Speak a Foreign Language Like a Native
During my first week of learning Italian, I focused exclusively on hearing and pronunciation.
Until this week, I had no idea what any of the words meant. Idahosa told me that I didn’t need to. The goal at this stage was just to build my Capacity.
According to The Mimic Method, I will be able to learn faster, understand more and speak with a better accent if I focused first on the sounds.
Now that I’ve finally started to learn what stuff means, I think he’s absolutely right..
Seven days ago, I started my journey to learn Italian. My goal is to reach the point that Idahosa calls “The Shift” as fast as possible.
Idahosa says he expects me to get there in 2 months. I have my doubts, but so far I’m impressed with my progress.
In this post, I will walk you through what I did so far.
We recently announced that one of our team members – Mike – will attempt to learn Italian in 2 months. To be more specific, Mike’s mission is to reach “The Shift” as fast as he can.
“The Shift” is the point in the language learning curve when conversations finally stop sucking.
In this post, we are going to talk about this point in more detail. We will also talk about Mike’s tactics and timeline for reaching The Shift as fast as possible.
Continue ReadingIn our last post, we announced our next language mission. Instead of me learning another language, one of my team members will.
His name is Mike, and he identifies as an introvert.
I never really understood what that term meant before meeting Mike. I assumed it just meant people who were shy. But then I met Mike and discovered I was wrong.
Last year, I learned German in a matter of months. People felt inspired, but they were also doubtful. "Obviously, this Idahosa guy has a natural gift for languages. But I'm just a normal person. Could I really learn this fast?"
I wish I could tell you that I flunked every Spanish class in high school and college. That my accent was horrendous and my ear was tone-deaf. Then you'd think "If The Mimic Method can work for this guy, then it can work for anyone!"
But I've
always been good at languages, so to convince you that The Mimic Method works, you need to see a normal person succeed with it.
I happen to know the perfect 'normal person' for the job - my friend, business colleague, and polar opposite- Mike...