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| Retinend Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4307 days ago 283 posts - 557 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), French | Message 1 of 58 08 September 2014 at 11:52am | IP Logged | ||
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Has YouTube polyglottery had its day?
When only in 2012 I started learning my first foreign language, German, the YouTube polyglots and their practical tips for self-study were invaluable to me (far more valuable than the expressly didactic materials available on YouTube). But even then, most of the videos I watched were old: Alexander Arguelles's videos - 5 or 6 years ago. Mike Campbell's videos - around the same time. DekaGlosai - regular for a few years but suddenly stopped (and purged his account) about a year ago. Anthony Lauder - perhaps a "polyNOT" but with some of the most practical advice and the friendliest of faces - 3-4 years ago. Luca Lampariello - only semi-regular now compared with 2-3 years ago. That's not the whole picture, I admit. Steve Kaufmann, Loki, and Laoshu still pump out videos regularly. Benny Lewis, semi-regularly. Timothy Doner, though not very prolific, has organized a currently ongoing "teen polyglot challenge" with the aim of encouraging other young learners to upload Youtube videos. Have I missed out one other ongoing concerns? Presuming that I'm right, though: I wonder now if the YouTube polyglot was a bit of a fad. That in truth there's only so many different and totally distinct approaches to self-study and once you've understood the general process, there's no urgent need for you to watch masses of videos of people speaking many languages! What do you think? 7 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Donaldshimoda Diglot Groupie Italy Joined 4089 days ago 47 posts - 72 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Russian | Message 2 of 58 08 September 2014 at 12:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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As far as I'm concerned, once you've got some usefull tips and enjoyed perhaps few
languages you've always wanted to hear about, that's it. Sometimes I still watch some multi-language speeches just for the fun of it but I'd really go for some native speakers interview instead. I think that for beginners like me these videos are great,really great..motivation-wise and for the usefull tips you can get out of them as I stated before,but then what? 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Fredwc1 Newbie United States Joined 3753 days ago 12 posts - 13 votes Studies: French, German, Spanish | Message 3 of 58 08 September 2014 at 12:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm relatively new to this but I noticed the same thing... I rather enjoy watching the
videos of the polyglots. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5344 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 4 of 58 08 September 2014 at 3:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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I certainly hope so. I don't care what anybody might claim, it is simply impossible for a 20 year-old to speak 15 major languages fluently. They might be able to repeat 15 phrases in as many languages with confidence, but is that worth anything at all?
In my view all these folks do is devalue and underestimate the tremendous hard work and achievement involved in genuinely learning a number of languages, or even a single one well. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| rdearman Senior Member United Kingdom rdearman.orgRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5235 days ago 881 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Mandarin | Message 5 of 58 08 September 2014 at 3:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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YouTube is an excellent marketing tool.
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| Donaldshimoda Diglot Groupie Italy Joined 4089 days ago 47 posts - 72 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Russian | Message 6 of 58 08 September 2014 at 3:50pm | IP Logged | ||
1 nothing is impossible 2 I don't really think any of them actually claimed to speak 15 languages fluently..and even if it were just a show off, some of them are actually pretty good at it so it's worth watching just for the sake of it..at least for me. Is this worthing something?this is a totally different matter...but there are some guys who really has something to teach us 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Retinend Triglot Senior Member SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4307 days ago 283 posts - 557 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), French | Message 7 of 58 08 September 2014 at 4:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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Timothy Doner, in all fairness, called his video "teen PRACTICES 20 languages." And since he
started young I think it's quite feasible that he could have spent hundreds of hours studying each. 10 years at 3 hours a day would give enough time. Does anyone know how early he started dedicated himself to languages? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Henkkles Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4252 days ago 544 posts - 1141 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: Russian | Message 8 of 58 08 September 2014 at 5:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't really think it was a fad, but that the 'scene' is a small one and thus can only support a limited amount of 'pioneers' before exhausting the combined interest of aficionados.
Let's examine something like video games; let's say that there are a hundred million video gamers. Then let's say that there are ten thousand autodidactic language learners. This would mean that the video gaming 'scene' could sustain ten thousand times the amount of active youtube channels before hitting a 'critical mass' where there is more material on youtube than people interested in watching. Just my hypothesis though. 11 persons have voted this message useful |
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