I do agree with you teacher. No matter how long it takes , I won't give up.I've got such a passion for studying English ..

You completely right, and it's really honest from you saying that. They're some people who say, "10 years,no way, that's too much!!! you just have to go and live abroad in an English speaking country 1 year or 2, it will be more than enough to become FLUENT". Even though someone is gifted, there will be a lot on his/her plate, you can't get away from it ! unless you suffering from Hypermnesia? Learning a language from A to Z is a lifetime job, what I mean by that is, yes 10 years would be enough! but if someone wants to go further and go on and on learning all kind of different subjects like, The economy, Medicine, Science ... It'll be a little bit longer. I do very often Dental surgery translations and it didn't take me 1 month or 2 to get used to the niceties of this particular language. In my opinion, there's no miracle solution, the only key words are, desire, time spent, and for sure work. Really nice and professional job from you, clear and precise. I wish you all the best for your tutorials. Eddie Antonio.

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

It seems we are in complete agreement

Well I totally agree with you, and it is for the first time that I'm hearing someone telling the truth about learning language , and thank you very much for your informative Videos. 🙏

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed we agree there is no magic solution

@minimalist2406

4 жыл бұрын

Only hard work...practice practice and a few hours every single day

Thanks for the video.I’m 64 after 20 years ı decided to start the journey of learning English again.Thanks to İnternet, now I can learn quicker than the old days so I hope ıt doesn’t take so much time😃

Yes It’s inspired me and I started my way to be a perfect and fluent in English Thank you so much 😊

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO SPEAK THE language english AS LONG WE HAVE YOU!!!!!!!! I will always be grateful to you Gideon............!!!!!!!!

100% true! Your videos are excellent. Thanks a lot!

Dear sir, you have told the real matter.Thank you.

Wow dude.. you're really good on your explanations and I like the way you've done a "hidden " motivational lol. Congrats and happy new year!

I’m not afraid at all! I like speaking and learning English! I suggest that everyone start learning English, because it is useful for your careers, travels and for yourself too. Therefore what are you waiting for? Stand up! Go find a teacher!Lastly, following this KZread channel is highly recommended, teacher is very good here!

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

I agree with you!

@dreamandmakeit6221

3 жыл бұрын

I need English. But I can't master in that.

thank you for your videos.very helpful

Sounds interesting. I like it very much. If we want to speak English fluently, we need 10,000 hours to learn the language continuously and consistently. It means that we need about 417 days or so. Thanks for your crystal clear explanation.

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

417 days if we don't sleep. Usually it takes longer. Thanks for your comment

@rezza2507

6 жыл бұрын

You're right. It usually takes longer. It takes 417 days if we don't sleep. You're welcome.

great video. thanks

Good stuff. Always bears repeating in many areas.

Although 10k hours is arbitrary, I do believe it takes at _least_ 10k hours to learn a language to anything like a fluent level. In reality, for most people, I genuinely believe it takes closer to 30k hours to be _really_ good. If you're thinking about native level and you're an adult, you can just forget it. Your fellow adults who speak the language natively already have an minimum of 80k (maybe more) hours of immersion in the language by the time they reach adulthood, and that is in the perfect environment, often without another language getting in the way. To catch up to them is not possible. I don't care who you are or how many hours you put in, it won't happen, ever. You can get very functional/comfortable after TENS of thousands of hours though. Some people will tell you they were comfortable after a couple of thousand hours.... Don't believe them, they're either FOS or they've _grossly_ overestimated their level.

Thanks a lot I agree with you for what you said if any one want to speak English he needs time and he needs deep desire

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Time and and effort but enjoy it! Yes I agree with you

Thanks for your videos! You are really cool! And I absolutely agree with 10000 hours rule.

Lovely!!! I totally agree with that. Cheers 👍

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Yes,it's true gaining knowledge is slow process, slow and steady win the race

I believe that the main reason for all those promises of quick learning is to attract students to the specific language school. Deep inside we all hope that there is a "magic pill" which will make us fluent right after swallowing. In pursuing these pipe dreams we change language schools, teachers, conversation partners, study materials etc. All those language "gurus" want us to be sure that their methods can lead us to success. How do we not rise to the bait if it is so sweet? Then only after a long way of trial and error we finally become mature enough to realize that there is no Father Christmas in real life. The only way to get fluent is 10K hours of hard work. Thank you for honesty LetThemTalkTV.

@futurez12

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, the number of people who ask questions like: "If I complete this course, will I be fluent?" just shows you the mentality of people when it comes to languages. People want a time frame, they won't to _know_ that something will _work._ The reality is nothing like that will ever get you results. One has to live in the language for years and years to get to the kind of level they're looking for. Nobody wants to hear that, so they fool themselves into believing the 'big sell' of 'fluent in x months' that the language learning industry perpetuates. Whenever someone says something like: "When I'm 'done' learning x language, I'm going to learn 'y' language" I already know they're not going to learn _any_ language, at least not to a high level, because their mindset is completely wrong and they have a totally unrealistic expectation. Same for those who say: "I'm going to learn x language in x months." These people get to around a B1 level (which is a LONG way short of actual fluency), realise how much they don't know, then kid themselves that they've reached a 'comfortable' level, before moving onto the next language where they rinse and repeat, resulting in not really knowing any language to any kind of functional/useful level, but, instead, having a very basic, superficial knowledge of a bunch of languages where the only thing they understand _really_ well is preschool content. KZread is _full_ of these people. Trouble is, the unsuspecting language learning beginner can't tell that they're not fluent and believe the BS they peddle, only to be left completely crushed when they inevitably fail in their quest to reach their completely unrealistic expectations.

Hi sir, love and respect from India. Whatever you have said indeed ,impressed me and would have impressed so many like me. It’s true that learning language takes considerable effort and time. The book, videos and people who promise to teach English in short time, are certainly misleading innocent students. Thank you so much for addressing such an important issue! Students must know the truth about learning English. And” yes “ thank you for replying on my last comments!

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

We do agree. Thanks for your comments

Sir, U are the gift of god for " English Learners" Ur Presentation is Amazing

Hi, I reckon that is right, and I'm not disappointed for that number of hours. On the contrary, I agree with that and I'm happy because I've been studying English for a very long time and probably I'm close to those 10k hrs. And your videos are very useful indeed and make me feel more confident. All the best, Cruz

I read this book more than one year ago, and I resisted to believe entirely the idea of 10.000 hours. However, now I have to acknowledge that it is right. In my case, to accept this idea has been a process. Of course, I would rather not to spend so many hours, but it´s the only way.

One of the first word I’ve learnt from an English textbook for beginners was „cottage”. I was very surprised when I could hardly explain the meaning of this simple word to my hosts in England. I wrote down the word, draw a picture of a house (my vocabulary was about 2000 word that time), so at the first day of my arrival they learnt an English word from me, while it struck me, that English people learn from other textbooks than we foreigners. So I think to speak fluent English is a bit more complicated that 10 000 hours learning. - According to my experience, one can learn ca. 2000 words and 400 basic expressions in 2 years with a lazy schedule of 1hour/day, 5day/week ~ 250 hours/year that is in 500 hours in 2 years. I call this level „Small insight” - One can reach „Communication level” in 4 years (1000 hours) with the same schedule. This means ca 4 000 words, 800 general, 800 special and 800 grammar expressions (typical sentences). Till this level I found bilingual textbooks with audio records the most effective sources to learn from. As I see for most of us this is the top level to reach. - I think that fluent English (not perfect) can be reached with consequent(!) learning in 8 years which means the usage of ca. 10 000 word + 3 x 1000 expression. On this level more time is needed to keep and update our acquired knowledge beside learning the knew ones- minimum 1 hour/day should be sacrificed for English. So in my opinion the total time needed for fluent English is: 8 years ~ 2500 hours (with lazy schedule). Reaching this level you must keep the min 1hour/day schedule, or else you will degrade your knowledge. Your knowledge can improve or degrade, there is no stagnation. Even so it’s a mission impossible for most of us to reach a level of a 14 year old English pupil, because they learn their language in school, during lessons like math, geographic, history, PE, music etc. while we learn from textbooks which has nothing to do with these subjects, and real English consequently. We have difficulties about how to say 3^3 or to list the parts of a bicycle or of a flower, not mentioning what to do with them. I think the publications of thematic textbooks (words + expressions) synchronized with the living English culture could help a lot to be in step with native speakers. Another fact must also be considered: since acknowledged language exams became outsourced from the higher education system, it became a business. The private institutions are interested in profit, which means more exams. One way of more exams are more fails…

@ukaszrozewicz7488

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, very interesting thoughts :)

@74kailas

5 жыл бұрын

very nice...thank you

@punchtheball5748

4 жыл бұрын

Alex Hu you are completely right, now I am using USA grade 1 to grade 6 English textbooks “wonders” to learn English. I found no matter how much time you put you can never get to a native speaker level.

Absolutely agree learning lunguage is not a peace of cake it requires dedication, hardwork and lot of practice. So i must say there is no free breakfast😀

Yup I’m agree with you it’s take long a time and depend on your dedication about learning .

I think you are totally right about the 10.000 hours. I mean more or less obviously. Maybe if you may live in a Britain country it's take less time but I am Italian never been in Britain I am studying English language since 4 years and I am not fluently in the speaking English. I am fluent in reading English language fortunately . But I know very well that speaking fluency is another planet! I do not give up of course because I love English language and to study this language has given me a lot of satisfactions. Thanks for the video they are extremely useful and very nice. By the way I am Italian

I Agree, and Started from now on.. It is as simple as that to learn english, Cheers Sir :).

As a kid I spent thousands of hours learning how to watch TV and hang around on street corner. I acquired a skill. not a valuable one, unfortunately

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Ha ha love your comment. Me too actually. I have lots of useless skills and I am not a billionaire

to me learning a foreign language is like on-off process, not sure about the 10000 hours, but it is like you leearrrn and rrest and then click -and you suddenly find urself to be over it, it is like a growth spur, uneven pulsating process, - a quality rather than quantity acquisition, and yes, many setbacks come with unfit teachers who clog up your mind instead of clearing it of doubts. I came to see teachers as a reflection of what I actually can't rather than CAN, and subsequently, explore my own chimaeras which have invoked that teacher... Well, apparently, i got rid of the worst because dear Gideon is my dream-teacher. Respect

No 10 years really. I have been starting learning English 2016.thanks GOD I have been writing an essay Although, have been talking fluently. However, I will not stop listening to your video because of your excellent teaching .not only me my friend he has been starting with me really we have been improving completely .even we had taken IELT We passed . when we were start we had gotten confused in your accent because it is very hard but we didn't stop we have been keeping going. really practice practice practice made us strong in our country, we have been speaking Portuguese. but within 3 years we have been improving. Thank you very much. Allways we say thank you because of you we have been speaking English

@missionnow2

5 жыл бұрын

What did you do to get fluent in English?

@trollforaliving6857

3 жыл бұрын

Judging by what you wrote it’s littered with grammatical errors which further corroborates and backs up what the video says. Your english isn’t “perfect” albeit intelligible through some deciphering lol I reckon it’s better now now that 2 more years has passed

Of course, you are correct!!!

Thanks for your true comments.

Yet another brilliant point made! I couldn't agree more with you on this! English, sadly, has been turned into this instant ramen thing which people become more and more stingy in investing time in learning. Guess one of the reasons is because nowadays if you are good at English, the possibility of you finding a better job is higher... I can't help feeling like English is now mostly appreciated as a tool, rather than a language with its own beauty and nuance. Then again, maybe it's just me...

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

I love your "instant ramen" metaphor. I'll use it myself! And of course I completely agree with you about the beauty of the language. And your comment was beautiful.

You are the best! One single thing makes my neighbors furious and myself tired- the music. Is too high.

I genuinely get inspired of what you said about 10thousand hrs hard work thing. it really did. Which makes me more confident of what I’m doing now and will carry it on. Not only in English learning but also other things in lifetime

@easyenglishmethod3602

6 жыл бұрын

Howard H , hey bro would you like to make me practice plz? From india

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thaks for your comment we do agree

@AirElegant

6 жыл бұрын

Learning is key to happiness

It's extremely true, I learned English in England, speaking over 10 hours a day and studying by myself, it took about 4 years for me to be able to say I was fluent.

Dear Gideon, as for me, I'm by no means depressed; on the contrary, I totally agree with the 10,000 hour idea, because it's 100% clear to me, a pianist by profession, what it means - working hard to achieve some realistic goal. So, I entirely agree with the people who write here in the comments that you are among those few who says true things about learning languages. After having seen this video, I may say for sure: not only are you natural as a linguist, as an actor (each teacher, I believe, should be a bit of an artist :-)), but also a specialist who can be trusted.

thank you vrey much

You are certainly 10000000 times right. How realistic you are!👌

This depressed me sure.I don't have quite enough time for my Ielts Test , but i totally agree what you said that without hard work , no one can get perfect result..Your explaining style is exceptionally good...

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I didn't mean to depress you I only wanted to talk about having realistic goals

It inspires me.

Thanks

I would say you are speaking about getting a skill, but we cannot ignore the ability. The practice makes it perfect and effort and time are the most important, however sometimes I see I do have more problems comparing with others. I think some people have a special ability to learn to play an instrument, for example. Yes, I do agree that the most important is not to give up! At the end I hope to get a better level of English! Thank you teacher! 👍

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Ability is important but hard work is much more important. Thanks for your comment.

No it doesn't depressing at all ...in fact it's honest n encouraging

I think the main aim is to get yourself into some point where you feel pretty comfortable within the borders of the language. You'll be like a silly toddler but the more you know the faster you can study/read/listen to something and at last, it'll bring you to fluency.

thanks

I definetly agree! Learning whatever you want is a lifetime adventure and you never finish to enhance. In this specific case namely learning English, though I've probably passed the 5,000 hrs score, there's a daily new discovery often in the use of my own language! So thanks a lot for your delicious tips and... stay mellow! ;)

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Learning is indeed a beautiful adventure with no destination. Stay mellow!

I'd like to share my own strategy of learning a language and to hear other opinions on the case. After you've learned basic grammer, you should take an interesting novel in the original, preferably of what's-going-to-happen-next type, and literally scan it from the beginning to the end, looking for each unknown word in the vocabulary, learning words, expressions, etc. If you get through this period of real agony, it will be much easier to read the book for the second time. Then a lazy time comes, when you are not suffering any more, but only injoying. The books you have read become your privat lexical thesaurus (and a favourite page-turner as well; for me it was Agatha Christie for a long time). Now, when I've got to refresh my vocabulary, I only need to reread something interesting I had already got through some time ago. But, perhaps, this way is possible only for pathologically avid readers :-)

Well so yeah So to say so Marvelous

top!!!...its true

I believe if you put yourself in a total English speaking enviroment (for example by moving to an English speaking country for studying purposes) it will take you much less than 10000 hours to become fluent in English. Surely you won't be sounding native either way, but your speech is gonna be rather good. I'm claiming this from my own experience in studying Turkish in Ankara. We all started from zero at a language school, studying 5 days a week, 6-7 hours a day. It took us 9 months to finish the whole course and finally we learned Turkish at C1.

I liked the music in your videos please how can I get it?

Very true, but seen through a very specific window. I am in my late-50s and I prefer to think of myself as having much more than 10,000 hours to go. That 'Gladwell's treshold' of 10,000 hours is O.K. for young people who have no time to waste on their way to GREAT SUCCESS which they are bound to achieve. If you want to stay mellow (whatever it means) you have to titrate the pleasure of learning and be prepared for (at least) 50,000 hours! Learning without preset time limits is even better! Well, I for one, love discovering new things about languages. Not only foreign languages, my native one (Polish) as well.

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

The 10,000 hours is to become really good but it doesn't mean you stop there. Thank you for your comment, me too I love discovering new things about languages and ......everything else. A passion for learning is what keeps us young.

Love fr manila .my sister lives in england uk

I have a question hoping you'll have a moment to answer please I've noticed that some british people pronounce the /ation or ating/ at end of: situation and complaining for example as /situaition/ complaining/, while others say it as /situeition/ compleining/ which is similar to the American accent. What is the most accurate or closer to be standard british English? What cities show the "...aition/ clearer than others? I hope i managed to make myself understood. Thank you heaps for the marvelous lessons and for making our life easier.

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment. I'm not sure I completely understand your question. There are lots of accent and dialects even within Britain and American English is something else

True said..

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

thanks

nice video sir

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

thanks

Am i learning English while reading Novels and other Books, listening to audiobooks, watching youtube videos like this one or it is just 10000 hours learning grammar and practicing explicitly English? My English has been improving over time but i got the feeling that the progress stoped at some point maybe i need to read more novels and less blogs and learn grammar in smile bites. I make often grammar mistakes in my native language as well, it can only eliminate them by triple checking.

Gideon sir, I am teacher my student always want every knowledge of english in a jiffy,

Look , whatever is the time english learning requires , but i will learn it because i want 😊😊 And by the way i am new in your channel but want to ask you ; do the students that you teach find the same difficulties or difrent difficulties ? if you compare among them in term of the language ...

Sir send me vocabulary link how we can use accent

It 's right🙃

HI! This is the first time I leave my comment - you are just GREAT Thank you a lot! I just always want to ask you- what is YOUR native language?

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment. I'll let you guess that.

I also agree with 10000 hours mastery

Are these practice hours or?But many websites show that we need 1400-1800 hours of instruction to become fluent in english or to achieve C2 level in english.And can i achieve native like fluency in english as an adult?I'm 19 right now and i think my CEFR level is between A2-B1😢

Hi sir, I saw your one of the videos in which you were telling that one should spend ten thousand hours to learn a language or anything else. Sir for this a lot of patience is needed, or required which today's generation doesn't have. So how?

Sir is this 10000 rule is only for listening a language or another skill is also included in this?

Learn for the sake of learning, that's the beauty

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

👍🏻

Gladwell's 10,000 hours rule is very misleading. What Gladwell said was that it takes roughly 10,000 hours to develop a skill to **mastery**. This is important and often overlooked. The definition of fluency in a language is very personal. For many, being fluent means feeling comfortable in a specific context. Does it mean to be a master? Probably not. On the other end of the spectrum, I would recommend another book: The First 20 Hours, by learning junkie Josh Kaufman. Kaufman's take is very different, as the provocative title suggests. In medio stat virtus: it probably takes between 20 and 10,000 hours to become fluent whatever your definition. On a personal note, I've been studying and practicing the English language for about 40 years, not full time though. I consider myself reasonably fluent in most circumstances, but I'm definitely not a master. I'm 100% sure Gideon could detect I'm not just by reading this comment.

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment you are right about 10,000 hours to achieve "mastery" I could have explained a lot more but with only 6 minutes time was limited. Your English seems pretty good. I'll investigate the book you mentioned.

@futurez12

3 жыл бұрын

But 'mastery' in a language takes natives 18+ years of 12-16 hours/day of immersion, every single day. Nobody in history has ever put in that kind of time to reach 'mastery' in _any_ other field. Language 'mastery' is a whole other level of mastery. You can only say you're a master of something if you're at, or close to, the top of the field. Trouble is, as a 2nd language learner, your field is crammed _full_ of genuine masters who have been at it for close to 100k hours (by the time they're just 18 years of age) before (assuming you're an adult) you've even started to learn how to say: "Hi, how are you?"

It also depends on what is you native language

I think that sadly it's true. By the way I Enjoy every moment that I spend learning inglish so I think that it's worthy.

Good video. Almost asleep to ur calming voice. But you end with double the volume excited music. Why?

It’s a hard true, but I ‘ll get there!

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, you will

For me, if I learn 10,000 distinct English words and their definitions that is a good start to begin with. I dunno If I'm near to my goal or if I passed by it.

Sir I am your new student and subscribers I like your english style I wana

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I did not learn all the information about this English grammar. I learned this basic grammar. It means past, present and future simple tenses. It is difficult for me to know all the English grammar.

After 10 years, yes, I speak English. Now, my question is : how much time be understood ?

One year, is that correct?

Teacher

Outliers: The story of success by Malcolm Gladwell www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930

Ok sir 10000 hours learn in English but which model types learning english sir, what type bettter quickly learn English laungage read, writer watch movie Liston what bereter way sir

What does stay mellow mean, mister?

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when i watch english movies and way the english language is spoken .i dont think so i could ever touch it.

art is long, life is short. I can't figure out the time I need to master English. Well, I have to say I only do it for fun's sake.

Interesting thought about 10 000 hours and I tend to believe it. However I disagree about talent. If you're not good at painting or composing poems you'd hardy become a brilliant artist or poet. And the opposite - a keen hearing is really useful in the musical field. Some people say it may even help in learning laguages.

I've been learning English from childhood. Now I deal with English almost every day, because I teach biochemistry for foreign students. And I am not still fluent((

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

It takes time but you'll get there

@vinipuhja

6 жыл бұрын

Thanx very much for your videos! They are very helpful for me for learning British pronunciation and some tips of English grammar. My students from India and Nigeria are not so good in English))

I agree with the idea, but not with the ammount. 10,000 hs seems so high. I think that you can reach a good level before 10,000 unless you are determined to be a new Shakespeare.

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

You can certainly make good learning decisions but good things take time.

I also learning English Eny time I get free time

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Good luck! Carry on learning.

i think 10.000 hours is about right, i am on 4.000 hours 2 hours a day and it seems i am getting better and better. we see

It makes me depressed. I lose hope knowing there is 10 years work in front of me

@vickydangi2119

4 жыл бұрын

Yess dear. I m spending 15 hours due yi lockdown to learn english by reading ,listening,writing .as well as speaking. ... so why. U getting .. be positive .....and calmly start from today ... by fix date in the calender todays days .... and the how much 10000... hours will be complete acc9rding ur routine as i have started 1 of july. .. so my 10,200 hours will be complete next year's august keep patience and strt ..... and be ready to see the tramandious result ..... i m so glad ....

I think anyone can learn English if he or she is staying in an English country more faster than the individual person in his own country.

Are you american or british accent?

@juancarloshernandez-perez2985

6 жыл бұрын

He's british.

how is 10000 hours even close to 10 years ? 0:56

I start English all most 4 month ago and I can understand every thing you say So I'm not agree with you with 10 000 Hours rule at the point that you can learn You can learn so easy by couple month But it take time to be professional At every thing

Not truth AT ALL. 10,000 hours is like to be a PhD in english. A native kid can speak at the age of 4. I speak 6 languages myself, and I am not even 25.

@Justkiddingbutuknow

4 жыл бұрын

And i speak 4 languages and understand another 4-5 of em

@user-yr7jt8rc6v

3 жыл бұрын

To what extent do you know 6 lang? It’s impossible to learn several lang in short time and speak fluently and understand completely foreigns

This video has a great meaning to us (for those learners of languages). This is the truth behind the stupidity of some people claiming you'll be fluent in an instant time.

@LetThemTalkTV

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Beware of false claims. Usually they are trying to sell you something.

@renanpeteza3298

6 жыл бұрын

LetThemTalkTV you really right. Thanks to appreciate my comment. I'm your new subscriber here in the philippines. Cheers!