117: Becoming Fluent in 7 Languages Through Music, Travel and Freestyle Rapping with Idahosa Ness
Jan 19, 2021
Idahosa Ness shares his experience growing up in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, playing violin and
freestyle rapping. He then takes us on his travel journey, starting
with his first trip to Mexico,
and explains how that ignited his passion for language learning so
he could more meaningfully
connect with people. He then shares how he used his background in
music and freestyle rapping
to develop “The Mimic Method” for learning languages by ear. He
explains how he used the
Mimic Method to teach himself Spanish, Chinese and Brazilian
Portuguese, and then started
teaching it to others. He then shares how freestyle rapping played
a significant role in helping
him develop fluency in 6 foreign languages. He tells the story of
participating in a weekly hip
hop cypher in Portuguese while living in Rio, as well as his
experience attending a hip hop battle
in Cali, Colombia. He reflects on the hip hop culture in South
America and how it differs from
the U.S. He also breaks down the Mimic Method, explains the reason
it is so important to
understand the sounds and perfect the pronunciation first, and then
goes on to share the step by
step process for becoming fluent in a new language by ear. And,
finally, Idahosa reflects on
what travel means to him at this point in his life. FULL SHOW NOTES
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