“The best aspect of language learning is it teaches you humility. Trying to be yourself in another language strips your personality down to its most basic elements. Languages are complicated and subtle. They are beautiful systems. Approaching a new one can seem to be an impossible task but it is good to do things that seem impossible” - Christopher McCormick

Wonderful talk. As an Iranian professional English teacher who speaks French fluently and has an excellent command of Arabic I strongly believe that learning foreign languages has broadened my mind and has changed my vision of the world and has made a strong version of me.

Every new language is a key to a new world. It does open the doors to incredible opportunities.

"It's good to do things that seem impossible".

He said,"Learning a language will change your life, It will give you a better mind, It will stretch you understanding around ther world,"I'm so impressed his lecture.Because my major is mongolian language which everyone cannot understand. The lecture gave me great power. So I realized that I should thinking flexible will make me better person. Thank you.

The more languages we know, the more opportunities we can discover the world. Languages are like magical strings to connect many people together. It's so appropriate to the sentence that "you speak the language he know, that goes to his head, but you speak his language, that goes to his heart". Thanks for this clip.

Once you know how to speak several languages, it just makes senses that it is so limited to have just one language. Because it does open your mind and help you to see the world in a different way. But, for most people it is a question of being scared to learn a new language... because like for all the rest, we are not equal when it comes to learn a new language. For some of us, it will come faster and others will need more time.... but in the end, people should just remember than anyone can learn a new language and it will definitely help him/her to see the world in a different manner, it will be good for his/her career and it might give this person the interest to learn another language and understand the world in a better manner.

This is one of the finest speeches I have ever heard. One more reason to keep learning Chinese and French. Thank you!

This an amazing speech. Although I study English very hard, it's not good. Especially my speaking English. I have to try. Sometimes, I feel alone and depressed, but I don't give up because I know that I can do it even though it never easy for me.

Learning (learnt) english, german, esperanto, french, spanish, dutch and japanese. Plan on learning swedish and norwegian sometimes soon when I am better at japanese, dutch, spanish and french (my skills are currently still quite bad there. I will have to polish them first) Might learn hindi, arabic, portugese, korean or bengali someday when I'm satisfied with that. Languages are just the best! They just change your perspective on life and everything! I can't imagine being monolingual to be honest - which would also mean I couldn't understand any ted talks video now, because english wasn't my first, but my second language after all. Being monolingual for me would be like not being able to connect to the whole world. I couldn't even write this message here now or wouldn't know so many awesome people without language learning. So many experiences. It changed my life for good even though the effort is tremendous - but if I hadn't spent the time on so much language learning (and still do) I'd probably die full of regrets with things I always wanted to do or always wanted to learn, but never did, just because of laziness or whatever. Don't you be that person! Start living your dreams today instead of saying "someday I will do this or that..." Fight your laziness and just go for it and learn a language! ^-^

Beautiful. He reminded me of why I love learning languages. I needed that.

I speak English , French , German , Arabic and learning Spanish rn ... I ask everyone here who speaks only one language to start as soon as possible you'll never regret it 🙌🏻

How to improve the student's learning of the second language? I'm an English teacher from Cambodia. I want to help my community students to study English. I hope it can change their future lives when they graduate from high school. and it also is a bridge for them to communicate with other people around the world to develop their knowledge and skills.

English is my first language. I'm learning Spanish, french, Russian, and Hebrew. When I was very young and could hold s very brief conversation in Japanese but once my friend who spoke Japanese moved I completely forgot how to speak it. What I do realize learning different languages is how long-winded and versatile it is.

I am an English learner from India. I would like to say that Learning a second language is not be hard. We can learn it like a mother tongue We have to listen and try to speak. If we told about vocabulary make sure you Note down the words whenever you see/hear new words, Learning a language is the process of consuming. I am also a Biginner in the English language. But it's working in my opinion.

Well, I am a Cambodian man. I do really appreciate your presentation. You did a wonderful presentation.

Great talks. Learning a new language is a way to learn a new world indeed ! Thank you !

Learning language is that teaches you humility trying to be your self in another language strips your personality down to its most basic elements, language is complicated and subtle they are beautiful syatems approaching new can seem like an impossible task but it's good to do this things that seem impossible it can change your 💓 life. Thank you

This is the best talked speech about learning languages I have seen at UKposts

I'd say that patience and humility are the keys of learning another language. You can do it. If you do not believe in yourself, anyone will do it for you.

It's a good speech for me who learning a new language now🥲 Sometimes so tired to memorize many vocabularies

Thank you for this great reminder and insight. Studying Finnish after learning Danish :)

well, l'm a Cambodian l stay in Phnom Penh and English is my second language. l also love the languages as well. l've learned French and Japanese at the same time. l love traveling . l ain't just love to learn French and Japanese but l also love to learn Mandarin Chinese , Korean, Malay, Thai and Italian. after two years l've leaned French and Japanese l'll move on to learn those languages. because l want to be a polyglot. you know what, in Cambodia people can speak only one or two languages. l will make the historical. not because l want to be a well-known person but due to l DO love what l've been doing. thanks for this video it's very helpful and inspire to those who are want to learn a language.

This talk is astonishing!

Thank you so much for your wonderful Ted Talk on learning languages. I nearly fell off my chair when you said your hometown was Ft Worth, as it is mine as well! I was a child of the 50's, and I so loved going to the FW library. It felt like church to me. Ive lived my entire life in TX, but FW is my favorite town. I just moved back last summer, & it's so good to be home! The only language classes I've ever taken were college Spanish. Unfortunately, I retained very little. I'm very motivated to learn French, as I want to go to Paris in 2020, and want to learn the language & more about French culture before I go. Which type of class would you recommend for a student in her upper 60's? Thank you so much! D

It's good to do thing that seems impossible it can change Your life 🙏❤️❤️❤️

Awesome Talk Chris, thank you!

That's great to hear that topic ! I am Cambodian !

I would love to master at least 20 languages, I am currently learning Italian belonging to Latin system, then move on to German, Czech, Russian and French. Hoping You to master more languages

Thanks for reminding me this

My school background is technical But I have been travelling a lot and found myself keen on languages When you try to learn a local language people become si kind with you by having the chance to feel helpful and actually powerful

it is the wonderful speech that i had ever seen before . really it very helpful for me thanks

I really enjoyed this TED talk. I am so interested in learning a new language but nervous at the same time.

very glad i grew up speaking 3 languages, and have a rudimentary grasp on another 2, even if sometimes it scrambles my brain

What a great talk .. I actually love learning languages.. I speak frensh , English , Arabic .. and I wanna learn Italian..

studying japanese now. already speak english, and learning french in school. going to also learn korean, and probably hindi at some point.

Learning anything can change ones life.

I How great this noble awarenes. For the real tool to enjoy life

Thanks for great speech Mister

Really useful and important for me.

Beautiful !

Great lecture. I love it.

Thank you。

Thank you

I really like this topic

Really useful .....for me

wonderful

Very interesting !

One language is a one minded approach. It isn't until you learn another language that you realize how messed up English is. We have so much freedom with it, you can express in a multitude of different ways and basically say the same thing. In Spanish, german and other more direct languages there is one way to say it. Given there are slangs or sayings that go with all languages but its no different then people up north in the USA to people down south. Same language just spoken differently. There are many dialects of Spanish that have indian words mixed in with them and only people in a certain area can speak it or understand that saying. Its how they can tell if your a foreigner or not, all in how you say "hello" or "thank you". Shei Shei

I'm a vietnamese i still learning english every day but i feel it not well i always watch ted on the youtube.

absolutely one of best on lamguage. merci beaucoup !

I would like to read the comments of those who gave it thumbs down to this motivating video..

This speech is very nice

tnks

I'm a native Chinese speaker, my national language is Malay, while English is my Second language. currently, I'm learning Spanish.

Studying Spanish and German right now, then will do Japanese and Russian.

Right now I'm fluent in English and Tagalog and now I'm learning both the chinese language and spanish

okay, I want to share with you about one method which I use in practice, because my English is broken I understood this one is good to encourage another another shy people, which are much more educated in English , but shy for speaking eginwhen i

English is the language of the angels.

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learning different foreign 😍😍languages is releasing US to know & different culture & tradition, I love that to know & we r all curious to know & communicate from different world..which will be helpful for US when we visit different countries..I m India & welcomes all our frds to visit INDIAN .."the land of google & Microsoft CEO's "😊😊

I also want to study some languages , expencial is fluently in English that mean I'm not good now.

That is excelent if you want to learn other languajes

i wish i could speak as well as you

Amazing! Learning language isn't just plainly memorizing empty words for just pointless speaking. No! Learning language is discovering a brand new unexplored world with different and intriguing people. What they think? What are their values? What they like and what they don't? What is their culture and why? Learning language is a vividly human act of connecting fraternaly with our brothers and sisters separated by tongue. Adios, Auf wiedersehen, arriverderti, tchau and Good Bye.

Life is too short to waste time learning another language unless you absolutely have to. At school I studied French, Welsh and Latin none of which I have ever spoken since the day I left school.

Any one who span every few language that give chance be global citizen and culture height ,all ethnic sharing common inspire used and heritage spiritually.

If you're talking about computer languages I'm golden.

I'm Mozambican. And I'm still learn english, for me is very difficult to get advanced level and I don't know why.

Good video! The most important thing in life is knowledge of foreign languages! Thanks to foreign languages you can realize all your dreams and realize your grandiose ambitions! I would like to recommend all the practices of Yuriy Ivantsiv ''Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign language". This book will be an indispensable helper, a handbook for every person who studies a foreign language! This book contains invaluable tips, questions and answers, and solutions to problems faced by anyone who studies a foreign language! Knowledge is power! And knowledge of foreign languages is your power multiplied by many times! Success to all in self-development!

I am learning English and French

why can't ..we r not introducing ourselves hi this comment box ?😀 bcz we r language lover..could explore ourselves 😎...I m excited..join us come on -I m from India 👳👍👷☺

: ) He said "Khmer" wrong. It is good that they are utilizing technology.

Can somebody help to make English subtitles for the video? Thanks very much.

im self studying spanish

also i want to studdy some language

2:55 Yeah that aaand in my case also the personality. xD

That's right

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yo apprendo español i am learning Spanish

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I speak Hungarian English spanish French Dutch and Italian working on Finnish Arabic and for some reason I want to learn german

I want to learn spanish please suggest me what can i do What kind of app helpful for me. please suggest me respected all

I'm looking into sanskrit

I live in Indonesia. True that most people here don't speak English. And I'm curious about the result of that free tests you gave to people in under-developed countries. At what rank is Indonesia?

am learning turkish language nd next french

I'm learning Korean, and I'm fluent in English. Any native Korean speakers interested in working with me (I can help you with english and you can help me with korean) ??

I would like to learn French,could someone to help me and advice..

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He says quickly, but children from day one are listening for up to 2 years before they utter a word. Yes they are good at it, but not in the short term. Adults, short term, but timid But who am I as a humble internet user to oppose him

Vietnamese, Chinese , Japanese, English 🥶🥶🥶

mmm as a Spanish speaker, I think there are many Spanish speakers learning English so I don't really get his point.. to learn a language doesn't make you open minded or something like that... people who are learning English.They don't act like that, they still thinking in the same aspect, they just translate their beliefs to another language.. nothing will change...

How old is he?

Why do you need any languages except English? In my opinion, it will be better have an axcellent skills in E nglish than basic deuch/spanish/korean/french/ etc.

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The old European joke: What is a multilingual? someone who speaks many languages. What isa bilingual? someone who speaks two languages. What isa monolingual? an American !

Why do we need to learn a foreign language when most Americans can't speak or spell proper English?

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