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My favourite polyglot is not a youtuber or anything like that, it's my professor. She speaks seven languages fluently, has published in at least four of them, and is still so humble and kind about it.
April 29, 2021
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MY FAVOURITE POLYGLOT IS DEFINITELY DOM PEDRO II FROM BRAZIL !!
He was the last king before the proclamation of the republic and not only could he speak 23 languages but he was also a very important translator for our language.
He used to translate books from English, french, german, Spanish, italian, greek and Arabic (I might have missed something)
And he was the first person to translate things from Arabic into Portuguese.
Whenever I decide to learn a language I say to myself “one day I will be like him”.
I can’t really leave his IG here cause, obviously, he is no longer alive but if you wanna learn more about him, here you
can see it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_II_of_Brazil
April 29, 2021
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I've already got my ticket, but I still want to add to this topic. :)
My fave has been Lydia Machova for some time just because her Language Mentoring program is SOOOO good. Seriously, if you aren't familiar with that program, I *definitely* recommend it. But recently I've kinda become enamored with Elisa Polese. I really love that she doesn't shy away from the idea of learning multiple languages at the same time. I wish more people would embrace this notion. It's totally doable! In addition to the below links, Elisa did a handful of sessions at prior Polyglot Gathering events that are available on YouTube.
https://www.instagram.com/speakfromdayonewithelisa/
https://speakfromdayonewithelisa.com/en/home/
Another fave is ole George Trombley with Japanese from Zero. I still uphold that his textbooks for Japanese are some of the best out there (rivaling even Genki). Also, he's a hilariously insane goofball and was incredibly kind to me during my first visit to Japan in 2006.
https://www.youtube.com/user/yesjapan
Anyway, my two cents. Among all the big heavy hitter names, I felt like I should put in a quick name drop for a couple of my favorite, less talked about polyglots. ;)
April 29, 2021
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My favourite Polyglot is Lucas Lamparello because he is so peaceful and he gives advice that can be used for anything in life and not only to learn a language. I'm drinking his words.
His Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOJ88yDbqOkAZXNuuYpAAAA/videos
I also love Lindie Botes!
April 29, 2021
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My favorite Polyglot is Lindie Botes.
She is a South African YouTuber, that makes videos on learning languages and improving your mindset.
She is really special to me because I first got interested in learning languages because of her.
The videos she makes are very entertaining and she has a lot of good tips for studying languages. Especially her videos about improving your mindset and building habits have helped me on my language-learning-journey.
Here’s a link to her channel:
https://youtu.be/9Y_Bg1kaUXo
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