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    Tim Doner is a 17-year-old hyper-polyglot from New York who is fluent in over 23 languages. He became interested in foreign languages at age 13 after studying Hebrew for his bar mitzvah. Tim is self-taught and learns new languages by studying grammar books, using online applications and language exchange websites, watching videos, and speaking to native speakers from around the world. He is motivated to learn languages to better understand different cultures and histories and to connect with people globally.

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    Tim Doner is a 17-year-old hyper-polyglot from New York who is fluent in over 23 languages. He became interested in foreign languages at age 13 after studying Hebrew for his bar mitzvah. Tim is self-taught and learns new languages by studying grammar books, using online applications and language exchange websites, watching videos, and speaking to native speakers from around the world. He is motivated to learn languages to better understand different cultures and histories and to connect with people globally.

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    Tim Doner is a 17-year-old hyper-polyglot from New York who is fluent in over 23 languages. He became interested in foreign languages at age 13 after studying Hebrew for his bar mitzvah. Tim is self-taught and learns new languages by studying grammar books, using online applications and language exchange websites, watching videos, and speaking to native speakers from around the world. He is motivated to learn languages to better understand different cultures and histories and to connect with people globally.

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    Tim Doner is a 17-year-old hyper-polyglot from New York who is fluent in over 23 languages. He became interested in foreign languages at age 13 after studying Hebrew for his bar mitzvah. Tim is self-taught and learns new languages by studying grammar books, using online applications and language exchange websites, watching videos, and speaking to native speakers from around the world. He is motivated to learn languages to better understand different cultures and histories and to connect with people globally.

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    (students worksheet)

    PROJECT N1

    Date :

    (GROUP 1)

    Personal Information about the speaker and family

    Tim Doner = 17/ Jewish /New Yorker


    senior student in High School = the Dalton School
    passion = languages. + hobby = a way of life.
    best known as a prodigy = worlds youngest hyper-polyglot

    (GROUP 2)

    Foreign languages spoken /countries visited

    a hyper-polyglot = ability to speak + than 23 foreign languages + obscure


    tongues and dialects = Swahili, Wolof, Hausa, IsiXhosa, Ojibwe, Urdu .
    self-taught at Hebrew, Arabic , Farsi, Pashto, Hindi, Yiddish, Persian, ,
    French, Chinese, Mandarin , Russian Italian , German etc
    European and Middle-east languages + African dialects and dead languages

    23 different languages/ fluent

    Latin and Ancient Greek.

    teach himself foreign languages + interested in languages /13

    next language = Creole next year. Hebrew = first foreign language + Arabic

    13/ Hebrew => his bar mitzvah.


    Tims parents = Betsy and Ezra Doner => learned French in school /
    lived in Hong Kong => Ezra studied Cantonese,
    not speak several languages.
    Interest = Middle-East culture.

    => one week!

    (GROUP 3)

    Means of learning languages

    (GROUP 4/ GROUP 5)
    Reasons/ Personal Motivation / Advantages of being a hyper-polyglot

    over summer vacations and on weekends /

    20 hours a weekbecame

    self-taught via grammar books and online applications / iphone.


    YouTube = a platform => to learn + showcase his skills.
    records his own videos + posts videos of him speaking the language
    + gets comments = helpful.

    NYC cab drivers / interact with others at restaurants / in

    different neighborhoods / connect with people around the world / email and Skype.
    teachers or conversation partners
    audio input = important

    Hebrew / bar mitzvah.

    13 / study

    Interest = learning about the Middle-east and in the

    Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    => start Arabic.

    Be able to speak the language => a better understanding of the history and
    culture of the Arabic countries.

    E.g : most rewarding part of learning Farsi

    = understanding Iranian culture and history.

    practices his language skills = the real-world => speak with new
    Yorkers /

    a passion = foreign languages / + a hobby = a way of life.

    => language / learn.

    => watch series + shows + movies + listen

    to music = helpful => colloquial language

    + good training

    repeat to himself = a very good way to learn. the Internet = very


    crucial => to chat with native speakers.

    learning languages = for the fun of it. / a great tool to learn about
    foreign cultures / understand the culture + history

    of the people who speak

    the language / broaden the mind


    have a fluent conversation with anyone / to be put into contact with
    people all around the world / travel the world
    to break the language barrier

    / make yourself understood

    language => something with which you can connect with another person.
    Tim => he starts to speak foreign languages = a bit of a different person
    Each language = expression of how one society or culture thinks.
    Tim => raise people with other languages =>open them up to foreign
    cultures + ideas /give the opportunity for more connections as they get older.

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