5 techniques to speak any language | Sid Efromovich | TEDxUpperEastSide
12,994,680
Published 2013-08-30
Sid is our resident hyperpolyglot. He grew up in Brazil and after some journeying around the world, he now lives an exciting life in New York where he works as a Sugar Trader.
Teaching has always been one of his passions and he has led groups of young leaders since 2006. He has given workshops, talks and classes in 3 different continents and is currently a Master Teacher in Skillshare where he teaches classes on nurturing happiness and learning foreign languages.
Sid is also the founder of I Embrace You (formerly called Hug Don't Hate), based in Boston. After presiding over the organization and leading over 100 volunteers annually, he was recognized with the top leadership award in his graduating class at Boston University. He also holds an MBA from Purdue University and from Leibniz Universität. guywiththesmile.com/
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
All Comments (21)
-
1. Make mistakes. 2. Scrap the foreign alphabet. 3. Finding a stickler. 4. Shower conversations. 5. Buddy formula.
-
I feel like this guy would be a great preschool teacher, he's so happy :)
-
Man, I just wanna be as happy as this guy.
-
How to speak any language: 1) Learn the language 2) Speak
-
He's so happy I wanna hug him
-
This dude seems like the nicest person in the world. <3
-
I tried the shower technique... Long story short, we got into a fight.. we're not speaking to each other anymore 😒
-
Rules : 1. Relax and allow yourself to make mistakes 2. Scrap the foreign alphabet 3. Find a stickler - who doesn't let your mistakes slide but also encourages you 4. Do shower conversations 5. Find a conversation buddy using Buddy Formula- choose a person where the common language between you two is the -target language (otherwise you'll switch to the easier language )
-
Wow. I'm from Brazil and when you spoke in portuguese I thought to myself: Are you sure you're not brazilian? You speak portuguese better than me. Perfect Accent! I studied English by myself and now I want to learn german and french.
-
5 Skills/ techniques - deep breath, relax, make mistakes - scrap the foreign alphabet - find a stickler (feel comfortable) - practice (shower conversations with yourself: both sides of conversation) - use language: buddy formula
-
Step 1 Change your games' language
-
I'm brazilian and first I was impressed with how an american could speak spanish and portuguese so well. Then I realized he grew up in Brazil and now I'm completely amazed of how he speaks english so perfectly.
-
I talk to my cats in Swedish to practice it,, it works pretty well
-
#1 make mistakes #2 forget your languages rules #3 find sticklers #4 shower conversations in the language ur learning.(dosent have to be in shower.) #5 coversation buddy
-
I'm Brazilian, his portuguese is perfect.
-
The smile is glued on his face. It’s good to see people who are very presentable looking.
-
my steps are just: 1. learn the alphabet (except for mandarin and its dialects because mandarin is a rebel). 2. learn phrases. don't just cram new words into your head. 3. break down the words and see how a sentence is structured. then make your own sentences. EDIT: by sentence structure I mean like Subject, Verb, Object kind of thing.
-
Most of these polyglots have grown up in multilingual families or neighbourhoods. It really seems to be an advantage to learn several languages as a child!
-
He is so sunny and positive that I can't stop smiling!
-
Are we going to ignore his "What I'm most often asked other than for my phone number..."
