Said You Can Learn 4 Languages At The Same Time!? Brian Wiles

Ajouté : 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]Hello number ones, welcome to Method Academy. Can you learn two languages or more at the same time? Well, we're going to see what a famous creator says about this, but really before asking the can, I think the thing we should ask is the should you. Regardless of that, how to learn two languages or more at the same time, let's read the description. A brief guide on how to learn two, three, or even four languages at the same time.

[00:00:22]Okay, you're out of your mind, Brian Wilds. I'm just going to say it.

[00:00:27]But let's see how he justifies it. But I'm going to say you're out of your mind, man. Yes, you can absolutely learn two. Yes, you can absolutely learn two, three, or even four languages at the same time. And in this video, I'll show you how to do it. Seven years ago, I couldn't decide if I wanted to learn Mandarin or Arabic. I kept going back and forth. It was driving me crazy. And eventually, I realized that the only way I would be happy was if I learned both of them. Two of the hardest languages for English speakers at the same time.

[00:00:55]All right. Well, look, I'm just going to say this and then I'm going to let him talk, but of course, in general, I would discourage it, particularly if you're a beginner in both. All right, I'm just going to be straight with you cuz this guy, I think With all due respect, it's not starting strong, man. When you're like, "Hey, I don't know which one to choose. Let's pick them all both at the same time."

[00:01:13]And at the And also, four languages.

[00:01:15]Okay, four languages at the same is nonsense. There's no way he's going to defend that. But I will agree with him on one thing. At the end of the day, it's a very personal matter. I would discourage people, as I do say in my book, link in the description to the crowdfunding, by the way, before it closes, you can get your audiobook, which is crowdfunding exclusive. It will not be sold separately. Anyways, little plug. I'll tell you more about it later.

[00:01:37]But as I say in my book, I usually discourage people to try and pick up two languages at the same time as beginners.

[00:01:42]Meaning, you can learn multiple languages. I have throughout my entire life, but I would suggest to first get to a upper intermediate level first, and then start tackling the other one as you continue to work on this other primary language.

[00:01:56]I would say get to a base base B2, maybe very high B1 if you're already experienced, before you even begin. But then again, that's just a suggestion. If you enjoy it, go ahead. No one is stopping you. Having a good time and you're not trying to take tests, you don't require the fluency for work, have fun.

[00:02:21]And the only reason I See, for instance, now, I can't judge his Arabic, but when it comes to his Mandarin, obviously, that's a sentence he memorized and repeated multiple times. It doesn't tell us anything. He's saying it now to demonstrate, "Look at me. I did manage to pick them both up.

[00:02:37]So now that you have I have established my authority, and you can see how fluently I speak these languages so well, and I picked them up both at the same time, you're impressed, so listen to me because now you believe what I'm about to say." That's in theory the strategy, and I'm sure it works.

[00:02:52]However, I can't judge his Arabic. You tell me if that sounded impressive. But when it comes to his Mandarin, even for a clearly rehearsed, who knows how many times, sentence that he specifically filmed for this video, it didn't sound impressive. It was fast.

[00:03:09]Tones didn't sound as precise as they're supposed to be. But most importantly, it doesn't really tell us how well you speak the language.

[00:03:17]Personally, rather than saying us two sentences quickly to impress, I would be more impressed if he pointed and said, "Look, that's what I managed to achieve after a year or two studying the languages simultaneously. Here is me during a live stream interacting with people with the language." I was able to do that was because I followed three key principles that I'm going to share with you right now. Language personalities.

[00:03:40]This concept might sound a little bizarre, but if you're learning two or more languages, it's a complete game changer. In one of my other videos, I talked about how speaking another language can actually make you feel like a slightly different version of yourself. For instance, when I speak French, I tend to feel a bit more sophisticated and worldly, and I've even noticed that my body language starts to become a little more fluid.

[00:04:05]Whereas when I speak Arabic, His French sounds really good. I'll give him that.

[00:04:08]I feel more playful and relaxed, and I've even noticed that my body language becomes a little bolder and bigger.

[00:04:18]Now, look, it's not always a huge change. It can be very subtle. And it's mostly something that I just kind of feel in myself. And I call that feeling a language personality. And when I realized that these different language personalities exist in me, it completely changed the way that I learn languages.

[00:04:35]Because when I started leaning into these various identities, I found that I stopped getting different languages mixed up in my head. And maybe you've even had this experience. You're learning two languages, but when you try to speak one, the other one keeps trying to pop in.

[00:05:00]And that's because your subconscious is having trouble separating the languages.

[00:05:04]Where does one stop and the other one start? But by allowing yourself to have different language personalities, you're basically giving your subconscious big sticky boards for all the different data. Okay, I want to comment on that. I don't think it's a bad advice. I still think it The bad advice is the one at the beginning. Yeah, learn four languages at the same time. That's bad advice.

[00:05:24]Having established that, this taken in isolation is not bad advice. The possible problem though that he should have absolutely tackled is that you might end up doing a stereotype, which can be in fact embarrassing and awkward to work with. For instance, imagine someone who tries to pick up Italian and he starts speaking as he You do that, it's like, come on, it's ridiculous. So, while I can understand that up to a certain extent, it does happen. I imagine that when I speak English, I have a slightly different personality to when I speak Italian.

[00:06:02]Sure, or Japanese.

[00:06:04]But it needs to be studied. So, meaning that it needs to be authentic. Don't overdo it. Don't become a caricature because that's going to And I've seen it happen, by the way. I've seen people do it. It sounds stupid. Even people who are trying to pick up Japanese and they know notice that the Japanese bow a lot, and then they overdo it, and even the Japanese think like, "What What's wrong with you?" So, it's important to do it after you you make sure that you don't turn into a freaking caricature. General advice is not bad. Next, massive announcement.

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[00:07:47]Japanese, we're going to take all that data, stick it to that personality.

[00:07:51]German, great, we're going to stick it to this personality. Are you getting the idea here? We want to cultivate the feeling of a language, the personality, so that your brain can then assign data to that feeling. And then when you want to speak or learn a different language, it's easy to make the switch. You simply lean into that different personality.

[00:08:08]Advance and maintain. Okay, you might think that consistently dividing your time between two or more languages would be the most efficient way to get better over time.

[00:08:19]It's not. Definitely not. Language learning is a holistic subconscious process. You're throwing a lot of new information at your brain, new sounds, new words, new sentence structures, and over the short term, that information needs to be a one language. So, rather than learning like this with equal time and equal effort, we want to instead advance one language while maintaining the other in cycles, back and forth, back and forth. And if you're studying three or more languages, it's the same idea. Now, if you're studying three or four languages, you're wasting your time.

[00:08:52]Advance, maintain, advance, maintain.

[00:08:55]And I've actually found that when I take a complete break from studying a language, going a month or two months or six months with zero practice, that when I come back to it, I'm surprisingly better. Sure, you're out of your mind.

[00:09:08]I don't know what the heck this guy is talking about. Look, man, I'm trying to praise him, and I'm trying to agree with some areas. But when he makes statements like this, you don't touch a language for 6 months, and then you're better at it? In what planet?

[00:09:25]Brother, it does not happen. Okay.

[00:09:27]Language learners, disregard. Disregard.

[00:09:30]I'll be rusty with little vocab, but after some time off, I always find that I can understand and speak a new language much more comfortably. I'm interested to know if other people have had this experience as well. So, if you have, please leave a comment and let me know. If you have, please seek professional help. The principle of separation. There's one more key concept here that I want to cover, separation.

[00:09:51]If you're learning two or more languages at the same time, it's very important that they they as distinct as possible in your mind. Now, this idea plays into language personalities and the principle of advance and maintain, but there's much more to it than that. For starters, you'll learn two languages more effectively if the languages themselves are very different from one another. For example, I wouldn't recommend learning, say, Spanish and Italian at the same time because there's so >> We agree on this one 100%. much overlap that your subconscious will need to work overtime to keep each language in its own lane. Likewise, it's also helpful if your proficiency levels also have some separation. For example, learning two languages from zero is much more difficult than learning one from zero and one from an intermediate level. And It good. Okay. So, I I wish you started with that, man. But, okay. That's your video. You choose how you present information. We agree with this one.

[00:10:43]Great. Even as you study, it's helpful to keep some distance between your target languages. So, rather than doing, say, 30 minutes of French followed by 30 minutes of Mandarin back-to-back, do an hour of French one day and an hour of Mandarin the next. And there are plenty of other ways. Yeah, I mean, I disagree with this one though because daily practice is necessary for language for real, tangible, consistent progress.

[00:11:07]So, if you are tackling two languages, I would disagree with this. Practice both daily. Space them like morning and evening if you want, but daily needs to remain. Otherwise, you're just fooling yourself. You're just learning a couple of words. At this point, just drop the second language and focus entirely on the main. to build separation into your language learning practice. So, you should find what works best for you and your learning style. If you'd like to see more videos about languages and language learning, please consider subscribing. And if you have any questions or comments, I'd love to hear them. Thanks for watching. Okay, yeah.

[00:11:37]As usual, I mean, I'm I want to be honest. I have nothing against him personally, but I think we look at language learning in a very different way. And I'm afraid that this style of saying, "Yeah, learn four. You can do it. You could do it." It's I mean, it's good for views, but is it good advice in my opinion? No. Thank you for watching.