Okay. Hello everybody, we are in beautiful Rome
I am Luca Lampariello and she is Rachel Paling. So what we're gonna do is
something extremely simple we're sitting here and we're going to have a
conversation in the languages that we share but what we're gonna do is like
I'm going to say something in a language and she's going to reply in another
language and we're going to go back and forth. Rachel: The first time I've ever done this
Luca. Luca (italian): me too, that's the first time for me as well. Rachel: I not sure I can manage all these languages
Luca: (Spanish): you can do everything if you want to. Rachel (German): I don't think so.
Rachel (Italian): What are we doing? Luca (French): You actually can. Rachel (Italian): it is a quite challenging to switch languages this fast isn't it?
Luca (Spanish): it is indeed a bit challenging but if you train everything is possible. Rachel (Spanish): it is true, but we should have practiced a bit in advance.
Luca (Italian): ah, you replied in Spanish! Rachel: yes I did answer you in Spanish! Luca (French): you have to reply every time in a new language, regardless of the language
Rachel: (German): Then I would like to speak a bit of German
Rachel: Going into a trance language paradise here! Luca (French): Exactly! It is a bit crazy..
(English) ..but this is just to demonstrate that..this is not to impress people, I think this is to
express what is possible with a trained mind. I'm a language coach and you are
well I'm a neuro language coach it's something very similar, we both use the brain..Rachel: we do!
Neurolanguage or not, I think that the main the main idea is to really
seriously now jokes aside it's all about brain it's you can see the muscles right?
and you see the muscles growing and it's you okay that that guy is big you don't
see the brain growing you can feel it right? Rachel: Well, neuroplasticity we can change
the brain and we know that, and we know that the bilingual brain I mean we have
a "fourteeningual" brain here and "sixungal" brain here so yeah fascinating
just what the brain can do yeah Luca: One of the last, the most
important messages actually is that in the 21st century, we have to make our
brain powerful because the technology is changing everything and it's going
faster and faster we have to keep up somehow. Rachel: yeah absolutely, and you know the
the power of communication, the ability... (in Spanish) personality changes when speak another language
Luca: well, for me, you keep your personality
but you show different aspects and sides of that very same personality, the Spanish Luca is not like the Italian Luca
The gestures that I make when I speak Italian are a bit different than when I speak Spanish
Rachel (Italian): it is true, when I speak Italian, I tend to use Italian gestures!
Luca (French): Exactly, and if and when I speak French, my facial features change
Rachel (French): I really think I am a different person every time I speak a different language
Luca (French): that's the beauty of it, it is like having multiple souls, Nelson Mandela used to say
The more languages you speak the more souls you have. Rachel: That's right! Luca: that is not what Nelson Mandela actually used to say,
but he used to say something beautiful actually and that was: "if you talk to
a man in the language he speaks you talk to his heart while you talk to a man
in a language he understands you're talking to his head" Rachel: That's right that's
right and it is about you know how can we bring communication into speaking
with people's hearts. Luca: yeah that's true and I think that this is a message for
everyone who if you think that just speaking English or just speaking your
own language is enough, think again because by speaking other languages, you
can literally change not only your world but the world around you, and the world
of other people. Rachel: yeah but the beauty is when you can change accents and I think
James now it's time to hear your British accent please. Luca (British English): oh I'm not sure that I'm
up to the task I will try. Actually my British friends make
fun of me they think I'm a fool when try to
speak with a British accent I don't know why but I'm trying my best
it's not the accent I am used to speaking with but
I am trying my best. Rachel (Italian): I want to learn the Roman accent! Luca (Italian with Roman accent): the Roman accent! Rachel: the accent! (stresses "cc" of a-CC-ento like a real Roman would do)
Luca: Let me tell you something. There is a famous film - we are sitting on history here, literally
- in which the main actor says with a strong Roman accent "bella la cassapanca, bello tutto" (that old chest is beautiful and so is the rest")
and we are just sitting on that famous chest of that movie which is called
Il Marchese del Grillo. We are in rome and if you want to understand the Roman culture
the concept of "cassapanca" is essential and once again we are just sitting on it.
Luca: Guys it was beautiful. Rachel: Thank you very much, we love you
and we really want to to say learn languages. Luca: love it!