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So can a person completely master a language in six months, which is 180 days? My answer is yes, absolutely possible! And I genuinely believe that if you follow the method I'm about to share, almost anyone can reach the conversational fluency, and it doesn't matter who you are, what your background is, or how bad you think your memory is.

But now when I say learn a language, I'm not talking about passing an exam or obtaining a certain certificate. I mean, you can hold conversations, you can express your thoughts, you can understand what other people are saying. That to me is real language learning. And looking back, whether it was Japanese, French, or Thai, I basically used the same method every single time.

So let's break it down into four distinct phases. The phase one, learn all the letters and pronunciation rules. If you speak English, languages like French or German may seem relatively easy because they share the similar alphabets. But if you learn Korean, Chinese, or Thai, everything changes. New writing system, new sounds, new logic, so it takes time.

For example, I remember when I learned Thai, I spent almost one full month just to remember all the alphabets, all the letters And if anyone speak Chinese must know Chinese has countless letters. Even Chinese is one of my mother tongue, I'm still not able to recognize all of it. So when I say learn all the letters, I mean learn the writing and pronouncing system.

And here is the golden rule: no matter how difficult the language is, don't stay in this phase for more than 30 days. Because learning letters is just an entrance, we still have a huge world ahead. Also, many languages have their pronunciation exceptions and special cases, so ignore them for now. Don't waste your mental energy trying to memorize all the exception.

Let's just move on. And here comes the phase two, learn the most basic vocabulary and grammar. And I say extremely basic. If it's for nouns, I, you, he or she, mom or dad. For the verbs, want, like, hope. For the adjectives, beautiful, cute, good or bad. That's it. So what about the grammar? You only need to know, is this sentence talking about past, present or future?

That's it. You don't need to spend months memorizing complex grammar like relative clauses, like passive voice or subjunctive mood. You don't need to. It's good to know they exist, but, but don't waste amounts of energy trying to memorize all of them immediately. Because when people actually speak, nobody's thinking about grammar in real time, so this phase should not exceed 10 days.

I even considered to remove this phase entirely, but knowing the core vocabulary or grammar does make the next stage much more efficient. So just remember, keep it simple and keep going.

Phase three, go crazy with listening. At this point, we've used 40 days and we still have 140 days left. And now we focus on listening.

We listen five hours a day, 100 days, which is 500 hours total. Sounds impossible, right?

But trust me, it's highly doable. So what happens after 500 hours? Your brain starts changing. Your language instincts begin rebuilding themselves. You stop translating word by word. Instead, you start recognizing the fixed expressions, the sentence patterns, the language rhythm.

And don't just do the passive listening. We should combine the extensive listening and intensive listening as well. And I know it sounds exhausting, but no, no. Let me give my trick to you. Find TV dramas or TV series you might like or find a celebrity you might be obsessed with and watch their contents.

It's better use content with bilingual subtitles, so you can instantly connect the words to the emotional context of the scene.

And remember, choose the material people use in daily life, like modern dramas is great Historical dramas maybe not the best choice if your goal is the everyday conversation.

Phase four, start speaking and communicating. Here comes the last stage, and it's the final 40 days sprint. Your ears might understand the language now, but your mouth still doesn't.

Your mouth is still stiff. So we split these 40 days into two parts. The first 20 days we use for imitation. Pick a short video, one or two minutes, write down every sentence verbatim and copy everything, the intonation, speed, emotion, accent, and memorize it completely.

Yes, completely. Because this is how your mouth adapts to the language. Then comes the final 20 days. This is what the magic happens. We practice in real life. We talk to the native speakers, talk about anything and everything, work, food, lives, dreams, everything. And you will suddenly realize something shocking, "Oh, wait, I, I can understand them.

I, I can answer them too." So what if you don't have native speakers around you or you're stuck at home? It doesn't matter. We can create our own scenarios and talk to myself. For example, when I learn French, I, I imagine I'm in a French job interview. I answer interview in French in my head. When I learn Thai, I imagine I'm in the Songkran Water Festival meeting new people, and I create conversations in my head.

So the important thing is use the language, try to communicate, try to express. And that's the plan.

So let's do a quick recap of 180-day transformation plan. So day one to day thirty, learn the writing system and pronunciation rules. Day thirty-one to forty, remember the essential vocabulary and grammar.

Days forty-one to one hundred and forty, accumulate five hundred listening hours. So days one hundred and forty-one to one hundred and eighty, memorize, imitate, communicate. And I truly believe this works for almost any language. In six months later, you may not be perfect, but you might be surprised how much you can already understand, how much you can already speak.

So if you don't believe me, pick a language and start day one tomorrow and prove me wrong. So don't forget hit like, subscribe for more language learning tips, and let me know in the comment below "Which language are you gonna conquer in next six months?" See you in the next video💚

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Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B2 s’appuie sur la vidéo « How to Learn Any Language in 6 Months: My 4-Step Polyglot Formula ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : language, learn, phase, grammar, listening. Cette vidéo contient 22 phrases et 1041 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 7:36. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 137 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. 85 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais ; le reste mérite d’être vu avant de commencer. 6 de ses 22 phrases sont des questions : un bon entraînement pour l’intonation interrogative et les réponses courtes.

Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo

Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

Mot	Prononciation	Sens
grammar nom	/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/	grammaire
memorize verbe	/ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/	mémoriser, apprendre par cœur
pronunciation nom	/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/	prononciation
vocabulary nom	/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/	vocabulaire, lexique
alphabet nom	/ˈæl.fəˌbɛt/	alphabet
passive adjectif	/ˈpæs.ɪv/	passif
accumulate verbe	/əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/	accumuler
adjective nom	/ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/	nom adjectif, adjectif
conversational adjectif	/ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/	conversationnel
imitate verbe	/ˈɪmɪteɪt/	imiter
imitation nom	/ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/	imitation
intonation nom	/ɪntəˈneɪʃən/	intonation
obsess verbe	/əbˈsɛs/	être obsédé
subjunctive adjectif	/səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/	subjonctif
subtitle nom	/ˈsʌbtaɪtəl/	sous-titre

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

Mot	Sens
look back verbe	se remémorer
write down verbe	noter, écrire

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 20 contractions et formes réduites, comme don't, I'm, doesn't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

Les sons « sh » et « zh »: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, conversational /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/, imitation /ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/
Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, accumulate /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/, conversational /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/, imitation /ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

/tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, subjunctive /səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/
/r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/, memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, forty /ˈfoɹti/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo

Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
Répétez phrase par phrase à vitesse normale, en reprenant chacune jusqu’à ce que votre rythme corresponde à celui du locuteur.
Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme grammar, memorize, pronunciation.

Qu'est-ce que la technique du Shadowing ?

Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.

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