How to Learn Any Language in Six Months — TEDx Talk by Chris Lonsdale
The TEDx talk with 37 million views. Chris Lonsdale presents five principles and seven actions for learning any language in six months. Watch the full talk.
TEDx Lingnan University, 2013 | 37,000,000+ views
About this talk
In 2013, Chris Lonsdale walked onto a stage at Lingnan University and presented a radical idea: any adult can learn any language to a functional level in six months.
Not by studying grammar. Not by memorising vocabulary lists. Not by sitting in a classroom. By following five principles and seven actions grounded in decades of research in psychology and linguistics.
The talk has been viewed over 37 million times. It has been in the TEDx top 10 for more than twelve years. It has been summarised, discussed, and referenced by hundreds of websites in dozens of languages around the world.
The five principles
1. Focus on language content that is relevant to you 2. Use your new language as a tool to communicate from day one 3. When you first understand the message, you will unconsciously acquire the language 4. Language is physical training 5. Your psycho-physiological state matters
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The seven actions
1. Listen a lot (Brain Soaking) 2. Focus on getting the meaning first 3. Start mixing 4. Focus on the core 5. Get a language parent 6. Copy the face 7. Direct connect
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Full transcript
The complete transcript of the talk, with the video embedded and chapter markers, is available on Speech Genie.
Try the method
The principles and actions from this talk are now available as an interactive demo. Six exercises in the brain-based acquisition sequence. No signup required.