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Short bio (100 words)

Chris Lonsdale is a New Zealand-born psychologist, linguist, and educator whose TEDx talk “How to Learn Any Language in Six Months” has been viewed over 37 million times, making it one of the most-watched TEDx talks ever recorded. He learned Mandarin Chinese in six months and Cantonese in four months, and is a bestselling author in Chinese under the name 龙飞虎 (Long Feihu). He is the creator of Kungfu English, a learning system profitable in China for 15 years, and co-founder of Speech Genie, a language learning platform powered by Cognitive AI.

Fact sheet

  • TEDx talk views: 37,000,000+
  • Years in TEDx top 10: 12+
  • TEDx talks delivered: 4 (3 English, 1 Mandarin Chinese)
  • Languages spoken: English (native), Mandarin Chinese (native-level), Cantonese, and others
  • Time to learn Mandarin: 6 months (from zero)
  • Time to learn Cantonese: 4 months
  • Kungfu English: #1 top grossing app in China App Store at launch (2010). Profitable for 15 years
  • Books: How to Learn Any Language in 6 Months (6个月学任何一种外语) and The Third Ear (第三只耳朵)
  • Chinese name: 龙飞虎 (Lóng Fēihǔ) · Japanese name: クリスロンズデール
  • Based in: Hong Kong

TEDx talk summaries

How to Learn Any Language in Six Months (2013, 37M+ views) — five principles and seven actions for rapid language acquisition, grounded in psychology and linguistics research.

Breaking the Chains of Belief — how limiting beliefs become self-fulfilling prophecies in language learning and in life.

High-Performance Learning (TEDx Zhengzhou, in Mandarin) — an entire TEDx talk delivered in Mandarin Chinese.

How to Learn Any Language in Six Months — Why You Failed and How You Can Succeed (TEDx Hong Kong, 2026) — challenges the code model, introduces pattern recognition and meaning layers.

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