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>My native language is Polish too. I wouldn't be 100% sure that this guy is a fake. //

Agreed on that second part. I'm skeptical too but having seen Benny's Youtube videos and knowing that he already speaks a dozen or more languages and that he has reportedly learnt them enough to be conversational in months ... I think he has a handle on how to make specific sounds already and probably knows a lot of cognates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITzFRlVhMVs&list=TLnnk46TOLw... - shows he's at 12 languages at least.

He's not just a random guy, he appears to be trying very hard; I wouldn't call it fake without further evidence; he clearly has a great talent and many people appear to have had success using his methods (which he passes on for free).

In this TEDx video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZqUeWshwMs, he says he started learning new languages at 21. He looks mid- to late-30s to me which tends to support his "3 months" claim as being viable as well.



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