Alanjazz Triglot Groupie United States Joined 4818 days ago 65 posts - 129 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese
| Message 17 of 204 13 March 2012 at 4:14am | IP Logged |
Does anyone know what his method is, other than the listed used of iPhone applications and the mountain of books
he is featured with in the photo? I am very curious as to how he learns so much, so quickly. 15 hours a day is also a
stunning amount for a high school student, given homework and class time (although I tend to take seriously
exaggerated figures with a lot of ease, maybe he studies less, or economizes his homework time better than I did,
etc...)
Anyhow, his amazing skills in very different languages don't cease to impress me and I just wanted to know how I
could improve my own studying methods with his technique.
Tim, if you are reading this, and don't mind sharing, it would be much appreciated!
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metroidz Newbie United States Joined 4797 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian
| Message 18 of 204 13 March 2012 at 5:04am | IP Logged |
"When school is out, Timothy said, he spends up to 15 hours a day studying, teaching himself the rudiments of a language in two or three weeks."
I think he is talking about days he doesn't have school like weekends or summer break.
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Ellsworth Senior Member United States Joined 4960 days ago 345 posts - 528 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish
| Message 19 of 204 13 March 2012 at 12:27pm | IP Logged |
I am a high school student and I never ever have that much time. I wonder though even if
I did whether I could sound as great as him.
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alang Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7224 days ago 563 posts - 757 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish
| Message 20 of 204 28 March 2012 at 6:06am | IP Logged |
Tim was just recently on the today show, but the site only seems to stream in the U.S.A. only.
In other words I was not been able to see the video. :-(
Hulu
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Wulfgar Senior Member United States Joined 4674 days ago 404 posts - 791 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 21 of 204 28 March 2012 at 6:45am | IP Logged |
portunhol wrote:
He MUST be a genius to be going to the University of Illinois at only age 16 |
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And even more so, not to post here.
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Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5384 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian
| Message 22 of 204 28 March 2012 at 4:10pm | IP Logged |
Lucky Charms wrote:
EDIT: In the video he can be seen visiting HTLAL, so he may already be lurking among us
here. Hi, Tim! :D |
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Yes, he is Polyglotpal.
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hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5352 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian
| Message 23 of 204 29 March 2012 at 7:45pm | IP Logged |
There's a radio interview with Tim on the BBC, here's the address (hopefully). They test him a little bit in French and Mandarin.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17548351
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portunhol Triglot Senior Member United States thelinguistblogger.w Joined 6255 days ago 198 posts - 299 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (classical)
| Message 24 of 204 29 March 2012 at 8:03pm | IP Logged |
hribecek wrote:
There's a radio interview with Tim on the BBC, here's the address (hopefully). They test him a little bit in French and Mandarin.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17548351 |
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Thanks. This is a neat, short interview. Definitely worth listening to. This kid has found his genius. I wonder what he will do in the future with this tremendous ability.
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