book, or resource will teach you. Immersing yourself in another language is obviously the best way.
It would be really cool to see a 'Talk at Google' with Luca Lampariello, or Richard Simcott.
You mean people who speak really well? lol
Oi Benny!
Sua experiencia na Policia Federal eh um otimo exemplo de como o Brasi funciona!
No seu caso a experiencia ruim virou uma estoria boa!
Abracos,
Marcio Silveira - Arlington, Virginia
What really surprised me in this video was that this man's accent was very similar to the English accent I have adopted as a non-native speaker. I always tried to avoid the extremes of British or American accent and I ended up speaking with an Irish accent, without realizing it!
No puedes cambiar tu altura y a nadie le importa pero si puedes cambiar tus gestos y postura corporal, muchas veces lo que importa es comunicación corporal
I am grateful to listen you, I am spending too long to get good level of English , this time I catch and follow your advice.. Thanks
Focus en un solo lenguaje hasta que tengas buen nivel
Make mistakes don't be perfectionist
I speak english and want to learn spanish if anyone wants to chat and help me with spanish
Ems The Unicorpse Good idea i am studying spanish too
Ems The Unicorpse download the tandam app other wise. you will find enough people
I am native spanish just in case
As an applied linguist and EFL teacher I find your discoveries and your sharing them so inspiring.
Grifter
Para mucha gente es importante hablar, por eso la idea de hablar desde el día 1, solo hablar, nada de lectura, escritura a un nivel Básico, con eso tienes ventaja sobre otros que hacen solo escritura y lectura desde el día 1
Momentum
Tener muchos niveles a bajo nivel no te va a servir para nada, pero si ya tienes una base sólida si puedes seguir. La importancia de la constancia
Habla sobre el Miedo a equivocarnos, que deberíamos equivocarnos porque está bien que así se aprende
Hey Benny, Hello!
Hello Black_Dove!
Me encanta como Benny te anima a hablar, la gente lo critica porque no entienden que es como un reto aprender en 3 meses
The people from almighty Google can't set up a microphone propperly, so that the viewer can actually understand, what they ar saying!
That must be so irritating trying to give an important speech and all these people rudely arriving late and walking around at the front.
Feo sería ir a dar una charla y qué esté vacío
Welcome to Brazil, cara kkk
Some decent advice for language learning, however, I find the presenter blows smoke into our faces with his stories full of fanciful half-truths and hyperbole - Also, I checked out some of his other videos and It seems apparent that this presenter is not a polyglot - his Spanish is decent but far from comfortable. What I like about him is the confidence he gives a new language learner to not hold back. He also made a great point about learning a language you're most passionate about but if one is serious about learning a language to a high level I would absolutely not follow his methodology. If you care to learn a language to a basic/intermediate level then this may suffice but that would be the limit. Personally I prefer to learn several languages very well rather than a bit of everything and never truly command another tongue.
The point in this talk and Benny's materials is that there is a toxic idea that learning a language to a low level is somehow inherently worse than learning a language well. Unintuitive, right?
It is not true.
The only 'failure' is not setting a goal, and/or not achieving that goal according to one's own criteria. If the goal is to communicate essentials, crack jokes and build friendships with others, B1 or B2 is fine. Hell, there are people in my country who probably speak A2 and run small businesses.
You will find there are many people who scarcely 'command' their own 'tongue'. That does not mean they cannot provide wisdom, experience, stories, richness.
@@enormousmaggotWould you mind expanding on the ‘many’ people who do not have a ‘command’ of their own mother tongue. Just curious how you judge that criteria.
You missed the point of my comment; I agreed that the presenter is encouraging and there are elements to his philosophy that a language learner can utilize. The issue I see is he portrays learning a new language as easy. He contradicts himself by saying he did all this studying and couldn’t understand a word of Spanish but when he changed his strategy and just went out and talked to people everything changed and he was able to communicate confidently albeit poorly. He was able to do this as a consequence of the hard work he had previously put in. If we can respect the term ‘fluent’ and agree that fluency is a solid level of comprehension and verbal/written skills then that takes time, hard work and time. Being able to pass on wisdom has nothing to do with it - I can spend a day working with my friend from the farm and learn much wisdom without any talking at all!
Benny is selling a ‘Get fluent Quick’ method that just doesn’t cut it in the real world.
I think that liar's and fakes should always be called out regardless of how many people they influence. A liar is a liar no matter which way you look at him or her. (He's not a Polyglot).
anyone know the podcast he was talking about? where they speak slowly?
Absolutely godlike talk.