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We begin today with some breaking news
Polyglot Steve Kaufmann’s YouTube channel is celebrating
an important milestone this year. It's turning ten years old.
My co-anchor Lindsay, who's definitely sitting right beside me
here in the studio, has more.
That’s right Benny. This is the most important news of the day, so we have
so we have several correspondents on hand to tell you everything you need to know
but first, let’s speak with the man
who broke this important story.
Yes, one of our viewers, who we have via satellite.
He's one of Europe’s leading chair historians, and Danish polyglot, Kris.
Kris, can you tell us about how you discovered this incredible news?
Hi Benny Thanks for that. I was sitting on Youtube
and checking out videos about chairs
which I often do and I happened to find Steve's video
because he had a really rare chair - a 1973 Guiletta
which has a [unintelligible nonsense about chairs]
OK, yes… but what did you notice about the video?
Yes, of course.
What I noticed was that the video was 10 years old!
And I thought that was really interesting
he had also taught himself a lot of languages
and started his own business - LingQ -
but the only way all this would have been possible
would be to start out with an awesome chair.
OK, thank you for that, Kris.
I’m getting a report in from my producer.
Sorry folks, it's not pronounced "ling-cue", but rather "link".
His site was originally called “The linguist”.
Oh wow, the year he started his YouTube channel in 2007
he was 61, this year he’ll be 71!
In these last 10 years alone, he’s learned 8 languages!
Wow! That’s pretty impressive!
Well, let's talk to Conor,
Steve's wardrobe consultant for his Eastern European videos.
Thank you, Benny. Was it his trend setting fashion style and
penchant for colorful polo shirts that solidified his
popularity among polyglots?
Has he ever appeared on camera in anything other than those shirts?
Most recently we gave Steve a makeover here in Lviv, Ukraine
and persuaded him to wear a traditional Ukrainian shirt (vyshyvanka).
A world first on camera!
Thanks for that fascinating perspective!
But for a report on the video side of things,
we have our Youtube economist, Jan, reporting live from Montreal,
who's going to look at the numbers for us! Jan?
Hi Benny, looking at Steve’s channel
we see a steady growth for more than 10 years.
Besides that, Steve hit the magical number
of 100,000 subscribers last month
Steve now has more than 12 million views on his Youtube channel
and soon will publish this 1000th video!
Incredible! Thank you for that update!
Looks like Steve has been keeping pretty busy on YouTube
these past ten years, producing thought-provoking videos to
inspire language learners all over the world!
We’ll get right back to this main story shortly,
but first here’s today’s weather report with Mike.
Well, let’s see what we can make out
to set you up for your language learning plans this weekend.
As you can see, we have output winds pushing in from the east
with an ever-resistant input front holding them back.
Now, of course there are other forces at play
and we can see this approaching sentence-method,
coming in to hold back the temptation for output to take over.
My prediction is that overall input is going to win out
and we’ll be having a slow-and-steady language learning weekend
with no trace of fossilization.
Back to you, Benny.
Thanks Mike, but that might be a premature conclusion.
This afternoon's boxing match
really put both the input and output methods to the test.
That's right, it's time for Sports highlights.
We had input versus output
and it was a tough match.
Input held his high ground playing the long game,
while output zoomed around pulling punches right from the start.
It war an incredible fight and the crowd loved it.
Two very zealous fans were in the stadium cheering
on their fighters, and we have their reactions:
Input, go for it! Let him know that you need
to have SOMETHING to start producing
Output, put him down!
Let him know that you have to make mistakes to learn!
In the end, though, after a dispute over the rules for declaring the winner,
and with no conclusive result, the referee was forced to declare it a tie,
so the game will continue again!
Well, I know who I wanted to win!
But there might be hope for an answer yet. Lindsay?
So, to conclued the discussion today, let's watch a little
of the debate that happened earlier today between our panelists.
In our panel today we have two highly experienced experts.
First I welcome Judith, a long-time proponent of the output method
Our second guest is a Krashen-Fan
and defending the input method. Welcome, Jana.
So we come to a civilized and qualified debate about this topic.
Welcome!
Judith: Hello
Jana: Thank you!
So, what are your thoughts on why your
language learning approach could be the better one?
Jana: Maybe you're OK with frustrating Judith: Well, obviously there is a place
Jana: native speakers with all the Judith: for input, but let's be serious
Jana: mistakes you're making, but how Judith: about this, That kind of
Jana: can you expect them to sit there Judith: studious approach is better
Jana: and listen to Judith: suited to higher levels.
Jana: pronunciation for hours? Judith: At the start, you need to speak
Jana: if you really care about the Judith: from day one, or as soon
Jana: language, you'll want to get it Judith: as you can.
Ehhh, thank you for that, panelists.
Glad that the issue is finally resolved once and for all...I guess
Anyway, wrapping up today's news,
our main story once again was Steve Kaufmann
reaching his incredible milestone of 10 years of Youtube.
Congratulations Steve!
Congratulations!
Steve, congratulations on 10 years
Congratulations, Steve!
Congratulations!
Congratulations from Glossika!