How many languages does Tim Doner speak?
How many languages does Tim Doner speak?
In his THINKR video, despite the press stating he’s fluent in 20 languages, he states that he is extremely fluent in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and French, he’s a little less fluent but advanced in Mandarin, German, and Russian, he’s comfortable in Hindi/Urdu, Indonesian, conversational in Turkish and Italian, and has …
How does Tim Doner learn languages?
Well, Tim is a college student (studying Linguistics!), so he doesn’t have a ton of time to study languages. What he tries to do is make language learning as passive as possible: He’ll spend some time watching/listening to the news in his target languages or listening to pop songs.
What is the hardest language to learn?
Across multiple sources, Mandarin Chinese is the number one language listed as the most challenging to learn. The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center puts Mandarin in Category IV, which is the list of the most difficult languages to learn for English speakers.