If this is a hoax it is very convincing. Tim, a teenage American polyglot, demonstrates his ability in 10 languages in these Youtube videos. Not only are the languages mostly unrelated to each other and his own native language, not only has he learned these languages with a high degree of autonomy, he is just in his mid teens!
I hate to be a naysayer but this kid just looks too good to be true. I hope he’s not overstating his abilities because I’ve learned that such behavior inevitably leads to public embarrassment. The optimist in me wants to give him a chance though. Tim, you have made some very impressive videos. I’m excited to see what you will do next!
Advertisement
Filed under: Polyglots
Does he describe his learning methods / timeframes anywhere?
Not that I’ve seen.
His pronunciation is very impressive.
Wow, this kid’s amazing. Even if he is too good to be true (let’s just say) and he did work from some pre-determined script, it would still be VERY impressive that he managed to do so.
I’ve been studying Korean for the last few months and all I can say are the simple everyday words like hello, goodbye, hey, thank you, etc. Speaking in sentences if you’ve only known the language for a short amount of time seems unfathomable… I am also very curious about his methods and timeline.
I also wonder how good his pronunciation is.