What I find most striking about this interview is how Humans use a wide variety of abilities and techniques to communicate while learning a language. We have the hearing and oral understanding group and then we have the readers and grammar understanding group. For polyglots they have another set of abilities to make better associations with the phonetic abilities and object associations abilities for learning another language. Maybe after you get over the initial struggles of your learning a second language well, the third and fourth or more language acquisition becomes easier. I have known people who would earn 100 percent on their written tests with even the most complex grammar structural issues, yet barely be able to orally communicate with ease with the native of the language they were learning in social situations.
What an eloquent guest; and charming to hear of her journey from a romanticism of thought to the anxiety of a posteriori knowledge eked by scientific inquiry
Extremely interesting interview. Thanks for this gift! My take on it: 1. Language is an *emergent* phenomenon of the brain (or, maybe, an emergent phenomenon of mind, that, in turn, is an emergent phenomenon of the brain). 2. Brain does know nothing about "languages", "language separation" and so on. It cares even less about *grammar*. It just knows of words and *chunks* (phrasal verbs, idioms, collocations and so on). Hence, do not worry too much about grammar and focus on practicing the understanding and the use of chunks.
Very informative and comprehensible. First of all, many thanks for that opportunity to learn from a researcher of one of the most prestigious worlds academic institutions. There are two things that have struck me the most: - mostly unilateral nature of brain activity concerning the verbal communication and language in general - the idea over the predominance of internal mental structures over the production ability, what it comes to the expression " to have a clue " . Please correct me if I am wrong.
Hi, Christian. According to the surname of your guest, unless I'm mistaken, she is Ukrainian, like I am. So, English is not her first language. I really admire her vocabulary and pronounsiation. It's very inspiring. Thanks a lot for your labor)
Какое это имеет значение? Люди рождаются по всему миру и овладевают языками. Эвелина училась в Гарвардском университете и более 20 лет проживает и работает за границей. Чтобы язык английский освоить даже 20 лет не нужно. Одного года достаточно вполне. В тех же Штатах куда не плюнь - кругом выходцы из бывшего СССР, имигрировавшие в 90-х. Какую лекцию на TED не щелкни, через одного выясняется, что так или иначе выходцы бывш. СССР в первом или во втором поколении
Have you tried to turn on the subtitles? UA-cam provides automatic subtitles and it so good, you can always pause the video and search for the meaning of the words you don't know (I'd recommend to use an English only dictionary though)
BE CAREFUL! Don't be disappointed or discouraged yourself, Even if you don't understand this! This is not a process of the second language acquisition, This is an anatomy of the first language which we all have already. BE PATIENCE and KEEP MOVING FORWARD. After I acquire English as my second language, I will humiliate them all. Of course in ENGLISH.
Ha, she's very cute, I was enjoying listening to her. But there's a thing that confuses me. To all fundamental questions, she answered typically: "this is unclear to us'. You see, to all fundamental issues "this is unclear, that is unclear". And one more thing, all my life I thought that MIT is exceptionally a technological institute. Who would ever think that there's a neurological faculty at MIT. Once again, she's very cute. I mean her fascinating smile and those amiable eyes. She has an interesting name Ev, never met such a name before and at the same time she bears a Ukrainian surname. Thank you for this interview. From time to time when I get a suggestion from UA-cam I drop into your channel and sometimes find very interesting content like today's one. P.S. Looking throughout the text of mine can't see any mistakes but please excuse me if there are. English isn't my native language.
Her english sound in american way, being cirilic speaker like her i can hear details that makes language sound like native. I do not understand nothing - but very interesting !!!!
She knows a lot but could not unable to give us a few suggestions! because she knows by heart what she knows! a scientist like an encyclopedia on this subject! The one who knows speaks little and could give useful information or a formulas very easily! She talks a lot and I haven't learned anything. Note: I don't know English very well, maybe that's why I haven't understood her very well.
What an eloquent guest; and charming to hear of her journey from a romanticism of thought to the anxiety of a posteriori knowledge eked by scientific inquiry
I think 100% immersion is important, but in reality life is quiet difficult sometime... Or if we can learn when sleeping, that probably can add more time to immerse, and acquaint target language, but sleep quality will come to wose influcning the next time... So God is fair, it's difficult to like a native speaker , because time limit it, otherwise we spend 20, 30 years totally in target language, but you could forget your mother language, too.. So God is fair, we need more time...
Have you noticed that English is not her native language? Actually it is not possible to listen to her without subtitles on my (and others as well, right?) level of comprehension of English. Russia
It is amazing how clearly she can explain quite complex ideas. This is an absolute hit.
What I find most striking about this interview is how Humans use a wide variety of abilities and techniques to communicate while learning a language. We have the hearing and oral understanding group and then we have the readers and grammar understanding group. For polyglots they have another set of abilities to make better associations with the phonetic abilities and object associations abilities for learning another language.
Maybe after you get over the initial struggles of your learning a second language well, the third and fourth or more language acquisition becomes easier.
I have known people who would earn 100 percent on their written tests with even the most complex grammar structural issues, yet barely be able to orally communicate with ease with the native of the language they were learning in social situations.
Thank you very much to you two again!
What an eloquent guest; and charming to hear of her journey from a romanticism of thought to the anxiety of a posteriori knowledge eked by scientific inquiry
eked out (sorry ... missed a word)
Extremely interesting interview. Thanks for this gift! My take on it:
1. Language is an *emergent* phenomenon of the brain (or, maybe, an emergent phenomenon of mind, that, in turn, is an emergent phenomenon of the brain).
2. Brain does know nothing about "languages", "language separation" and so on. It cares even less about *grammar*. It just knows of words and *chunks* (phrasal verbs, idioms, collocations and so on).
Hence, do not worry too much about grammar and focus on practicing the understanding and the use of chunks.
Thank you very much 🌞
Very informative and comprehensible. First of all, many thanks for that opportunity to learn from a researcher of one of the most prestigious worlds academic institutions.
There are two things that have struck me the most:
- mostly unilateral nature of brain activity concerning the verbal communication and language in general
- the idea over the predominance of internal mental structures over the production ability, what it comes to the expression " to have a clue " . Please correct me if I am wrong.
Thank you, Christian. It's a fascinating subject and She speaks with a beautiful vocabulary. I will use these words in my vocabulary on a daily basis.
Thank you Christian for you hard work, you are awesome.
Who is Richard?
@@demalmrndjic8359 His name is Christian, I don't know who is Richard.
@@jhoncontsan4299 haha you edited your post. First time you wrote Richard.
@@demalmrndjic8359 Yea I added a comma in my comment, I don't know what are you talking about 🤔, Just let me say something, "peace".
I dont understand all.but my goal speak read write and understand Englis. THANKYOU GREETINGS from México
I found this very encouraging.
Good. Thanks a lot!
As usual, it was a lot easy to understand what you say, Cristian. On the other hand, I still had difficulty in comprehending what she said.
Very interesting
Hi, Christian. According to the surname of your guest, unless I'm mistaken, she is Ukrainian, like I am. So, English is not her first language. I really admire her vocabulary and pronounsiation. It's very inspiring. Thanks a lot for your labor)
Какое это имеет значение? Люди рождаются по всему миру и овладевают языками. Эвелина училась в Гарвардском университете и более 20 лет проживает и работает за границей. Чтобы язык английский освоить даже 20 лет не нужно. Одного года достаточно вполне. В тех же Штатах куда не плюнь - кругом выходцы из бывшего СССР, имигрировавшие в 90-х. Какую лекцию на TED не щелкни, через одного выясняется, что так или иначе выходцы бывш. СССР в первом или во втором поколении
@@intrepidsapiens69 копай глубже, чувак, Америку основали выходцы из ссср)) Слава Задорному!!
@@Benbou969 Дурак твой Задорнов, который начал всю эту телегу с противопоставлением нас американцам.
@@7Denial7 Задорный не мой, он чистокровный сын еврейского народа.)
An informative session!
Very interesting!
You can slow down the reproduction .
More teachers need to understand this ..it will improve their teaching strategies and approaches
Fascinating subject, thank you
Beautiful couple 💞
Спасибо! Хорошая мотивация для русскоговорящих!
Yes
thanks you for very good interview, but I don't understand all unfortunately 😔
I went to stady my English))📚📖📚
Have you tried to turn on the subtitles? UA-cam provides automatic subtitles and it so good, you can always pause the video and search for the meaning of the words you don't know (I'd recommend to use an English only dictionary though)
@@MaxPowerBSD thanks for your recommendation 👍
@@MaxPowerBSD, unfortunately, my UA-cam doesn't understand them too, and don't provide subtitles. )) Just this video.
BE CAREFUL! Don't be disappointed or discouraged yourself, Even if you don't understand this! This is not a process of the second language acquisition, This is an anatomy of the first language which we all have already. BE PATIENCE and KEEP MOVING FORWARD. After I acquire English as my second language, I will humiliate them all. Of course in ENGLISH.
Please don't humilate languages!
Ha, she's very cute, I was enjoying listening to her. But there's a thing that confuses me. To all fundamental questions, she answered typically: "this is unclear to us'. You see, to all fundamental issues "this is unclear, that is unclear". And one more thing, all my life I thought that MIT is exceptionally a technological institute. Who would ever think that there's a neurological faculty at MIT. Once again, she's very cute. I mean her fascinating smile and those amiable eyes. She has an interesting name Ev, never met such a name before and at the same time she bears a Ukrainian surname. Thank you for this interview. From time to time when I get a suggestion from UA-cam I drop into your channel and sometimes find very interesting content like today's one. P.S. Looking throughout the text of mine can't see any mistakes but please excuse me if there are. English isn't my native language.
You can consider the human brain and it's functions as kind of supercomputer. So i think that is the reason why there is a such faculty in MIT.
Her english sound in american way, being cirilic speaker like her i can hear details that makes language sound like native.
I do not understand nothing - but very interesting !!!!
sometimes it seems to be that she doesn't care if everyone understands her beautiful language using this specific terminology
Она Русская? Я говорю по-русский, Христиан. (I'm Aussie trying to learn Russian). It is a fascinating language мой друг.
She knows a lot but could not unable to give us a few suggestions! because she knows by heart what she knows! a scientist like an encyclopedia on this subject! The one who knows speaks little and could give useful information or a formulas very easily! She talks a lot and I haven't learned anything. Note: I don't know English very well, maybe that's why I haven't understood her very well.
👍
You’re great as usual. Congrats
She speaks so fast.
Pls go to settings, u can reduce the speed
U can go to settings, pls reduce to 0.25 from normal.
Christen started to use US accent like betterrr, thank you for time and effort.
What an eloquent guest; and charming to hear of her journey from a romanticism of thought to the anxiety of a posteriori knowledge eked by scientific inquiry
" La langue et le cerveau"
Haha i changed to 0.75x and make sleep !! Here is 2 am ! But she speak very fast!
I have to change my read speed to 0.25 to read your comment. It tooks 2 minutes to read it. Don't write so fast next time :)
@@intrepidsapiens69 jojojo then you arent "intrepid" and for your comment not very sapiens
paula anselmo why? because of you don't understand humor?
I think 100% immersion is important, but in reality life is quiet difficult sometime... Or if we can learn when sleeping, that probably can add more time to immerse, and acquaint target language, but sleep quality will come to wose influcning the next time... So God is fair, it's difficult to like a native speaker , because time limit it, otherwise we spend 20, 30 years totally in target language, but you could forget your mother language, too..
So God is fair, we need more time...
Have you noticed that English is not her native language? Actually it is not possible to listen to her without subtitles on my (and others as well, right?) level of comprehension of English. Russia
To fast for undestunding
She tolked very fast (((( i didnt udertstand her:)
She speak too fast. It's problem!
Ha! Yes, got to slow it down for a language channel.
Just consider it FANTASTIC listening practice! If you can understand this, you can understand anything!
Just turn on captions, pause it if you have to. She speaks fast but very clearly.
@Roger Macedo ok
@@Canguroenglish OK! спасибо я это учту!
pseudo science
It is amazing how clearly she can explain quite complex ideas. This is an absolute hit.