The secret to learning another language quickly: Speak from day 1 

I've done the same when I came to Canada! Just started talking with the people and get to know their culture! Best experience I've ever had! Canada ❤️🇨🇦

Hi guys, i will share with you my experience learning new languages. I speak Spanish,English,French,Classical Arabic, Darija (Moroccan Arabic), and Berber (North African Language -my Mother tongue). The next language i want to learn is German. The only thing that helped me to learn new languages without going to an academy, was to listen to music in that language (and see the lyrics), read forums in that language, use that language as a default for my PC and Smartphone, and the most important thing,USE GOOGLE to translate words that you dont understand, to get an idea of how & when to use them. My english isnt perfect, but i think that its acceptable considering the level of english in Spain. Good luck guys, and dont give up!.

"Life is too short to speak only one language." "Das Leben ist zu kurz, nur eine Sprache zu können." Tolles Video! :)

Drinking alcohol helps. Words and phrases flow freely after a few beers. True story....

there are 7 days in a week and some day isn't one of them.... wow just wow love it

I salute this man. bu learning another language you actually learn what a whole part of our planet is feeling. you get acces to first had information and you DO NOT depend on MAINSTREAM media manipulation. again I salute this man.

This is a great video! I'm from Brazil and have been speaking English for a little over eight years now and I got started on Polish one month ago. Something most people fail to realize when they're learning a new language is that they should make it a part of themselves - meaning you should immerse yourself in that language. Read the news in that language, listen to music from that country and even try to think in that language. Just going to class and not practicing is pointless.

I leraned this naturally as well. I tried classes, reading textbooks, language software, and on and on. It helps to some extent, but the best thing to do in order to learn is to put it into practice.

I'm brazilian and your portuguese is very cool! Congrats!

Couple of years ago, I got interested in languages. Currently I speak Finnish, English, German, Swedish and I am trying to learn Japanese.

I speak both English and Spanish, but I really want to learn my ancestors' native language, a language called "Zapoteco" after the Zapotec from a specific region in Mexico that has been around for centuries. My mother, aunts and uncles, and relatives in Mexico all speak it and the sad part is the only person in my generation who understands and speaks a bit of it is barely two years old! The only way the language can be taught is through speaking and listening, so the only resources I have are my relatives. Hopefully I can learn the language easily, I'm going to visit my grandparents and great-grandparents next summer :D plus, im planning to learn an extra two languages by the end of this year

Thank you for your inspiration! Honestly, I thought what you were presenting was just another "learn a language" hoax but your wisdom MAKES SENSE. 本当にありがとうございました。

Truly inspiring video. I'm norwegian and I speak both british and american fluently, simply because I've talked to friends and others using services such as Skype for almost 5 years (and I'm only 20). I've spent about 2 years learning French, but now I'm about to dive into German, and will do my best to follow your 'ways' while also using Duolingo on the computer. Good luck with whatever languages you choose to learn next!

i loved his Spanglish!!! XD

Your Spain Spanish is adorable XD

His key message reminds me of what it takes to learn a musical instrument. The best way to learn an instrument is to actually start playing it.

your spanish is really good.. you're a natural. I just came across with your channel my friend, and let me tell you, you've put into videos what I've been trying to explain to so many people that have asked me How did I learn english and became fluent in less than a year. and you said it here: JUST START SPEAKING! Thanks for sharing this great video.

OMG! I'm instantly a fan, and already I am head over heels for your lovely Irish accent!

Thank you sir... Just what I was looking for, you are soooo good.

Thank you for the kind words :) Yes, as I said in the video, I give away loads of tips for free on my blog (and email list), and always will!

In my opinion, one important consideration is that your learning strategy should be different depending on what you're learning. 1) if you're learning English: Then you must strive to learn EVERYTHING, meaning reading, listening, speaking, and writing, all beyond the minimum acceptable level. In this day and age, English is the make or break language. If you don't know English, you'll never be an above average guy in an international or professional settings. So you must put in all your energy to master it before taking interest in any other language, imo. 2) If you are already good in English and want to learn another language: Then think hard about what you want. Is your priority A) *speak* like an 11 year old, or B) *read* like a college student? Your strategy should be different depending on what is more important for you, as most people cannot attain both in a relatively short time, like, say, two years. For me, for the 3rd language (after your native tongue and English) and onward, reading is much more important because it allows you to process so much information out there. Think about it. Most important and high level information in the world is in text form. Having an 11 year old's comprehension skill will not give you the ability to process the information intended for the "learned" people, like the daily newspaper and magazine articles, internet pages, serious novels and poems, highly technical texts, and the like. So I personally go for this *comprehension* skills when it comes to a 3rd language and beyond. I find that most of this so called *tips* don't seem to ever mention it. They are all laughably superficial, just like this one is.

At first i lost hope in trying to learn a language from the stuff i heard(you mentioned some of the stuff lime what people believe) like, its to hard, you can't do it cause you're to old. But no, i watched tons of videos on youtube and read 1,000s of blogs, including yours. Then i regained hope. And after seeing you being able to speak languages when you were 21, that made me realize "Oh wow. I guess i can!" And I became DEDICATED to learning French. It's a must need for me now. I made it as important as my education. I have Dictionarys, i listen to the Radio and watch movies in French then I learn Phrases and words. By listening. Its amazing about how much you can learn from Listening.

This makes so much sense.

Thank you so much for sharing your idea! You give hope to those who thinks learning another language is just too time demanding and expensive. thank you.

Hey Benny, I think your approach is very spot on mate! I moved to Argentina 3 years ago and my Castellano is terrible. One thing I noticed is... I function and communicate very well and the native Argentines seem to be very forgiving of my bad grammar. My Spanish has improved rapidly using some of your methods. I wish I could buy your package, but the economy is very bad here right now. Best of luck y Saludos Amigo!

Omg, you're my inspiration. OmD, tu eres mi inspiración m

Such an inspiration

You just spoke the words from my heart. Thank you for motivating me more :D. Learning languages is my passion, I am pursuing it.

If everyone just approached language like this and it wasn't an exam subject we'd all benefit a lot more .

Thank you for this amazing video, particularly what you said the last minute, it's totally true

I watched this video, and now am about to go to France for 3 months on exchange. Thanks for inspiration Benny!

Excellent video. People need to be brave and just start speaking in the language they want to learn as much as possible. Couldn't agree more.

OMG, this guy is a genius. His method really works.

Loved this video. Thanks)

I'm learning French and German right now! I understood all the French you spoke, but the only word from German that I knew was Tschuss! XD Still, this was really inspiring. I can't afford your product, but I'm going to use as many free resources as I can to become fluent in all the languages I can! :)

what an inspirational video! I can't help but agree on every point you make here. I feel like language-learners tend to limit themselves out of instinctual fear of the requirements concerning things like big vocabulary lists and complex grammar understanding. We humans often underestimate our minds potential, while we, ironically, would have been able to make unbelievable progress in a desired language if we just quit that pessimistic attitude and turned to actually using the language right away

Lol the Spanglish version is spot on. Inspirador ejemplo para nosotros! Estoy tratando de aprender Frances y ASL y ya llevo demasiado tiempo sin llegar a hablarlos bien. Gotta get the hang of them! Thanks for the tips.

great video man and thanks for your advices your video is amazing you know I learnt english on my own and well I hope to learn other language like italian or even french. greetings from El Salvador

Great! They have the language apps . You are so correct! my latest is Bahasa Indonesia. i am a native english speaker with spanish as my second language. I have added Polish, Germany, Russian, and Arabic.

you appeared as a ad on one of the youtube videos i was watching, Needless to say, youre the very few that i chose to watch without skipping those annoying ads.. damn i love deutsch

Are you a language interpreter? You are awesome and you make me want to continue learning the three languages that I am learning now + more! Thank you.

I've discovered--FOR MYSELF--that speaking, and I think using the GoldList method, seems to work. I recommend Italki, and just talking. I got a book, went part-way through it, and got a teacher. Just a conversation partner who gives tips and vocabulary. It does work!

Yep! Good eye!

As I've mentioned in this video, and as you'll see on my blog, going to the country is absolutely not necessary, and yes a Russian translation of the book is included. Note that this is not a course in Russian, but a translation of the book on how I learn languages. If you are 14, please show my website to your parents before going off to buy it, and let them decide if it would be worth investing in.

I really like your approach on this. I'm from Canada and I have always wanted to explore other languages. My moms side speaks Ukrainian and my dads side speaks Italian and I always felt like I was missing out because I didn't start from an early age or have a fancy program like Rosetta Stone. I decided I'd take Spanish which is not an official language in Canada but I thought I'd give it a shot, a lot of the words were similar to french and were easy to pick up on but the grammar has always been

Hi mate you have forgotten to add that you are a gifted person, almost certainly through modesty. It is very unusual in my opinion for Irish people to learn another language... rather like the Brits, all of them. You certainly have a great flair - I have just listened to your French, (the only other language I know) and it is super super good. Well done and I agree with all you say.

I have understood your words Benny! I am improving in english!

You helped me I knew this already but didn't put it into practise because I gave u ptoo quicklu but once I made the decision to it as a way of life I felt instant improvement

wow ! you're very inspiring ! im 17 and i'm about to learn german and russian and all what you did is very cool . it's a new way to learn and i will try it ! Lot of love from quebec , merci beaucoup :)

J'adore, tu donnes beaucoup de motivation. J'aimerais tant parler les langues aussi bien que toi , c'est quelque chose de très important de nos jours pour trouver un métier. Bravo

I'm almost sure you have an accent focused in the Spain culture, but it sounds pretty much like you are a native speaker! Awesome!

So many people have been asking me about it, so I'm going to tell you all how to get your own one soon enough! I'll make a video about it soon enough!

In addition to what you said, I would recommend that you read and listen simultaneously to the same material. Reading and listening to an audio book is what I mean. But interaction with others the best way.

My mother language is Spanish, at 4 I could speak English fairly well. Now, I speak French and can communicate very well. I also speak a little Portuguese, Italian and can read very little Russian. Learning languages is such fun.

The secret is "INTEREST and COMMITMENT " because if you are "interested and committed to learn", you will do everything, put your heart and mind in it by researching, reading, practicing and make the language you want to learn to be part of your daily life.

so motivational at the end XD

Thanks! It's very interesting

Thxs your amazing man

Brilliant! Great, great, great! Thank you so much for the video!

Few people know about a pragmatic, efficient way to learn a new language. Those who do, advance in learning steadily and according to their schedule. While most people find themselves learning a new language as a necessity, many others do it because it is fun. It feels more sophisticated to know more than one language. It can be highly beneficial in your life over the long run. However, it is not an easy task to learn a new language no matter whether it is for fun or out of necessity. You've probably seen friends or acquaintances talk about wanting to learn a foreign language, then enthusiastically purchasing products, books, and maybe even enrolling into a course or program, only to ultimately see the reality of the fact that they have failed in their pursuit of learning another language. According to The Guardian, the ICM survey, which questioned 1,001 young people aged 14-24 from across the UK in June this year, paints a picture of a generation perhaps surprisingly open to the prospect of language learning, but often deeply lacking in the confidence of their ability to put their language studies into practice. Three in ten who chose not to study a language at GCSE or A-level say language learning is challenging, with almost half of all those questioned regarding grammar as difficult to learn and 40% seeing memorizing vocabulary as hard work. The research had indicated that A-level languages are perceived as being harder than other subjects and their content is demotivating. Sitting down with a language textbook and trying to teach yourself a new language is not only boring, it takes an inordinate amount of time. It can take months to capture the basics of a particular language. Fluency comes far later. Often, we don’t have the luxury of spending months learning a language. For example, those people who are migrating or taking up a job abroad. However as an individual learner or with a tutor, the student can cut down the time it takes him/her to master the basics of a new language. There are methods that can be used to reduce the time it takes. Main Essentials of Learning a New Language - They distinguish three main essentials associated with learning a new language; namely the vocabulary, basic sentence elements / patterns, and grammar rules. Vocabulary - the most basic step towards learning a new language is to learn its words. Familiarity with the words will lead you to form sentences. Sentence Patterns and Elements - this has to do with how you ask and answer questions. Making coherent sentences is the way to make someone understand what you are saying. The ability will also help you understand what others are saying and how you might respond. Grammar Rules - Each language has certain rules that need to be followed. There is a special type of media developed for the first and second component - a bilingual graded book. Bilingual graded books are also called bilingual graded readers. They offer a parallel translation that allows the user to learn a new language in less time. With the translation on the same page, learners can effortlessly learn what any unfamiliar words mean. They can quickly pick up new vocabulary and phrases that are used over and over in texts of bilingual graded books. When they read a graded bilingual reader, they can pick up chunks of language and vocabulary that they can use in conversation and other real-world applications. It also significantly reduces the amount of time it takes to become conversational in a new language. As you read a bilingual reader, your brain begins to remember words and phrases simply because you are exposed to them several times. You don’t even realize, until you have to recall what you’ve learned, that you have already learned the new words and phrases. Listen to the audio tracks that should always accompany a bilingual graded book to learn how words are said and to improve your overall ability to speak the new language. A good idea is to use the free VLC media player to control the playing speed. You can control the playing speed by decreasing or increasing the speed value on the button of the VLC media player's interface. Decide what is better for you a paper book or an e-book. Many of the e-readers by Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo have dictionaries pre-loaded on their devices, with options to download additional ones, for free. If you do not have an e-reader, you do not have to buy one, because you can download it as a free app to your phone and use it right away. Writing your own notes, searching or making highlights is ridiculously simple with an e-reader or e-reading app. Anything you do with an e-book is also synced to the cloud, ensuring any change will follow you, no matter what device you are on. At first search on Google for "bilingual graded books" or "bilingual graded books for beginners". Choose and buy a book on a suitable topic, for example general, business, medical, culinary, dialogues, students, cooking, family, tourists, detective, short story or whatever you like. Read it for about twenty minutes a day. If you do it every day, you will be surprised how much you can learn in a month's time. Try to use the target language after you have learned for a month. If you don't have an opportunity to talk to native speakers at home or at work/study, use your target language in small talk on Skype or another online chat. Search on Google for "free online clean chat rooms" and pick up the one that suits your interests. Two or three minutes of small talk two or three times a week or more often will give you some motivation and encourage you to learn new questions and answers for new dialogues. Compile a list of questions and answers for your dialogues in a target language or find them on Google with keywords "Bilingual graded books dialogues" and try using them. Don't be afraid of making errors. They are your steps to success. You will spot and correct them sooner or later anyway. They will not be for the rest of your life. Better not to talk at all than to talk incorrectly? Wrong! Start talking as much as you can! Your language will improve every time you talk. A learner who knows only a hundred words and isn't shy of talking will progress more quickly than the one who knows a thousand words but remains silent because he or she is afraid of saying something wrong. It can usually take you from one to three months to finish a bilingual graded reader at beginner level (A1) and elementary level (A2). The amount of time depends on your previous experience with learning foreign languages and on your personal abilities. At this point you should be able to ask and answer simple questions with the following questioning words: What? Who? Where? When? Which? How many/much? As you improve and become more confident in your ability to use the new language, you can move on to the next reader level and continue your language-learning journey. After using a bilingual graded book for a week or two you are ready to study grammar rules, so buy a good grammar book. A grammar book will satisfy your curiosity about grammar rules awakened by the bilingual graded book. Read the grammar book to find out how you can use your target language more precisely. Follow this order - first read a reading book, then use a grammar book and exercises to make your learning experience uninterrupted. Language text with a parallel translation has helped many to uncover their potential for learning multiple languages. Whether you are learning a language as a hobby or for a necessary purpose, you will find such books are supportive. Using them is by far more pragmatic, efficient way to learn a new language than a "learn a language in two weeks" program. However you should frequently use the target language by using bilingual graded books with audio tracks, grammar books, chats, internet pages and even songs to maintain your motivation and progress. Remember - twenty minutes a day does the magic!

This is really inspiring! My first language is english but sometimes i fizzle out trying to learn French,Romanian and Estonian. But thanks for kicking me up the arse!

I always wrote and read yuen as 元

I already know Chinese,English,malay,hokkien and now I am learning italian.This language pretty cool and I am learning through Google translator.

It’s interesting how he says you must speak from day one... While ai’ve offen heard this, equally ai’ve heard many say focus on input (reading, audio) and don’t speak (with effort atleast) until months later. These are both valid. There are really only three things you need to know guys - as cliché as it sounds. 1) It is not humanely viable to learn a language ‘as fast as possible’ but it is possible to learn FAST and EFFICIENTLY. 2) CONSISTENCY - You’ll never EVER find anyone incompetant in a language who’s been studying it for years on years consistently and effectively. If you do, they haven’t been studying it efficiently and effectively. 3) Motivation - Simply put if you want it bad enough, you will acauire it.

thank you and i like your english subtitle it helps me alot

hey benny , you inspire me a lot i have taught myself how to read and write arabic i am now learning how to speak. can you please share with me a daily routine or method i should try ?

I want to learn egyptian arabic . every day I practice with videos ,songs, arabic singers ,facebook pages and google translator also. I have arabic friends, and it is much better . I am Argentina, and love arabic language, My dream is to speack this idiom well, so I try every day much more .good luck friends!! I can help another people with spanish language. saludos a todos!

something that I found hard to pick up on rather than just focusing on the words themself. Like you I want to communicate with other people, even if it isn't the greatest. My Spanish teacher butchers English so bad but he still understands us and we understand him it's just something you can get around. He always screws up past and present tenses but like I said in the end the message gets through. Thanks so much for the push I'm going to try this for sure :)

your amazing!!!

This was after my first experience using it. I have since gone back and spent much more time with the deaf community. Please search my channel for "Gallaudet" to see a video I made entirely in ASL interviewing the deaf. The ASL in this video was the result of learning it for about 2 or 3 weeks, and that was almost a year before the video was recorded.

Much respect. Even though your Dutch sounds horrible and isn't quite perfectly formulated I could understand you. The Mandarin was awesome. I'm learning it right now and while I can read and understand it quite well, I don't speak it as well as you do.

Download the package and read the book. It refers to the audio and worksheets frequently. Or start with the audio or videos if you prefer. Best of luck!

I speak speak 3 of the foreign languages he spoke on the video and I'm presently learning a 4th which he spoke. I never used his program as this is the first time actually watching the video and seeing what it's all about. I smiled when he mentioned testimonies. Why? Because he IS the testimony. Some get rich scams may be able to fool you - you don't know what they're really worth. Heck, they may be more broke than you... but this guy spoke what he's selling.

very informative and impressive!

Thumbs up! And gave a sub! Awesome explanation! You are a very smart and motivating guy!

For how long do you think I should practice each day so I can have basic conversational fluency in German?

I love it just do it why didn't I think of that thanks man

You rock!!! Muy inspirador!! Congrats!

omfg dude you killed me with the Spanglish, if ever i heard such a thing, this would be very freaking accurate to how you sounded, very native Spanglish speaker you are lol

Good luck with Polish.

I don't speak Portuguese or Spanish, but your Portuguese and Spanish amazing

Your a legend man ;) Nice one for the amazing tip bud. Im tryna learn spanish atm :D

Most likely, yes! But not for the next 6 months at least, as I'll be focused on the language you'll see me announce on the blog tomorrow ;) (3 months to learn it to fluency, 3 months to use it in the country that speaks it)

thank u i really was need this

I'm your fan now, man!!

Yay all this wonderful stuff to help me learn french!! Yea! I'm going to start right now!! Wait wait wait... I can't. My parents won't spit out the money. Great, just great...

~ Oh my god, this was extremely helpful! Thank you so much. ~ ¡Oh, Dios mío, esto fue extremadamente útil! Muchas gracias.

this guy so cool. one solid dude

Your signing is very good. :) I'm currently learning Spanish, Cherokee, Deutsch, and I'm decently fluent in ASL. Way to go, Benny! :D

nice English lesson. Cheers. I will show with my viewers.

Well I've never been to an English speaking country myself, yet I'm perfectly able to take to people online and live. What worked for me is that when I was a kid I watched a lot of movies and that's where I got the accent. As for the understanding of words, there's Google and for understanding how to use words, I used to spend my time on various forums that used English as their default language so I understood words based on the context.

I'm really glad you've further pursued ASL! It's really a great language. I can see that you are much improved. Notes on the Gallaudet video: When fingerspelling try keep your hand still; excess movement is one of the biggest indicators of a beginner. You also don't sign smoothly still. It seemed like you were trying to get the words out faster than you could remember them, resulting in long pauses between abrupt signs. Just slow down until you get a better grasp and it will look much cleaner :)

Thank-you so much your video it was so inspirational and I have always had a deep desire to learn japanese, but in my family we all speak french.So I decided to learn french in order to converse with them but now my problem is can I learn french and japanese together or do I have to chose one?

I speak Arabic, English, my major is French and I 'm studying Italian :)

awesome video

Haha! I love the Spanglish! Dalé! Me encanta lo que estas haciendo.

This is awesome video :D

italki is good for exchanges via Skype. Otherwise search Couchsurfing for those who speak the language near you to meet up, or find international events to attend, depending on the language. Search "social search" on my blog for a post I wrote about this.

Your Dutch is pretty good! I understood you perfectly.

While ideally, we'd speak and use just our target language, this isn't the case for most of us. Including me! I make these videos and blog in English, even when I'm intensively learning a new language. It's not about living only through your target language, but in USING it "as much as possible" right from the start. School or no school, that's something you can do ;)